MPR Met-Pro Corp.

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raymond J. De Hont, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Met-Pro Corporation (NYSE:MPR), is proud to announce that one of the Company's long time Directors, Dr. Alan Lawley, has been recognized as a coauthor of the "Outstanding Technical Paper" from PM 2008, the World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, held in Washington, DC, in June 2008. Coauthored by colleagues at Drexel University and the Hoeganaes Corporation, the paper titled "Development of a Dual-Phase Precipitation- Hardening PM Stainless Steel" was selected by the Technical Board of the Metal Powder Industries Federation from over 300 technical presentations. "We congratulate Dr. Lawley on this most recent award," said De Hont. "Met-Pro has consistently benefited from Dr. Lawley's insight, knowledge and experience for the past eighteen years and we know that this recognition is well deserved." Dr. Lawley is Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME) and served as co-chair for PM 2008. Dr. Lawley is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of ASM and APMI International, and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Powder Metallurgy. He is an expert in physical and mechanical metallurgy, powder metallurgy, composite materials, and materials engineering design and has consulted, lectured and published extensively in these areas. Currently, Dr. Lawley serves as a member of Met-Pro's Audit Committee, and as co-chairman of the Product Development Steering Committee. About Met-Pro Met-Pro Corporation, with headquarters at 160 Cassell Road, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, was recognized, for the second consecutive year, as one of America's "200 Best Small Companies" by Forbes magazine. The Company was also named as one of the world's "Top Small to Midsize Manufacturers" by Start-It magazine for the second year in a row. 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; Mefiag filtration technologies for harsh, corrosive liquid filtration applications; and filtration and purification technologies which include proprietary water treatment chemicals and filter products for air and liquid filtration. 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 news 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 website at http://www.met-pro.com/. Investor Contact: Gary J. Morgan Joseph Hassett, VP Senior Vice President of Finance, CFO Gregory FCA Communications 215-723-6751, 610-228-2110 DATASOURCE: Met-Pro Corporation CONTACT: Gary J. Morgan, Senior Vice President of Finance, CFO of Met-Pro Corporation, +1-215-723-6751, ; Joseph Hassett, VP, Gregory FCA Communications, +1-610-228-2110 Web site: http://www.met-pro.com/

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