GMD was founded in January 1979 as a Research and Development Partnership to develop a unique fluid bed calciner to be used for the express purpose of reclaiming foundry sands. Incorporated in the State of Texas in August 1983. GMD's business turned primarily to air pollution control systems. Majority ownership of GMD is unchanged to this day and company offices and manufacturing facilities remain at the original location selected in 1983, in Fort Worth, Texas. GMD's products include Thermal and Mechanical Sand Reclamation Units, Sand Coolers, Fabric Filters (Baghouses), High-Temp Flue Gas Coolers, In-Line Treatment for Heavy Metals (Pb, Cd and Ch) Acid Gases (HCl, SO₂, SO₃ and HF), Dioxins, Furans and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's).

NEW YORK, November 1, 2007 – CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of GMD Environmental Technologies, Inc. GMD designs, manufactures and markets equipment for industrial clients with an emphasis on Air Pollution Control utilizing GMD's Fabric Filter Pollution Control System Equipment, on GMD’s Totally Enclosed Treatment Systems (TETS™) equipment for treatment of heavy metals, acid gas and dioxins, and, on Foundry Sand Reclamation (recycling) which utilizes the GMD Thermo-Scrubber Thermal Sand Reclamation Equipment, GMD PNU Scurbber Equipment and related Components. GMD operates throughout North America providing these products and services to a broad base of all types of industrial customers with primary emphasis on the metals industries. For more information on GMD, please visit the company’s website at www.gmdev.com

Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, “We are delighted to have GMD as part of the CECO family. GMD is a quality company with a well deserved reputation in the pollution control industry. We are also happy to announce that Jerry Reier, GMD’s President, will continue to run the company after the acquisition. Jerry is a well recognized expert in a number of aspects of air pollution control -- we are pleased to have him and his team now become part of the CECO team.”

Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and CEO of CECO stated, “GMD had sales in its last fiscal year of approximately $7 million. We expect this acquisition to enhance both our revenues and our earnings. GMD has a backlog of over $3 million. More importantly, we are continuing our ‘horizontal integration’ strategy of adding more products and services to those we already offer our customers.”

CECO Environmental Corp. is North America's largest independent air pollution control company. Through its nine subsidiaries -- Busch, CECOaire, CECO Filters, CECO Abatement Systems, kbd/Technic, Kirk & Blum, H. M. White, EFFOX, and GMD -- 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, ethanol, aerospace, semiconductor, chemical, cement, metalworking, glass, foundry and virtually all industrial process industries.

For more information on CECO Environmental, please visit the company’s website at www.cecoenviro.com

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