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JBT Corporation Announces Major FoodTech Order Exceeding $4 Million

June 5, 2012

CHICAGO, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that its JBT FoodTech business signed a contract in excess of $4 million to supply a global food and beverage manufacturer with bakery freezing and chilling equipment.

JBT FoodTech will supply and integrate a cooling and freezing system, featuring its GYRoCOMPACT® M10 technology, into a U.S.-based bakery facility. The new bakery solution enables our customer to execute on their equipment replacement strategy with JBT's more hygienic and energy efficient design.

"This project is an excellent example of how JBT FoodTech partners with global customers," said Torbjorn Arvidsson, Vice President and Division Manager for JBT FoodTech's Food Solutions and Services Division. "We are very pleased with the confidence expressed in JBT's leading solutions for the bakery industry."

The project is scheduled to be fully operational in the first 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 3,300 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.

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