LAKE SUCCESS, New York, August 24, 2001… Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE - PKE) announced the promotion of David Iguchi to Product Director, PCB Materials Processing. Mr. Iguchi's new responsibilities will involve developing PCB processing data and the resulting PCB processing parameters for Park Electrochemical's developmental materials. This position will provide a new supporting structure between Park's research and development, applications engineering and product management groups and PCB fabricators. Mr. Iguchi will report to Emily Groehl, Park's Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Mr. Iguchi joined the Nelco Products business unit of Park Electrochemical Corp. in October 1981 as a sales engineer, and since that time, he has served in several technical positions, including technical service engineer for the Western United States and North American manager of technical services. Mr. Iguchi has held various engineering, sales and management positions in the printed circuit industry for the past 35 years. Prior to working at Park/Nelco, Mr. Iguchi held positions at Ryan Aeronautical Corp., NCR, General Dynamics and Thiokol/Dynachem. Mr. Iguchi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from San Diego State University and has completed post-graduate courses in chemistry and business administration. He has authored a number of technical papers on printed circuit materials and processes.

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a leading global designer and producer of electronic materials used to fabricate complex multilayer printed circuit boards and interconnection systems. Park specializes in advanced materials for high layer count circuit boards and high speed digital broadband telecommunications, internet and networking applications. Park's electronic materials business operates through fully integrated business units in Asia, Europe and North America. The Company's major manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China (operations expected to commence in the Company's third quarter), Germany, France, England, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Arizona and California. Park's electronic materials business operates under the "Nelco" name.

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