Park Electrochemical Corp. Announces the Promotion of David Luttrull, Ph.D. to Product Director, High Performance Materials

Lake Success, NY, September 29, 2000… Park Electrochemical Corp. announced the promotion of David Luttrull, Ph.D. to Product Director for Park/Nelco’s high performance materials effective October 1, 2000. David’s new responsibility will involve management of the current high performance products and the new product introduction process from R&D project criteria identification through product commercialization. David will report to Mr. Chris Johnson, Senior VP of Corporate Development.

Dr. Luttrull joined the Company in 1997 as Materials Scientist for Neltec, Inc. He was promoted to R&D Manager for Neltec and most recently as the Director of Materials Science for Park/Nelco. Prior to joining the Company, he worked as a technical sales representative in the semi-conductor industry and as a Senior Chemist for Nalco Chemical Company. David received a Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry from Arizona State University.

Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) is a leading designer and producer of advanced electronic materials used to fabricate complex multilayer printed circuit boards and interconnection systems. Park’s electronic materials business operates under the “Nelco” name with eight production facilities in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. Park’s Nelco companies produce prepreg, laminates, ultra thin materials, mass lamination and semi-finished multilayers. Park also manufactures specialty adhesive tapes and advanced composite materials for the electronics, aerospace and industrial markets.