PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING OF NEW ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS “PIONEER PLANT” IN SINGAPORE

Melville, New York, February 20, 2008…Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) announced the grand opening of its new advanced composite materials “Pioneer Plant” located on Pioneer Road in Jurong, Singapore. The new facility will focus on the development and manufacture of advanced composite materials for the aerospace industry in Asia. The new facility contains approximately 32,000 square feet of manufacturing, laboratory and office space. The Pioneer Plant will be operated by Park’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. (“Nelco Singapore”), which is also located in Jurong, Singapore. Nelco Singapore, which commenced operations in October 1986, develops and manufactures high-tech materials for the Asian electronics equipment industry. The grand opening of the Pioneer Plant coincides with the Singapore Air Show. Guests at the opening ceremony include customers, suppliers, employees and representatives from Singapore’s Economic Development Board.

Brian Shore, Park Electrochemical Corp.’s President and CEO, said, “This is a big day for Park. Our Pioneer Plant will focus on Asia’s aircraft manufacturing industry, which we believe will be a very high growth industry over the next ten years and more. The Pioneer Plant represents Park’s on-the-ground investment in that high growth industry in Asia. Our Pioneer Plant is intended to be the sister-plant to Park’s new advanced composite materials development and manufacturing facility currently under construction in Newton, Kansas. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our Nelco Singapore people on their new facility focused towards the Asian aircraft industry. Good luck to all of you on this special day.”

Certain portions of this press release may be deemed to constitute forward looking statements that are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from Park’s expectations. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general conditions in the electronics and aerospace industries, Park’s competitive position, the status of Park’s relationships with its customers, economic conditions in international markets, the cost and availability of raw materials and utilities, and the various factors set forth in Item 1A “Risk Factors” and under the caption “Factors That May Affect Future Results” after Item 7 of Park’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 25, 2007.

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, the Company is in the process of constructing a new development and manufacturing facility in Newton, Kansas.