CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JBT
Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that its JBT FoodTech
business has signed a contract valued in excess of $5 million with a North American-based food
processor.
JBT FoodTech will supply and install two rotary sterilizer lines
and an Automatic Batch Retort System to enable the processing of
vegetable products in cans and pouches.
"We are very pleased with the confidence this order expresses in
JBT's leading sterilization technologies," said Steve Smith, Vice President and General Manager
for JBT FoodTech's Food Processing Systems Division. "This
project is an excellent example of how JBT continues to increase
the installed base of retort systems for the pouch market segment
as new innovative packaging becomes more widely accepted."
The project is scheduled for completion by the third quarter of
2013.
JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) is a leading global technology
solutions provider to the food processing and air transportation
industries. JBT Corporation designs, manufactures, tests and
services technologically sophisticated systems and products for
regional and multi-national industrial food processing customers
through its JBT FoodTech segment and for domestic and international
air transportation customers through its JBT AeroTech segment. JBT
Corporation employs approximately 3,200 people worldwide and
operates sales, service, manufacturing and sourcing operations
located in over 25 countries. For more information please visit
www.jbtcorporation.com or
www.jbtfoodtech.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements as defined
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical
nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond
the Company's ability to control. These risks and uncertainties are
described under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission that may be accessed on the Company's website.
The Company cautions shareholders and prospective investors that
actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the
forward-looking statements.
SOURCE JBT Corporation