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Park Electrochemical Corp. Announces Introduction of Its New N7000-3 Polyimide Laminate Material for Use in Space and Other App

^{Published on 2011-11-10 06:51:05 - Market Wire}
 

MELVILLE, N.Y.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE - PKE) announced the introduction of its new N7000-3 laminate material to complement its existing N7000-3 prepreg. N7000-3 laminate joins Parkas existing family of polyimide laminate and prepreg materials, offering a prepreg and laminate system, with a UL 94V-1 designation, that meets the NASA requirements of no visible bromine. This new advanced material system is available globally.

Parkas new N7000-3 laminate material is a high-Tg polyimide using toughened resin chemistry. This material is designed for use in a wide variety of applications that require fine geometry, multilayer construction or extreme reliability. N7000-3 has been available since 1999 as a prepreg material for use with Parkas N7000-2 HT laminate. With the introduction of N7000-3 laminate material, Parkas electronics customers will now be able to fabricate printed circuit boards with a pure N7000-3 construction.

For information regarding N7000-3 in North and South America, contact Neltec, Inc. at +1-480-967-5600; for information regarding N7000-3 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, contact Neltec, SA at +33-562-985290; and for information regarding N7000-3 in Asia and Australia, contact Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. at +65-686-17117.

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 Parkas expectations. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general conditions in the electronics and aerospace industries, Parkas competitive position, the status of Parkas relationships with its customers, economic conditions in international markets, the cost and availability of raw materials, transportation and utilities, and the various factors set forth in Item 1A aRisk Factorsa and under the caption aFactors That May Affect Future Resultsa after Item 7 of Parkas Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2011.

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which develops and manufactures high-technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure and high-end computing markets and advanced composite materials, parts and assemblies for the aerospace markets. Parkas core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry formulation and coating technology. The Companyas manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, Kansas, Arizona, California and Washington.

Additional corporate information is available on the Companyas website at [ www.parkelectro.com ].