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

Melville, New York, April 28, 2009….Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE – PKE) today announced that it plans to release its financial results for its 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter and for its full fiscal year ended March 1, 2009 before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Thursday, April 30, 2009. 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 and the required passcode is 97029030.

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, April 30, 2009 through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 4, 2009. 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 97029030 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 and coating technology. Park also specializes in the manufacture of complex composite aircraft and space vehicle parts. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, Kansas, Arizona, California and Washington.