CECO ENVIRONMENTAL RECEIVES RECORD ORDER
New York, October 29, 2002 - CECO Environmental Corp (NASDAQ - CECE) reported today that it's wholly owned subsidiary Kirk & Blum has received an order in excess of $7,000,000 from a major automobile manufacturer to design, fabricate and install coolant mist collection systems for a facility located in the Southeastern United States.

The mist collection equipment will utilize the fiber bed technology of CECO Environmental's subsidiary, CECO Filters. Rick Blum, CECO Environmental's president stated, " to our knowledge, this is one of the largest if not the largest turnkey contract ever secured in which fiber bed technology was utilized for coolant mist collection. Kirk & Blum and CECO Filters, working together, are providing our customer the best possible solution on a turnkey basis, to the mist collection problem. "

CECO stated that this is the largest single order ever received by Kirk & Blum in its 95-year corporate history. CECO currently has a backlog of approximated $20 Million and with its recently announced new corporate efficiency and debt reduction programs is operating at a rate of profitability's not seen in several years.

ABOUT CECO ENVIRONMENTAL

CECO Environmental Corp. is North America's largest independent air pollution control company. Through its six subsidiaries -- Busch, CECOaire, CECO Filters, CECO Abatement Systems, kbd/Technic and Kirk & Blum - CECO provides a wide spectrum of air quality services and products including: industrial air filters, environmental maintenance, monitoring and management services, and air quality improvements systems. CECO is a full-service provider to the steel, military, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, chemical, cement, metalworking, glass, foundry and virtually all-industrial process industries.

For more information on CECO Environmental Corp., please visit the company's web site at www.cecoenviro.com.

Contact: Corporate Information
Phillip DeZwirek, CECO Environmental Corp.
http://www.cecoenviro.com
1-800-606-CECO

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These risks and uncertainties, which are more fully described in CECO's Annual and Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, include changes in market conditions in the industries in which the Company operates. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material aspects from those currently anticipated.