LAKE SUCCESS, NY, March 5, 2001… Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) announced that Wayne Hanson has joined New England Laminates Co., Inc. as Technical Service Engineer. Wayne will be responsible for technical support at strategic accounts in the Southwest including the Phoenix, Arizona area. Wayne joins the Park/Nelco team to further support its philosophy of completely understanding the customers' operations and providing value added support to those operations. Wayne reports to Mike Kwasiborski, Business Unit Manager for Nelco Arizona.

Wayne has over 18 years experience in the printed circuit board industry, primarily in the role of manufacturing operations. Most recently he served as a product specialist for Enthone Specialty Chemicals in the Minnesota and Wisconsin areas and has previously worked for several major PCB manufacturing shops.

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a leading global designer and producer of electronic materials used to fabricate complex multilayer printed circuit boards and other electronic 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, England, France, Germany, New York, Arizona and California. Park's electronic materials business operates under the "Nelco" name.

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