Anaheim, CA, August 31, 2000…Park / Nelco (NYSE-PKE) announced that in August John Vreugde joined the company as Technical Services Engineer in Northern California. He is the first Nelco technical services engineer to be permanently located in the bay area. Mr. Vreugde reports to Mr. Fred Scheer, Technical Service Manager for the Western United States.

John has over 14 years in the printed circuit board industry, primarily in the role of a process engineer. Most recently, he served as a technical service engineer with Dexter Electronics, a division of Cookson. John received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Colorado 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 8 fully integrated production facilities in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia, Park's Nelco companies produce prepreg, laminates, ultra thin materials, continuous lamination, mass lamination and semi-finished multilayers for the global printed circuit board and electronic interconnect markets. Park also manufactures specialty adhesive tapes and advanced composite materials for the electronics, aerospace and industrial markets.

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