PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. ANNOUNCES DATE OF THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS RELEASE AND CONFERENCE CALL

Melville, New York, December 17, 2007….Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE – PKE) today announced that it plans to release its financial results for its 2008 fiscal year third quarter ended November 25, 2007 before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss such results at 11:00 a.m. EST on the same day. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed in this conference call. The conference call dial-in number is (866) 817-8869.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 through 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, December 23, 2007. The conference call replay can be accessed by dialing (888) 203-1112 and entering passcode 4892140 and will be available on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com/investor/investor.html.

Any additional material financial or statistical data disclosed in the conference call will also be available at the time of the conference call on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com/investor/investor.html.

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which develops and manufactures high-technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials (the Nelco® product line) and advanced composite materials (the Nelcote™ product line) principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, high-end computing and aerospace markets. Park focuses on the general aviation aircraft segment of the aerospace market. 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. In addition, the Company is in the process of constructing a new development and manufacturing facility in Newton, Kansas.