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                                                                       EXHIBIT 6



CONTACTS
                                                 
Frederick G. McNamee, III     Joseph G. Andersen       Eugene Heller/Glenn
President & CEO               Chief Financial Officer  Schoenfield
(602) 268-3461                (602) 268-3461           Silverman Heller Associates
                                                       (310) 208-2550


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                      CONTINENTAL CIRCUITS CORP. ANNOUNCES
                                MERGER AGREEMENT

     PHOENIX, ARIZONA (February 17, 1998)-Continental Circuits Corp. (Nasdaq:
CCIR) announced today that its Board of Directors has accepted the offer of
Hadco Corporation (Nasdaq: HDCO) to acquire Continental Circuits for $23.90 per
share, or approximately $185 million in cash, plus the assumption of
approximately $33 million of debt. As a result of the transaction, it is
anticipated that Continental Circuits will become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hadco, and will operate as a stand-alone division. A.G. Edwards & Sons served as
financial advisor to Continental Circuits on the transaction.

     Headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, Hadco is the largest manufacturer
of advanced electronic interconnect products in North America. Hadco offers a
wide array of sophisticated manufacturing, engineering and systems integration
services to meet its customers' electronic interconnect needs. Hadco's
principal products are complex multilayer rigid printed circuits and backplane
assemblies. Hadco's customers are a diverse group of original equipment
manufacturers and contract manufacturers in the computing, data
communications/telecommunications and industrial automation industries,
including process controls, automotive, medical and instrumentation.
Hadco operates ten facilities, with nine facilities in the United States and one
facility in Malaysia.

      Frederick G. McNamee, III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Continental Circuits, stated, "With the combination of Hadco and
Continental Circuits, we will unite the efforts of two of the stronger and more
technologically advanced interconnect manufacturers in North America. The
companies will have the opportunity to continue their research and technology
development together, which will help Hadco better serve the combined customer
base. In addition, we believe Hadco represents an excellent opportunity for our
employees to benefit from the additional growth prospects in the electronics
industry."

     Andrew E. Lietz, Chief Executive Officer of Hadco, stated, "Our objective
is to enhance our leadership position in the global interconnect market. With
the worldwide proliferation of complex electronic products, the increased scale
of operations provided by the Hadco and 
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Continental Circuits combination will allow Hadco to offer the greatest array
of technologically advanced interconnect products in the world. On a geographic
basis, the acquisition of Continental Circuits provides us with a significant
Southwest presence in volume and quick-turn prototype production of high
quality printed circuit board capability. Regarding customer base, Continental
Circuits has developed many long term relationships with leading companies in
the electronic industry that will be very complementary to Hadco's customer
base. The acquisition is a key element in Hadco's long-term growth strategy."

     Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Continental Circuits manufactures
complex multilayered circuit boards and flexible circuits used in sophisticated
electronic equipment produced by leaders in the computer, communications,
instrumentation and industrial control industries, including original equipment
manufacturers and contract assemblers.

     A conference call will take place at 10:00 a.m. EST on February 17, 1998.
This conference call will be held in conjunction with combined quarterly
conference call for both Hadco and Continental Circuits. The dial-in number is
415-904-7331. Replay will be available until 11:00 a.m. EST on February 19,
1998 by calling 1-800-633-8284, PIN#3798064, or on the Internet at
http://www.hadco.com:8080/

     The statements contained in this release regarding serving the integration
of the combined companies, leadership position of the combined companies,
ability of the combined companies to service the combined customer base and
benefits to employees of Continental Circuits resulting from the transaction
constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as the possible
intervention of regulatory authorities, general economic conditions, business
conditions in the electronics industries, the demand for the products of the
combined companies, the ability of the companies to consummate the transaction,
manage growth, and effectively integrate the acquisition into their existing
operations, and other risks and uncertainties described in reports and other
documents filed by Continental Circuits from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Any of the assumptions could prove inaccurate, and
therefore can be no assurance that the forward-looking information will prove
to be accurate.