31/03/2004 FOR: Donaldson Europe Interleuvenlaan, 1 B3001, Leuven Belgium (NYSE: DCI) Donaldson Employee Kathleen Elder Donaldson Employee +32 16 38 39 70 IFSG-europe@emea.donaldson.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMPLETE FILTRATION SOLUTIONS FROM DONALDSON Donaldson Industrial Filtration Solutions Group is showing its new DFPRO dust and fume collectors, the very latest Dryflo mini-MMA oil mist collectors, along with Europe's widest range of filtration solutions for industry. The new DFPRO utilises the very latest proprietary high performance oval filter technology from Donaldson, which makes filtration more efficient, compact and cost effective, allowing fast and easy installation of the collector. Use of oval filters provides greater filtration efficiency by expanding the filtration area without increasing the size of the collector. Donaldson’s Ultra-Web® filter media, engineered with mesh-like nanofiber technology, traps particles on the surface of the filter for easy release and expulsion via a sophisticated pulse cleaning systems. DFPRO with oval filters is the latest development to the popular DF+ line of collectors. Equipped with an integral high efficiency spark trap for fume collection and easily adapted for dust collection applications, DFPRO is the most reliable and versatile collector for the laser cutting market, is easy to install and maintain making it ideal to complete a production system. The collectors accommodate a wide variety of applications in a broad range of industries including metalworking, chemical, pharmaceutical, welding, thermal spraying, bulk handling etc. Their reduced size is due to the oval filter technology and the resulting reduced footprint of the units conserve valuable floor space in manufacturing plants. Showing for the first time is the all-new Dryflo mini-MMA an extremely compact and highly efficient machine mountable oil mist collector and filtration unit (see separate release). Also on the stand is a selection of compressed air filtration and purification products from Donaldson Ultrafilter (see separate release) designed to keep production at peak operational performance, all from the company that has the expertise to provide filtration solutions for virtually any application. Copies of the new Donaldson Total Filtration Service brochure are available on the stand throughout the exhibition.