CECO also received a
'breakthrough' order for fiber bed filters to be manufactured and sold by it's
Indian subsidiary.

, Today, Varian, Inc. Scientists can also use the accessory for DNA, RNA, and
protein quantification and the measurement of enzyme reaction rates to further
research diseases such as cancer.

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CECO Environmental Receives $900 000 in New Orders Including Mist Collection Equipment for North America and Filters for a Mining Company in India

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Varian, Inc. had fiscal
year 2004 sales of $916 million .

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(OTCBB:ESSE) announced today that it has completed a
new website featuring information on the increasing focus of interest
from the mining industry regarding the use of ESSI's airborne
hyperspectral remote sensing in mineral exploration.Life Science Customers Can Now Screen up to 384 Samples in Microlitre Volumes,
Reducing the Cost of Analysis

ORLANDO, Fla.

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Forward -Looking Statements:

This news release includes forward-looking statements that involve
a number of risks and uncertainties.
For more information on CECO Environmental please visit the company 's
website at:

http://www.

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The microplate reader accessory is controlled by simple , yet powerful,
analytical software built on the outstanding Cary(R) WinUV platform.
Varian , Inc.

Varian, Inc.
650-424-5286
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Varian, Inc. is
available at http://www.
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Contact:
Phillip DeZwirek, CECO Environmental Corp.

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Earth Search Sciences Announces New Website and Focus on Mineral Exploration Expertise

CECO is a full-
service provider to the steel, military, aluminum , automotive, aerospace,
semiconductor, chemical, cement, metalworking, glass, foundry and virtually
all-industrial process industries. The company manufactures in 15 locations in North America, Europe ,
and the Pacific Rim and employs some 4,600 people.

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earthsearch.
1-800-606-CECO

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
(Nasdaq: VARI) debuted its first ever microplate reader accessory for its
award-winning Cary(R) 50 ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer,
designed to dramatically reduce the cost per analysis and the volume of sample
required. "We are in the enviable
position of being able to offer a complete UV-Vis package consisting of
numerous accessories, including the new scanning microplate reader, that can
provide a comprehensive platform to suit our customers' needs.com

Varian, Inc.

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We are able to provide our customers
with much better air quality inside their facilities and exponentially longer
filter life when compared to other equipment that is available.

Varian Inc. Introduces the World's First Ever Microplate Reader Accessory for a UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

supplies a broad range of scientific instruments and
consumable supplies for life science applications.

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Sciences, Inc.
As previously announced, Earth Search has established a new
subsidiary company, Geo Probe, Inc.
Existing satellite and remote sensing technology provide the
ability to identify objects primarily by shape or a general spectral
response. This technology has gained wide acceptance among
the 'transplant' auto manufacturers .
These businesses serve a broad range of life science and industrial customers
worldwide.

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Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "Our Kirk + Blum
subsidiary received the mist collection contract."

ABOUT CECO ENVIRONMENTAL
CECO Environmental Corp. White ,
Inc. The new Cary(R) 50 microplate reader accessory can accurately
perform wavelength scans from 190 to 1100 nm in up to 384 samples in
microlitre volumes, in contrast to many dedicated plate readers that have
limited scanning capability. Since 1999, the company
has maintained a balanced approach to enhancing and expanding its products for
life science and industrial customers.

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, to participate in joint venture
opportunities now becoming more available in the mining industry. NEW YORK, CECO Environmental Corp. We are pleased that the
project uses fiber bed mist collection technology that is being provided by
our CECO Filters subsidiary.M.

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Similarly, this information assumes certain future business decisions
that are subject to change.

-- 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.

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is a major supplier of scientific instruments, vacuum
technologies, and specialized contract electronics manufacturing services .

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The new ESSI website at http://www. The information reflects numerous
assumptions as to industry performance, general business and economic
conditions, regulatory and legal requirements, taxes and other
matters, many of which are beyond the control of the company. 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.

is unique in that it now delivers a total spectroscopy
package to customers who can run many different sample types with the best
temperature control, using Varian's patented Cary 50 optical performance, at a
similar cost to that of a dedicated microplate reader.

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(Nasdaq: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial
ventilation systems, announced today that it has received two (2) orders
totaling approximately $900,000 for coolant mist collection equipment from an
automotive manufacturing facility in the southeastern United States and for
equipment for an eastern concrete manufacturer."
Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and CEO added, "These orders are especially
relevant to industry in general and the automotive industry in particular
proving that CECO can provide cost effective superior solutions to create
clean air facilities that comply with the recent Supreme Court decision on
utilizing new state of the art equipment to upgrade and meet environmental
standards. All forward-
looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. Additional information about Varian, Inc.varianinc.

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In addition to performing low volume, high throughput, non-destructive
analyses, another specific feature of the new Cary 50 accessory includes
excellent temperature control, allowing measurements to be taken at precise
physiological temperatures or easily adjusted for method development
optimization. The
microplate reader software includes method parameters for targeted life
science applications, such as wavelength scanning, kinetics , DNA and RNA
concentration, and simple absorbance measurements.

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There can be no assurance that the results
predicted here will be realized. Actual results may vary from those
represented, and those variations may be material.
Scientists, primarily those in the field of life science, will use the
product for a broad variety of applications, including pharmaceutical R+D,
academic research , ELISA assays (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assays), hospital
laboratory work, and other applications that require rapid screening of high
numbers of samples.

For More Information, Contact:

Lauren Lum
Varian, Inc.

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Business Editors/Mining Editors

KALISPELL , Mont. is North America's largest independent air
pollution control company.cecoenviro.

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com features
detailed presentations by CNN's Lou Dobbs on the history of the
Company's first mineral exploration ventures into Kazakhstan followed
by seminar presentations from former major mineral company scientists
on their success using ESSI's hyperspectral technology to make mineral
discoveries.

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However, Earth Search Science's revolutionary hyperspectral
imaging can measure a fine degree of spectral reflectance of solar
energy from across the spectrum and allow the user to identify
specific minerals by their diagnostic reflectance patterns. Through its seven subsidiaries -- Busch, CECOaire,
CECO Filters , CECO Abatement Systems, kbd/Technic, Kirk + Blum and H.com.

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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.
"The new Cary(R) 50 microplate accessory builds on the existing price
performance advantages of the Cary spectrophotometer, such as optical
performance, simplicity , and versatility," said Martin O'Donoghue, vice
president of Scientific Instruments, Varian, Inc .