Park Aerospace Corp. Announces the Election of John Jamieson as Senior Vice President and General Manager
Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) announced the election of John Jamieson to the new role of Senior Vice President and General Manager, continuing to report to President and COO Mark Esquivel.
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Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) announced the election of John Jamieson to the new role of Senior Vice President and General Manager, continuing to report to President and COO Mark Esquivel. John previously served as Senior Vice President of Project Management at Park since July 2024 and earlier held leadership roles at Active Dynamics Group, Park Aerospace, Active Metals Company and Sanmina Corporation. Chairman and CEO Brian Shore expressed strong support for John’s appointment and outlined his mission as improving Park on a daily basis toward the company’s goal of “Greatness.” Park Aerospace designs and manufactures advanced composite materials, parts and structures for a wide range of aerospace applications, including jet engines, aircraft, UAVs, rockets and radomes.
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On Jul 10, the day this news came out, PKE closed 7.48% below the previous close. Argus tracked a trough of -3.7% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner recorded 7 alerts for this stock that day.
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Key Figures
- SVP Project Management tenure
- July 2024–current
- John Jamieson role at Park Aerospace
- COO tenure
- 2018–2022
- Chief Operating Officer, Active Dynamics Group
- VP Supply Chain tenure
- 2014–2018
- Vice President of Supply Chain, Park Aerospace
- GM Active Metals tenure
- 2012–2013
- General Manager, Active Metals Company
- VP Global Manufacturing tenure
- 2003–2012
- VP Global Manufacturing & Engineering, Sanmina
Historical Context
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Declared regular $0.125 quarterly cash dividend with long payout history.
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Reported higher Q4 and FY 2026 sales, earnings, EBITDA and cash balance.
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Announced timing of Q4 and FY 2026 results release and conference call.
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Declared $0.125 dividend and highlighted 41 years of uninterrupted payouts.
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Elected new Senior VP and Chief Legal and Capital Markets Officer.
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Key Terms
automated fiber placement (afp) technical
unmanned aerial vehicles technical
ablative materials technical
radome technical
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NEWTON, Kan., July 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE-PKE) announced the election of John Jamieson to the new position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company. In this new position, John will continue to report to Mark Esquivel, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Park Aerospace Corp.
John has served as Senior Vice President of Project Management of Park Aerospace Corp. from July 2024 through the current date. Prior to rejoining Park, John served as Chief Operating Officer of Active Dynamics Group from 2018 to 2022, Vice President of Supply Chain of Park Aerospace from 2014 to 2018, General Manager of Active Metals Company from 2012 to 2013 and Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Engineering of Sanmina Corporation from 2003 to 2012. John received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from James Watt College in the United Kingdom.
Brian Shore, Park’s Chairman and CEO, said, “I am personally very pleased that John is taking over as General Manager of our Company. John’s mission at Park, which he is very well suited and qualified for, is to make Park better every day on our way to achieving the Greatness we strive for at Park. Good luck, John, with your new and exciting mission at Park.”
Park Aerospace Corp. develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the global aerospace markets. Park’s advanced composite materials include film adhesives (Aeroadhere®) and lightning strike protection materials (Electroglide®). Park offers an array of composite materials specifically designed for hand lay-up or automated fiber placement (AFP) manufacturing applications. Park’s advanced composite materials are used to produce primary and secondary structures for jet engines, large and regional transport aircraft, military aircraft, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs commonly referred to as “drones”), business jets, general aviation aircraft and rotary wing aircraft. Park also offers specialty ablative materials for rocket motors and nozzles and specially designed materials for radome applications. As a complement to Park’s advanced composite materials offering, Park designs and fabricates composite parts, structures and assemblies and low volume tooling for the aerospace industry. Target markets for Park’s composite parts and structures (which include Park’s proprietary composite SigmaStrut™ and AlphaStrut™ product lines) are, among others, prototype and development aircraft, special mission aircraft, spares for legacy military and civilian aircraft and exotic spacecraft. Park’s objective is to do what others are either unwilling or unable to do. When nobody else wants to do it because it is too difficult, too small or too annoying, sign us up.
Additional corporate information is available on the Company’s website at www.parkaerospace.com.
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