MPR Met-Pro Corp.

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raymond J. De Hont, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Met-Pro Corporation (NYSE:MPR), announced today that the Company's Strobic Air subsidiary in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, has received an order to supply laboratory fume hood exhaust systems, utilizing a total of twelve (12) Tri-Stack(TM) fans, to a prestigious hospital medical research facility in the Northeastern United States. The total value of this order is approximately $500,000. All of the equipment is expected to ship in the Company's next fiscal year ending January 31, 2009. Strobic Air was awarded this contract based on their best-in-class reputation for supplying low profile exhaust systems that are specifically designed to handle the complex issues of laboratory exhaust. All of the fans included in this order will utilize Strobic Air's patented acoustical silencer nozzles to further reduce sound output levels at the discharge of these inherently quiet fans. "This order is a further example of Strobic Air being recognized as the supplier of choice for technologically advanced fume hood exhaust systems at institutional, industrial and government laboratories," said De Hont. "Together with a steady level of customer interest and quotation activity for similar type projects, it allows us to remain optimistic about our prospects for future orders of this type at Strobic Air." About Met-Pro Met-Pro Corporation, with headquarters at 160 Cassell Road, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, was recently recognized as one of America's "200 Best Small Companies" by Forbes magazine, and as one of America's "Top Publicly-Held Manufacturers" by Start-It magazine. Through its business units, in the United States, Canada, Europe and The People's Republic of China, a wide range of products and services are offered for industrial, commercial, municipal and residential markets worldwide. These include product recovery and pollution control technologies for purification of air and liquids; fluid handling technologies for corrosive, abrasive and high temperature liquids; and filtration and purification technologies including proprietary water treatment chemicals and filter products. For more information, please visit http://www.met-pro.com/. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release, and other materials filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as well as information included in oral or other written statements made or to be made by the Company) contain statements that are forward-looking. Such statements may relate to plans for future expansion, business development activities, capital spending, financing, the effects of regulation and competition, or anticipated sales or earnings results. Such information involves risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to, the cancellation or delay of purchase orders and shipments, product development activities, computer systems implementation, dependence on existing management, the continuation of effective cost and quality control measures, retention of customers, global economic and market conditions, and changes in federal or state laws. Met-Pro common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol MPR. To obtain an Annual Report or additional information on the Company, please call 215-723-6751 and ask for the Investor Relations Department, or visit the Company's Web site at http://www.met-pro.com/. Contact: Investor Contact: Gary J. Morgan, Senior Vice President of Finance, CFO 215-723-6751, DATASOURCE: Met-Pro Corporation CONTACT: Investors, Gary J. Morgan, Senior Vice President of Finance, CFO of Met-Pro Corporation, +1-215-723-6751, Web site: http://www.met-pro.com/

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