JBT FoodTech, an American food processing machinery provider owned by JBT, has inked a $4m supply contract with a North America-based food processor.
As per the agreed terms, the company will supply and install an Automatic Batch Retort System to enable the processing of vegetable products in unconventional packaging.
JBT FoodTech noted that the project is slated for completion by the first quarter of 2014.
Commenting on the deal, JBT FoodTech Food Processing Systems Division vice president and general manager Steve Smith said, "We are very pleased to be providing JBT's leading sterilization technologies for another alternative packaging application."
JBT designs, manufactures, tests and services technological advanced systems and products for industrial food processing customers through its JBT FoodTech segment and JBT AeroTech segment. It operates in about 25 countries globally.
