Met-Pro Corporation Director Receives Prestigious Honors
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Harleysville, PA, September 25 - 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 selected as an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME). This is one of the highest honors bestowed on an individual by the Institute. It represents Dr. Lawley's "services to education, government, research and editorial activities, especially in powder metallurgy, and for professional service culminating as president of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (1982) and AIME (1987)."
Dr. Lawley has also been invited by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) to co-chair PM 2008, the 'World Congress on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials', in Washington, DC. MPIF is the trade association for the powder metallurgy industry and sponsors this international event in North America every sixth year.
Dr. Lawley is Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, He is 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. He 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.
"We congratulate Dr. Lawley on his many accomplishments that have led to his being selected for these honors," said De Hont. "Met-Pro has consistently benefited from Dr. Lawley's insight, knowledge and experience for the past sixteen years and we know that these honors are well deserved."
About Met-Pro
Met-Pro Corporation, with headquarters at 160 Cassell Road, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, manufactures and sells product recovery and pollution control equipment for purification of air and liquids and fluid handling equipment for corrosive, abrasive and high temperature liquids. The company, established in 1966, provides products to residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets that include, but are not limited to, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, petrochemicals, water and aquariums. For more information, please visit 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 www.met-pro.com.
