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JBT Corporation Announces Contract Award for Milk Processing Technologies in Malaysia

Wednesday 05. January 2011 - JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that its JBT FoodTech business has signed a contract valued at $4 million with Malaysia-based PML Dairies, a wholly owned subsidiary of F&N Holdings Berhad. JBT FoodTech will supply filling, closing and sterilization technologies at PML Dairies' new Pulau Indah milk processing plant.

F&N is the biggest canned milk producer in South East Asia with products including sweetened condensed, evaporated and sterilized canned milk, milk and dairy products, pasteurized juices and ice cream.
“We are very pleased with F&N’s continued confidence in JBT’s leading in-container processing technologies,” said Juan Podesta, Vice President and General Manager for JBT FoodTech’s Food Processing Systems Division. “This project is an excellent example of how JBT FoodTech is partnering with global customers and supporting the development and expansion of the Asian food industry.”
The order was received in fourth quarter of 2010 with the project completion scheduled for the second quarter of 2011.