ONTARIO, CANADA - AirBoss-Defense, a wholly owned division of AirBoss of America Corp. announced today that it had received military orders for its Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (“CBRN”) protective wear. The orders consist of 360,000 pairs of overboots and 213,000 pairs of gloves. All quantities are for delivery in 2008. The orders represent the largest received by the Division and are part of a 5 year, variable quantity supply contract signed with Canadian Commercial Corp and the US Department of Defense. The sales value of these orders boost AirBoss’ current military and First Response January 2008 sales and backlog at February 19, 2008 to approximately $27 million or an amount almost equal to total sales in the prior year.

AirBoss of America Corp. develops, manufactures, and sells high quality, proprietary rubber-based products offering enhanced performance and productivity to transportation, military and industrial markets. With a capacity to supply over 250 million pounds of rubber annually to a diverse group of rubber manufacturers, AirBoss is also one of North America's largest custom rubber compounding companies. The Company’s shares trade on the TSX under the symbol BOS. Visit www.airbossofamerica.com.