John Bean Technologies Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry and equipment and services to air transportation industries The company operates through two segments JBT FoodTech and JBT AeroTech It offers poultry processing mixinggrinding injecting marinating tumbling portioning packaging coating cooking frying freezing weighing Xray food inspection and food safety solutions The company also provides processing solutions for extracting mixing blending pasteurizing sterilizing concentrating high pressure processing filling closing sealing and final packaging as well as processing equipment and packaging systems for poultry beef pork seafood readytoeat meals fruits vegetables dairy bakery pet foods soups sauces and juices In addition it offers automated guided vehicle systems for material movement in the manufacturing warehouse and medical facilities Further the company provides mobile air transportation equipment such as commercial and defense cargo loading aircraft deicing aircraft towing and aircraft ground power and cooling systems and fixed equipment for passenger boarding Additionally it offers airport equipment systems and facilities maintenance services to domestic and international airport authorities passenger airlines airfreight and ground handling companies defense forces and defense contractors The company markets and sells its products and solutions through direct sales force independent distributors and sales representatives John Bean Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago Illinois