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

Melville, New York, September 18, 2007….Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE – PKE) today announced that it plans to release its financial results for its 2008 fiscal year second quarter ended August 26, 2007 before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Thursday, September 20, 2007. 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) 316-1365.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, September 20, 2007 through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, September 24, 2007. The conference call replay can be accessed by dialing (888) 203-1112 and entering passcode 9416880 and will be available on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com under the caption “Investor Conference Calls”.
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 under the caption “Investor Conference Calls”.

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, as recently announced, the Company plans to construct a new facility in Newton, Kansas.