Exhibit 99b

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Continental Materials Corporation on Form 10-K for the period ending December 28, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James G. Gidwitz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

March 28, 2003
	By:	/s/     James G. Gidwitz
		James G. Gidwitz
		Chairman of the Board and
		Chief Executive Officer