HOUSTON, TEXAS. April 14, 2010 - CECO’s emissions testing laboratory has been accredited by the State of Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) through its Louisiana Environmental Lab Accreditation Program (LELAP) to perform stack emissions testing on reciprocating engines and gas-fired turbines, the company announced today. LDEQ’s Louisiana Environmental Laboratory Accreditation is a requirement for all laboratories operating in the State of Louisiana and its program ensures that laboratories are technically competent and capable of conducting quality environmental testing.

HOUSTON, TEXAS. January 28, 2010 – For over 10 years, CECO’s ACTT division has provided testing, training and consulting services to compressor operators and pipeline crews, helping to make field operations safer and more efficient. CECO, the Houston-based compressor and engine optimization experts, announced today that the ACTT unit will now be known as CECO Training & Technical Services Division.

HOUSTON, TEXAS: June 30, 2009 – Compressor Engineering Corporation (CECO) and its subsidiary CECO Pipeline Services Company has received an EMR (Experience Modifier Rating) of .58 from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the company announced today. The new EMR, which will become effective September 14, 2009, represents a 27.5% improvement over the previous EMR of .80.

HOUSTON, TEXAS: June 5, 2009 – Forty-five years ago, on June 5, 1964, from salesman Ernest Hotze’s desire to provide his customer with needed parts for a compressor on a gas pipeline, Compressor Engineering Corporation (CECO) was formed. From its early days in Hotze’s garage, CECO has grown into a family of companies, with locations across Texas and the South, becoming a leader in providing products and services to gas pipelines, gathering and processing companies, petrochemical, industrial and refrigeration plants worldwide.

HOUSTON, TEXAS: April 16, 2009 – Compressor Engineering Corporation (CECO) announced today the opening of spring enrollment for its free channel valve repair school. Over 500 compressor mechanics have attended this popular course on the techniques, tips, dimensioning and testing required for proper channel valve maintenance and repair. Prospective attendees are encouraged to enroll soon before classes are filled. Registration is available online at http://www.ceconet.com/ceco_registration.php, or by calling 1-800-TRYCECO.

HOUSTON, TEXAS: April 14, 2009 – Two long-time employees of Compressor Engineering Corporation (CECO) celebrated 50 years of service to the compressor industry with a dinner and reception in Ruston, Louisiana on Saturday, April 4th.

Bill Arrant, Senior Engineering Consultant, and Art Black, retired Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering for CECO, were honored by their customers and friends from CECO.

Arrant joined CECO as a parts salesman in 1978, and has worked servicing compressors and installing valves, hydraulic pushrods, fuel gas modulators and actuators. Arrant is certified to perform major reciprocating compressor repairs and has served as CECO’s principal consulting specialist and chief troubleshooter for field repair issues. Among Arrant’s many customers are Tennessee Gas, Texas Gas, El Paso and Southern Natural Gas.

Black grew up in southern New York and graduated from St. Bonaventure. He began his career at Dresser-Clark in the Engineering and Compressor Division, and in 1963, Black joined Ingersoll- Rand as a Design Engineer. Black oversaw the design of all new products for engines and compressors as a Master Design Engineer.

At CECO from 1979 through 2002, Black was responsible for new product design, development and improvements, as well as the manufacture of all new products. His designs for poppet valves and unloading equipment, among other products, set the bar for excellence in the marketplace.

“Bill Arrant and Art Black were integral to the success of CECO over the last thirty years,” said Bruce Hotze, Chief Executive Officer. “They embody CECO’s idea of customer service and quality products. We are all proud to know and work with them.”

Arrant and his wife Glenda live in Ruston, La. They have two children, Chuck and Jan, and four grandchildren.

Art and Jeannette Black now live in the Hill Country of Texas. They have three boys, Chris, Dan and Doug, and three grandchildren.

CECO is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of engine and compressor replacement parts. Customers include gas pipelines, gathering and processing companies, petrochemical, industrial and refrigeration plants worldwide. In addition, CECO Pipeline Services provides new construction and a variety of maintenance services to pipeline operators. CECO’s ACTT division provides testing and training to compressor and engine operators. CECO, headquartered in Houston, also has facilities in Odessa, Texas and Walker, Louisiana.

More information about CECO and its subsidiaries is available at www.TRYCECO.com.

For further information:
Bruce R. Hotze, Chairman and CEO
Compressor Engineering Corporation
5440 Alder; Houston, Texas 77081
(P) 713-664-1831, (F) 713-664-6444
bruceh@ceconet.com