MELVILLE, N.Y., May 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE:PKE) announced the appointment of John Jamieson as the President of Neltec Inc., Park’s electronics Business Unit based in Tempe, Arizona. In this position, Mr. Jamieson will report to Mark Esquivel, Park’s Vice-President Aerospace and President of Park Aerospace Technologies Corp., Park’s aerospace Business Unit located in Newton, Kansas. Mr. Jamieson will continue in his position as Vice President of Aerospace Supply Chain Management of Park Electrochemical Corp., also reporting to Mr. Esquivel.
Mr. Jamieson joined Park Electrochemical Corp. in October 2014 as Vice President of Project Management and has been Vice President of Aerospace Supply Chain Management since January 2015. Prior to joining Park, Mr. Jamieson was General Manager of Active Metal Finishing Company Ltd., a metal finishing and industrial coating company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from October 2011 to November 2013. Prior to October 2011, Mr. Jamieson was Vice President Global Manufacturing Engineering of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, a leading electronics contract manufacturing services company, from 2007 to 2011 and Director, Global Manufacturing Engineering of Sanmina-SCI Corporation from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Jamieson held several engineering and managerial positions with Fullarton Computer Industries, an electronics contract manufacturing services company, from 1987 to 2003, and he was a Fabrication Planning Engineer from 1979 to 1987 with Scott Lithgow Ltd., a fabrication and construction facility. Mr. Jamieson received a Mechanical and Production Engineering degree from James Watt College in Scotland.
Brian Shore, Park Electrochemical Corp.’s Chairman and CEO, said, “I would like to thank Pat Crowley, who recently rejoined Park as President of Neltec, Inc., for getting us started on the path of reinventing Neltec into a Niche Company and now handing the baton to John Jamison. Pat will continue to serve and help Park in other capacities in the future.”
Park Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which develops and manufactures advanced composite materials, primary and secondary structures and assemblies and low-volume tooling for the aerospace markets and high-technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, enterprise and military markets. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Kansas, Singapore, France, Arizona and California. The Company also maintains R&D facilities in Arizona, Kansas and Singapore.
Additional corporate information is available on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com.