EXHIBIT 99(a)

                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.
                            SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned officers of Ronson
Corporation (the "Company"), certifies that:

     (1)  the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended
          December 31, 2002, (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements
          of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
          U.S.C. 78 m or 78 o(d); and

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

Dated:      March 31, 2003         /s/ Louis V. Aronson II
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                                      Louis V. Aronson II
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated:      March 31, 2003         /s/Daryl K. Holcomb
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                                      Daryl K. Holcomb
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

     This certification is made solely for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, subject to the knowledge standard contained therein, and not for any other
purpose.