September 21, 2006

CECO ENVIRONMENTAL ANNOUNCES $5 MILLION IN NEW ORDERS

NEW YORK, September 21, 2006 - CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems announced today that it has secured new orders totaling approximately $5 million from a variety of industries.

Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "The largest order, which was secured by our Kirk & Blum subsidiary is for the fabrication and installation of ventilation equipment at a group of facilities belonging to a customer in the paper industry. This order totals almost $3.5 million. Five other orders, which were secured by our Kirk & Blum and H.M. White subsidiaries, total about $1.5 million and are for equipment and systems that go to the steel, automotive, and gypsum industries."

Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and CEO of CECO stated, "Bookings continue to be robust. Bookings for the year now stand at over $111 million. This is almost double where we were at this point last year."

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.