Park Electrochemical Corp. Announces Appointment of Chris Smith as Director of Operations of Its Nelcote Business Unit.

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE - PKE) announced the appointment of Christopher V. Smith as Director of Operations of its Nelcote, Inc. business unit located in Waterbury, Connecticut. In this position, Mr. Smith will report to Steve Garrette, Park's Executive Director of Global Business Development.

Mr. Smith has almost twenty years of experience in both the printed circuit materials business and the advanced composite materials business with Polyclad Laminates in Franklin, New Hampshire and with Cytec Industries in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Most recently, he was Engineering Manager at Polyclad Laminates from 1999 to September 2005. From 1995 to 1999 he was Production Superintendent at Cytec Engineered Materials, and from 1988 to 1995 he held various other positions at Cytec Industries. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware.

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which develops and manufactures high-technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials (the Nelco[R] product line) and advanced composite materials (the Nelcote[TM] product line) principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, high-end computing and aerospace markets. Park's core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry formulation and coating technology. The Company's manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, New York, Arizona and California.

Additional corporate information is available on the Company's website at www.parkelectro.com.