8-K

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549




                             FORM 8-K




            CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
               OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   December 31, 1997
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Exact Name of Registrant as
  Specified in Its Charter:     DDL ELECTRONICS, INC.
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          DELAWARE                      1-8101                   33-0213512
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State or Other Jurisdiction of        Commission             I.R.S. Employer  
Incorporation or Organization        File Number           Identification No. 
                                        



Address of Principal Executive Offices:     2151 Anchor Court
                                            Newbury Park, CA 91320
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Registrant's Telephone Number, Including
 Area Code:                                    (805) 376-9415
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Former Name or Former Address, 
 if Changed Since Last Report:                 Not applicable
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Item 5.  Other Events.

      In a press release dated January 15, 1998, a copy of which is 
attached as Exhibit 99.1, DDL Electronics, Inc. ("DDL") announced that DDL 
has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Jolt Technology, Inc., 
an electronic manufacturing services provider in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
for nine million shares of DDL's common stock.



Item 7. Exhibits.
     
         Exhibit             Description
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          99.1                Press release dated January 15, 1998.



                               SIGNATURE 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned thereunto duly authorized. 


                                        DDL ELECTRONICS, INC.


     January 15, 1998                   /s/ Richard K. Vitelle
_________________________________       ___________________________________
           Date                         Richard K. Vitelle 
                                        Vice President - Finance
                                        (Principal Financial Officer) 

EX-99

                                                                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, INC. SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT 
                       TO ACQUIRE JOLT TECHNOLOGY, INC.


     NEWBURY PARK, CA, January 15, 1998 -- DDL Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:DDL) 
announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 
Jolt Technology, Inc., an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider in 
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for nine million shares of DDL's common stock.
     "Jolt has earned an excellent reputation in the EMS industry and has a 
very talented management team that is extremely customer oriented", said 
Gregory L. Horton, President and Chief Executive Officer of DDL.  "The 
potential to integrate Jolt's operations with those of DDL's other EMS 
companies should enhance the overall return from this transaction", he added.  
"The acquisition of Jolt is consistent with DDL's strategy of acquiring small 
to medium sized contract manufacturers specializing in high mix, high 
complexity electronic assemblies in geographic areas of OEM concentration."
     The acquisition is subject to approval by DDL's stockholders at its 
upcoming annual meeting, which will be held in March.  Preliminary proxy 
materials for this transaction have been filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on a non-public basis, and will be distributed to DDL's 
stockholders in several weeks once clearance is received from the SEC.
     "The transaction will be accounted for as a pooling of interests", 
commented Richard K. Vitelle, DDL's Chief Financial Officer, "and is expected 
to be accretive to DDL's earnings per share.  The acquisition of Jolt will 
also improve DDL's balance sheet and will bring the Company a key strategic 
presence in Florida."
     Jolt Technology, Inc., founded in 1989, specializes in quick-turn 
production of high-end commercial electronic assemblies for OEMs in the 
medical devices, instrumentation, computer and telecommunications industries 
using principally surface mount technology.  For the past five years, Jolt has 
received the Service Excellence Award for Contract Electronic Manufacturers at 
the Surface Mount International trade show in San Jose.  The Service 
Excellence Award competition, which is sponsored by Circuits Assembly magazine 
and Technology Forecasters, Inc.,  ranks contract manufacturers based on 
customers' evaluations in five service categories:  technology; manufacturing 
quality; timely delivery; responsiveness; and value for price.
     DDL Electronics, Inc., headquartered in Newbury Park, California, 
provides integrated design and electronic manufacturing services to OEMs in 
the instrumentation, communications, computer, medical and aerospace 
industries.  The Company's EMS operations are located in Southern California 
and Northern Ireland.  The Company also fabricates multilayer printed circuit 
boards at its subsidiary Irlandus Circuits Ltd. located in Northern Ireland.
     Certain statements made above are forward-looking in nature and reflect 
DDL's 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 the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-
3 (No. 333-31349) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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