April 4, 2006

CECO ENVIRONMENTAL RECEIVES NEW ORDERS TOTALING $2.0 MILLION
ORDERS FOR FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2006 EQUAL $35.3 MILLION

NEW YORK, April 4, 2006 - CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems announced today that it has received two new orders totaling approximately $2.0 million. The first, valued at $1.75 million, is for the renovation of automotive spray booths at an automobile assembly plant in the southeast. The second, valued at $250,000, is for a ventilation system for a roofing materials plant in the eastern United States.

Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "Our Kirk & Blum subsidiary received the spray booth renovation contract. This work will be done over a period of months and will be completed during the plant's Christmas shutdown. CECO Filters received the order from the roofing plant. This project will utilize fiber bed filter technology to clean the air stream. Kirk & Blum will act as CECO Filter's subcontractor to build the rest of the ventilation equipment."

Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and CEO of CECO stated, "Our new order rate continues to be exceptional. Bookings in March were $10.2 million making the total thus far $35.3 million in 2006, compared to $15.6 for the first three months of 2005. Our backlog at the end of February 2006 was $43.6 million compared to $21.1 million as of February 2005."

ABOUT CECO ENVIRONMENTAL

CECO Environmental Corp is North America's largest independent air pollution control company. Through its seven subsidiaries - Busch, CECOaire, CECO Filters, CECO Abatement Systems, kbd/Technic, Kirk & Blum and H.M. White, Inc. - CECO provides a wide spectrum of air quality services and products including: industrial air filters, environmental maintenance, monitoring and management services, and air quality improvement 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.
Email: investors@cecoenviro.com
http://www.cecoenviro.com
1-800-606-CECO

This press release may contain 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.