I.M.P. Group International Inc. today was named a winner of the 2006 Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies award. This prestigious national award is sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking, National Post, and Queen’s School of Business.

“Out of thousands of applications and a grueling vetting process, I.M.P. Group International Inc. emerged as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. This company has achieved the highest level of Canadian business excellence,” explains James McSherry, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CIBC Commercial Banking.

I.M.P. Group and its core business units, CanJet Charter Airlines, I.M.P. Aerospace, Innotech-Execaire Aviation, CanMed Healthcare, and I.M.P. Commercial Services, employ over 3,000 employees. The Company has competed globally to win foreign military aircraft repair and overhaul contracts, transformed CanJet Airlines into a leading charter airline, and recently emerged as a leading national sales and service provider of diagnostic imaging and related healthcare products.

“I am thrilled that the Company and our employees have won this award,” says I.M.P. Group President, Stephen Plummer. “This validates the efforts everyone has made to focus on productivity, innovation, and satisfying our customers. We compete in a global marketplace and are focused on remaining industry leaders in our core business units.”

Established in 1993, Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies is one of Canada’s leading business awards programs recognizing excellence in Canadian-owned and managed companies. I.M.P. Group International Inc., celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2007, is a Halifax-based company, employing over 3,000 persons and trades on a global basis in aerospace, charter airline, general aviation, healthcare and commercial services industries.

For further information, please contact:

Stephen Plummer, President
I.M.P. Group International Inc.
(902) 453-2400
http://www.impgroup.com