PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. ANNOUNCES DATE OF FISCAL YEAR EARNINGS RELEASE AND CONFERENCE CALL

Melville, New York, May 4, 2006….Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) today announced that it plans to release its financial results for its fiscal year 2006 fourth quarter and for its full fiscal year ended February 26, 2006 before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Monday, May 8, 2006. 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 (800) 818-5264.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 8, 2006 through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 12, 2006. The conference call replay can be accessed by dialing (888) 203-1112 and entering passcode 4491099 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 and advanced composite materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, high-end computing and aerospace markets. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, New York, Arizona and California. The Company’s products are marketed and sold under the Nelco®, Nelcote™ and Neltec® names.