August 23, 2006

CECO ENVIRONMENTAL ANNOUNCES
    NEW ORDERS TOTALING $1.7 MILLION
    YEAR TO DATE BOOKINGS NOW IN EXCESS OF $90 MILLION

NEW YORK, August 23, 2006 - CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems announced today that it has received significant new orders totaling $1.7 million. Its CECO Abatement subsidiary received orders for equipment for the ethanol industry. This equipment will be fabricated by CECO'S Kirk & Blum subsidiary. Its CECO Filters subsidiary received orders for equipment from the United States Government and also from the food processing industry.

President Rick Blum stated, "The CECO Filters order is the result of our having convinced local air quality authorities in a western part of the U.S. that our technology is superior to an older technology which had been the standard in that area. It is our hope that this breakthrough will result in additional opportunities. Our Kirk & Blum subsidiary will install this turnkey project."

Chairman and CEO Phillip DeZwirek commented, "It is gratifying to experience the continued momentum of new orders with bookings for the year now over $90 million."

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 improvements systems. CECO is a full-service provider to the steel, military, aluminum, automotive, ethanol, 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.