PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT NURMI AS DIRECTOR OF EUROPEAN SALES

Melville, New York, June 12, 2008…Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) announced the appointment of Robert Nurmi as Director of European Sales. In this position, Mr. Nurmi will report to Tony DiGaudio, Park’s Vice President of Marketing and Sales.

Prior to joining Park, Mr. Nurmi was Vice President of Corporate Development at Tonoga, Ltd., doing business as Taconic, an international industrial and RF/microwave advanced materials manufacturing company located in Petersburgh, New York. Mr. Nurmi was employed by Taconic from 1991 to February 2007, holding various general management positions with international responsibilities, including the start-ups of the European Advanced Dielectric Division of Taconic and Korea Taconic Corporation. Prior to his employment by Taconic, Mr. Nurmi worked at Park’s New England Laminates business unit in Walden, New York as a technical service manager and worked for several years in various printed circuit fabrication companies. Mr. Nurmi received a Bachelor of Science degree from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Brian Shore, Park’s President and CEO, said, “We are very glad that Bob Nurmi has joined Park as its European Sales Director. Bob will certainly have his hands full covering the sales in Europe of Park’s Nelco®, Nelcote® and Nova™ product lines. Good luck, Bob, and congratulations!”

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.