Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  

From:      DDL Electronics, Inc.          Contact: Rick Vitelle
           2151 Anchor Court                       Chief Financial Officer
           Newbury Park, California  91320         (805) 376-9415, ext. 142

     
          DDL ELECTRONICS SIGNS AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO MERGE

NEWBURY PARK, CA, May 30, 1997 -- DDL Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:DDL) 
announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle with Century 
Electronics Manufacturing, Inc. to merge the two companies.  The agreement 
also commits Century to provide up to $3.3 million for the retirement of 
certain short-term debt of DDL on June 27, 1997.  The merger is expected to 
close in September 1997 and is subject to the completion of a definitive 
merger agreement, stockholder approvals and certain other conditions which 
are beyond the control of DDL.  The agreement stipulates that DDL will 
exchange 33 million shares of its common stock to acquire 100% of the 
equity interest in Century.  The merger will be accounted for as a 
purchase. 

Century is a contract electronics manufacturer with headquarters in 
Southborough, Massachusetts and with operations in Massachusetts and 
England.  For the three months ended March 31, 1997, Century recorded 
revenue of $24.6 million and earnings before taxes of $263,000.  Century 
had total stockholders' equity at December 31, 1996 of $21.5 million.  
Century is currently a majority-owned subsidiary of Centennial 
Technologies, Inc. (OTC:CENL).

"We are very excited to be able to take advantage of this opportunity 
to add critical mass and a blue chip customer base to our existing business 
at a time when global reach and strong financial resources are growing 
increasingly important in our industry," said Gregory L. Horton, President 
and CEO of DDL. "We believe that this will be a highly synergistic merger 
because our two companies have complementary strengths and management 
teams.  We also believe this merger will allow us to substantially 
strengthen our capital structure going forward, with an initial combined 
annual revenue run rate in excess of $150 million.  I am particularly 
excited about working with Les Sainsbury and his experienced management 
team."

Les Sainsbury, President and CEO of Century, said, "The capabilities 
of the combined companies are truly impressive.  We enthusiastically look 
forward to being able to combine Century's growing business base with DDL's 
world-class contract electronics manufacturing infrastructure.  Greg Horton 
and I share a strategic vision of providing high levels of service in 
locations that are close to our customers."

DDL is an independent provider of electronic manufacturing services 
("EMS") for electronic equipment manufacturers.  DDL also manufactures 
printed circuit boards ("PCBs") for use primarily in the computer, 
communications and instrumentation industries.  Its EMS facilities are 
located in Southern California and in Northern Ireland, and its PCB 
facilities are located in Northern Ireland.  DDL reported revenue of $13.6 
million for the three months ended March 31, 1997 and earnings before taxes 
of $134,000.  At May 29, 1997, DDL had 23,102,047 shares outstanding.  DDL 
is a New York Stock Exchange listed company with headquarters in Newbury 
Park, California.

Certain statements made above are forward-looking in nature and 
reflect DDL's forecasts, current expectations and anticipated future plans.  
Such statements involve various risks and uncertainties that could cause 
actual results to differ materially from those forecast in the statements.  
Factors that might cause such differences would include, without 
limitation, the factors described as "Risk Factors" in DDL's Registration 
Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-02969) on file with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.