March 24, 2009

CECO ENVIRONMENTAL ANNOUNCES TWO REFINERY ORDERS
TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $1.25 MILLION

ONE ORDER SECURED BY CHINA OPERATION FOR SHIPMENT TO INDIA

CINCINNATI, OHIO, March 24, 2009 - CECO Environmental Corp. (NasdaqGM: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has secured two new orders from the refining industry totaling approximately $1.25 million.

Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, “Both of these orders were secured by companies in our equipment group. While we did no work in the refining industry two years ago, that industry now makes up the second largest segment of our backlog.”

Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “One of the orders was secured by our office in China. The equipment will be fabricated in our facility there and shipped to a customer in India. We are truly becoming global.”

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.