EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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From:  DDL ELECTRONICS, INC.                Contact:   Rick Vitelle
       2151 Anchor Court                               Chief Financial Officer
       Newbury Park, California  91320                 (805) 376-9415



                DDL ELECTRONICS ISSUES STATEMENT ON MERGER TALKS
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        NEWBURY PARK, CA, August 30, 1996 -- DDL Electronics, Inc. (NYSE-DDL) 
announced today that it has terminated merger discussions with Circuit Systems, 
Inc. (Nasdaq-CSYI), a manufacturer of single-sided, double-sided and multilayer 
printed circuit boards for the electronics industry.  Gregory L. Horton, 
President and Chief Executive Officer of DDL, said: "We have been in 
discussions with Circuit Systems regarding a possible stock-for-stock merger of 
our companies.  However, DDL was unable to arrive at acceptable terms for the 
proposed transaction, and consequently DDL's Board of Directors concluded 
yesterday that a merger with Circuit Systems would not be in the best interest 
of DDL's stockholders at this time."

        Commenting on the future, Horton stated:  "We are proceeding with plans 
to aggressively expand DDL's presence in the U.S. electronics manufacturing 
services industry, which is growing at a very healthy rate.  We intend to focus 
our acquisition strategy on companies engaged in electronic contract 
manufacturing, which represents our core competency."

        DDL Electronics, Inc., through its operating units in California and 
the United Kingdom, provides customized, integrated electronic manufacturing 
services to U.S. and European original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the 
computer, telecommunications, instrumentation, medical, industrial and 
aerospace industries. 

        The foregoing statements that refer to the Company's anticipated future 
plans are forward looking and reflect the Company's current expectations.  Such 
statements involve various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual 
results to differ materially from those forecast in the statements.