Exhibit 32

Certification of Periodic Financial Report by the Principal Executive Officer and

Principal Financial Officer

Solely for the purpose of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that, based on our knowledge, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:	May 1, 2014	MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		By:	/s/ John Warwick
			John Warwick
			Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	May 1, 2014	By:	/s/ Kevin S. Royal
			Kevin S. Royal
			Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
			Treasurer and Secretary
			(Principal Financial Officer)