March 4, 2009

CECO ENVIRONMENTAL ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW ORDERS
TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $4.0 MILLION

ORDERS ARE IN THE REFINING, POWER, AND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES

CINCINNATI, OHIO, March 4, 2009 - CECO Environmental Corp. (NasdaqGM: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has secured four new contracts totaling approximately $4.0 million.

Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, “Three of these orders were secured by units of our equipment group and one was secured by a unit of our contracting group. They involve equipment that is being provided to the refining, power, and automotive industries.”

Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “The order received in the power industry is additional business on a project we announced on February 13th. It was received from a European concern and is for equipment that will be shipped to the Middle East. Despite these challenging times our expansion and acquisitions have continued to grow our presence in the power industry internationally.”

ABOUT CECO ENVIRONMENTAL

CECO Environmental Corp. is North America's largest independent air pollution control company. Through its subsidiaries -- Busch, CECOaire, CECO Filters, CECO Abatement Systems, kbd/Technic, Kirk & Blum, H. M. White, Inc., Effox, GMD, Fisher-Klosterman, Flextor and AVC Specialists -- 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, electric power, 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 (2326)

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.