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

Melville, New York, September 23, 2008….Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE – PKE) today announced that it plans to release its financial results for its 2009 fiscal year second quarter ended August 31, 2008 before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Friday, September 26, 2008. The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss such results at 11:00 a.m. EDT 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) 393-8397 in the United States and Canada and (706) 902-3776 in other countries.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 26, 2008 through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 30, 2008. The conference call replay can be accessed by dialing (800) 642-1687 in the United States and Canada and (706) 645-9291 in other countries and entering passcode 65680649 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 principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure and high-end computing markets and advanced composite materials, structures and components principally for the aerospace markets. Park’s core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry formulation, coating technology and advanced composite structures and component design and fabrication. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, New York, Kansas (under construction), Arizona, California and Washington.