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FTNON

FRESH-CUT | ROBOTICS | STEAMING

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About US Since July 2018 FTNON is a

Decoring

business unit of JBT Corporation.

John Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT) is a leading global technology solutions

Preparation

provider to high-value segments of the food processing and air transportation industries.

Washing

FTNON is a leading global provider of innovative and reliable turnkey solutions for the fresh cut and thermal food processing

Drying

industries. With more than 50 years of experience and offices in Almelo, Delft, Salinas (USA), and Shanghai (CN), plus a well-established dealer network, our equipment is used by fresh salad, fruit,

Peeling

vegetable, ready meal and pet food processors around the world. FTNON equipment and process solutions are based on: 3 In depth knowledge of the challenges

Steaming

food processing companies face 3 A strong in-house project and engineering team developing “turnkey� solutions

Blanching /Cooling

3 High-end manufacturing and assembly of production lines and stand-alone machines for food processing 3 Proven R&D with patented robotics and process technologies.

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Freezing

Table of Contents Abrasive Peeler__________________ 4

Magnetic Onion Peeler_______________ 21

AV Sealer_____________________ 5

Multifunctional Washer______________ 22

Air & Suction Dryers________________ 6

Mushroom Slicers_________________ 23

Belt Cooler_____________________ 7

Pet Food Technology________________ 24

Bin Tipper_____________________ 8

Prep Line______________________ 25

Bin Washer____________________ 9

Product in Tote/Crate Washer___________ 26

Cabbage Carousel Decoring System________ 10

Salad Slicing System_______________ 27

Centrifuges____________________ 11

Super Batch Centrifuge______________ 28

CoreTakrÂŽ Decorer________________ 12

Sweet Pepper Decorer_______________ 29

Crate Washer___________________ 13

Swirl Bath Washer_________________ 30

DCC Steamer___________________ 14

Weighing Conveyor________________ 31

Destoning Screw__________________ 15 Flotation Wash Line________________ 16 Fruit Dipper____________________ 17 Hydrator for Mushrooms - Pallet System_____ 18 Knife Peeler____________________ 19 Knocker Conveyor_________________ 20

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Abrasive Peeler Purpose: Our abrasive peeler is designed to peel products while keeping their natural shape. It is suitable for continuous scraping or peeling of root products, such as potatoes, carrots, kohlrabi, beetroots, celery, etc.

Benefits: • Peeled product retains its natural shape • Durable and long-lasting abrasive rollers • Optimal use of roller bed (concave shape) • Abrasive rollers can be mounted/removed quickly using an expander system • Hygienic design

Details: • Equipped with an intel chute to guide produce • Capacity up to 3,500 kg/h • Used for continous scraping/peeling of root products • Stainless steel control panel

Options & Models: Option 1 - Pre-weighing unit Option 2 - Weight control with load cells

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AV Sealer Purpose: Our AV Sealer is a flexible solution for low-to-medium volumes of fresh cut packaging and sealing needs.

Positioned as a bench stand, it is designed to operate manually.

Benefits: • Programmed software flexibility allows for different bag sizes and material characteristics • Capable of sealing bags up to 470mm (18.5”) wide • For sanitation purposes, a gas purge can clean the vacuum and gas flush tubes • Stainless steel design for low maintenance • Hygienic design

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Air & Suction Dryers Purpose: Our dryers work for all kinds of fresh salads, vegetables and herbs, which allows for better quality and longer shelf life due to low humidity. It is quick and easy to clean, which allows for frequent product changes, minimal energy consumption and optimal re-use of wasted energy.

Benefits: • Longer shelf life due to low humidity • Quick and easy to clean • Frequent product changes • Minimal energy consumption • Optimal re-use of wasted energy

Details: • Can be used as a standalone dryer, as a pre-drying step before spin drying or air drying • Suction force can easily be adjustable • Stainless steel • Hygienic design

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Belt Cooler Purpose: Our Belt Cooler is designed to spray water over the product to provide optimal heat transfer and homogeneous cooling.

Benefits: • Sprays over the entire surface of the belt cooler • Water circulation allows continuous cooling for respray • Spraying capacity of 490 gallons/ hour per square foot of belt surface • Removable plates for easy cleaning • Reduce energy consumption

Details: • Continuous water circulation • Raining cooling system • Hygienic design

Options & Models: • Topside with lids • Full flow system • Heat exchanger

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Bin Tipper Purpose: Our Bin Tipper system is specially designed to transfer food products from the bin to the line. It is electrically driven and can rotate up to 175 degrees, ensuring complete emptying of the bin.

Benefits: • Stainless steel design • Easy disassembly for cleaning • Hygienic design

Details: • Maximum bin size of 122 cm x 102 cm x 102 cm (48” x 40” x 40”) • Can tip bins weighing up to 998 kg (2,200 lbs) • Can be placed within the line for multiple dumping • Alternative control panel

Options & Models: • Bin tipper, placed higher • Outfeed conveyor • Double outfeed conveyor • Outfeed conveyors, placed higher • Platform for bin tipper • Platform for bin tipper and for outfeed conveyors • Knocker system • Additional bin heights

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Bin Washer Purpose: Our Bin Washer cleans pallets, bins, containers and dolavs. It is constructed in a diagonally divided cube shape, which allows for the empty bin to rotate at 180° for washing.

The top part hinges open to allow easy loading and unloading.

Benefits: • Stainless steel construction • Capable of washing bins up to 122 cm x 122 cm x 119 cm (48” x 48” x 47”) • Capacity to wash 10-30 bins per hour • Holds a maximum load of 11.34 Kg (25 lbs)

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Cabbage Carousel Decoring System Purpose: Our JBT FTNON Carousel Cabbage Decoring and Quartering System is designed to easily decore and quarter cabbages. The machine uses a three-stage process: place cabbage head, decore cabbage and quarter the cabbage.

Benefits: • Stand-alone and in-line controls • Capability of processing 8-24 cabbages per minute

Details: • Cabbage placement into pockets by hand • Carousel turns every eight seconds • Decoring is done with knives • 3-stage process for less contamination of produce from waste water

Options & Models: • Halving knives instead of quartering knives • Outfeed conveyor for decored cabbage parts • Outfeed conveyor for cores

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Centrifuges Purpose: Our centrifuges are designed to remove surface water from fresh-cut produce gently and consistently, enhancing quality. Highvolume flexibility allows for use in batch processing or continuous flow mode. They can process produce as a stand–alone solid performer or as a central point in the line. The objective is to effectively dry produce with minimal damage.

Benefits: • High capacity within a small footprint • Very hygienic and easy to clean • Very easy to maintain; few parts • Reduced product damage • Easy to operate • Automatic centering of the produce

Details: • Uniform effective drying treatment • Minimal damage to produce • Custom design with automated process • Able to dry produce in tote, crate or basket

Options & Models: • Freshline Centrifuge • Horizontal Centrifuge • Produce in Basket Centrifuge • Produce in Tote Centrifuge • Super Batch Centrifuge

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JBT FTNON Fresh-Cut | Robotics | Steaming

CoreTakr® Decorer Purpose: CoreTakr is a unique solution for decoring fresh produce designed with an intelligent robotic decoring technology and product management data system.

A robotic system, controlled through a touchscreen interface, is used to decrease the repetitive human labor in a safe and hygienic way. The management system allows for all incoming product data to be stored, providing predictive maintenance, optimizing machine effectiveness and ensuring product quality..

Benefits: • Patented grippers for grasping and manipulation of fresh products in a safe and hygienic way • Camera and vision technology to recognize the product and understand the spatial surrounding • Intelligent software for product interpretation and sequential robot guidance • Capacity of 450 heads per hours • Up to 90% accuracy for decoring • Hygienic design • Data management

Options & Models: • CoreTakr® Iceberg • CoreTakr® Cabbage

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Crate Washer Purpose: Our Crate Washer is designed to wash crates and trays in an efficient and hygienic manner. The process involves washing, filtering, and rinsing of the containers.

Benefits: • Hygienic and efficient design • Water is filtered and recirculated for re-use

Details: • Crates are manually position upside down on the infeed for cleaning • Water is filtered after rinsing of containers for re-use • Maximum crate size 650 mm x 450 mm x 370 mm (25.6” x 17.7” x 14.6”) • Capacity: 400-2400 crates per hour

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DCC Steamer Purpose: Our JBT FTNON Dynamic Cloud Control (DCC) Steamer is an energy efficient revolutionary steaming technology which reduces steam consumption up to 90%. The main benefit of steam is rapid heating of the produce, resulting in a faster sanitization without damage. This allows for improved shelf life, color, aroma and flavor of the produce.

Benefits: • Optimal heat transfer • Minimum start-up time, ready for production in five minutes • Minimum steam required for start-up • Automatic steam regulation: no product = no steam • Energy efficient system • Minimal product color loss • No flushing out of nutrients, vitamins, etc.

• Minimal waste water (only condensate) • Less time required for cleaning, because of top hygienic design and liftable hood • Exhaust systems not needed

Options & Models: • DCC Screw Streamer • DCC Fruit Steamer • DCC Belt Steamer

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Destoning Screw Purpose: Our Destoning Screw is designed to separate the product from stones, dirt and sand with only little water. Potatoes, carrots, celery and beetroots, as well as other tubers are very well suited for separation by a screw destoner.

Benefits: • Separates stones, roots and sand from produce • Low water consumption • Easy to operate and clean • 304 stainless steel construction provides durability • Capacity to destone up to 4.500 kg (9,921 lbs) per hour

Options & Models: • Pre-weighing unit • Weight control with load cells

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Flotation Wash Line Purpose: Our Flotation Wash Line (FWL) series is specially designed to wash and mix products such as cut salads, vegetables and herbs. The combination of special techniques provides an optimal washing result, where the product is treated as delicately as possible. The wash line consists of two washers placed behind each other.

Benefits:

Details:

Options & Models:

• Fresh water spraying pipe

• The Wash line consists of two washers placed in series

• Perforated bottom plates

• Parabolic water filters • Optimum washing result

• Parabolic or rotary filter

• Controlled retention time

• Belt widths from 600 to 1,500 mm (24” to 59”)

• Frequency inverter on separation drum floating particles

• Quick changeover time • Easy, thorough cleaning

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• Separation drum floating particles

• Lift system for separation drum floating particles • Fresh water spraying pipe on first dewatering belt

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Fruit Dipper Purpose: Our Fruit Dipper is designed to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. The produce is dipped into a tank containing product-specific coating solution.

Benefits:

Details:

Options & Models:

• Hygienic design

• High volume dip tanks

• Glycol cooling plate

• Can be applied to various fruits and vegetables (apples, pineapple, grapes, etc.)

• Recycled coating solution

• Air knife in belt for belt cleaning

• Main isolator

• Vortex air knives over belt for product drying

• Stainless steel control panel • Can dip up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs) per hour with 30 second dip per produce

• Pot meter for frequency inverter

• Air knife in belt for belt cleaning and Vortex air knives over belt for product drying - only applicable in case of FRD 040 • Dipping agent dosing system

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Hydrator for Mushrooms - Pallet System Purpose: Our hydration system is designed specifically for mushroom processing. It replaces the air in the cavities of the mushroom with water and provides a constant, equal treatment.

Benefits: • Roller conveyor on the bottom of the system • Liquid ring vacuum pump • Automatic filling system for water buffer tank • Connecting pipe work and valves

Details: • Increases mushroom weight by 50-70% • Additives can be included in water to allow for greater absorption

Options & Models: • Separate extra slicing head (several slicing thicknesses available) • Inverter control for slicing head • Air cylinder • Dosing pump for additives with separate suction lance

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Knife Peeler Purpose: Our JBT FTNON Knife Peeler is a continuously working machine, suitable for unpeeled and pre-peeled products like potatoes, celery roots, beetroots etc.

Benefits: • Biggest drum in the market, enabling highest efficiency • Dry and continuous peeling process • Peeling image as hand peeled product • No flat peeling, 100% all around knife peeled product • Smooth surface, therefore longer shelf life • Firm, dry waste, easy to transport • Lifetime knives, more than 2,000 operating hours • Reliable with wear-resistant parts • Perfect cleaning, if option removable auger is chosen

Details: • The peeler has a capacity of 3,493 kg (7,700 lbs) per hour • Controller retention time • Optimal batch size

Options & Models: • Removable auger • Pre-weighing unit • Weight control with load cells • Support frame

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Knocker Conveyor Purpose: Designed to remove small dirt particles out of the ‘dry’ stage of the processing line. Our Knocker Conveyor removes fines, like insects and sand, by means of belt knockers underneath the perforated belt. As the belt shakes, dirt particles fall through and are collected in stainless steel trays. It is made of a special modular belt with large openings.

Benefits:

Details:

Options & Models:

• Air knife to blow inner side of belt

• Infeed height: 85 cm (33.5”)

• Belt type

• Smooth shaking of the produce prevent spoiling

• Outfeed height: 140 cm (55”)

• Waste conveyors

• Frequency controller for belt speed • Frequency belt for knockers

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• Air knife designed with hygienic ventilators • Hollow box frame with hingeable sideguards

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Magnetic Onion Peeler Purpose: Yield - Hygiene - Convenience: these are the key features of our JBT FTNON Magnetic Onion Peeler. It has specialized technology using permanent super magnetism, eliminating the use of wires, tubes, belts and springs resulting in a machine running with frictionless components, tremendously reducing the costs of maintenance.

Benefits: • New hygienic design • Maximum “up-time” (lower maintenance costs) • Greater ease of use with adjustment of onion size • Improved yield, optimum peeling performance • Higher end-product quality with no contamination of product and waste • Sustainable equipment

Details: • Capacity ±80-100 onions per minute • The capacity is determined by the size of the onions, the capacity and the experience of the operator(s) and feed system to the onion peeler • Suitable for onions with a diameter of ±60 mm -140 mm (2 ½” – 5 ½”) • Stainless steel design

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Multifunctional Washer Purpose: A highly flexible washing solution for fruits and vegetables. The multifunctional washer is designed to remove soil particles and debris from the surface of the produce. The multifunctional washer consists of a wash tank, a transport conveyor with flights, overhead spray nozzles, pump tank with filter and control panel.

Benefits: • Air injection to create turbulence in the water • Pneumatic conveyor lift system • Rotating filter for improved water utilization • Cooling coil to help maintain constant water temperature of ±4° C (38° F) • Automatic electric valve stops water flow when pump stops to save water • Automatic filling valve fills washer quickly and automatically

Options & Models: • Air Injection • Pneumatic conveyor lift system instead of manual winch • Rotating filter instead of static filter • Cooling coil • Automatic electric valve for fresh water spraying pipe • Automatic filling valve

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Mushroom Slicers Purpose: Our mushroom slicer provides slicing solutions specifically for fresh and blanched mushrooms. The innovative design of these slicers enables high throughput, perfect silhouette cut and optimum process control. Due to its hygienic design, changeover and cleaning times are kept to a minimum.

Benefits:

Details:

Options & Models:

• Gentle product handling

• Consistent processing

• Blanched Mushroom Slicer

• High silhouette cut percentage

• Special separation of mushrooms in four rows

• Fresh Mushroom Slicer

• Quick knife head assembly • For mushrooms up to 65 mm

• Perfectly segmented product

• Different capacities possible

• Simple operation

• Minimum of damage due to smart construction

• Solid and low-maintenance system • Easy to clean

• Infeed by hand or automatically

• Quick exchange of knife block possible

• Portobello Slicer

• Correct infeed orientation

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Pet Food Technology Purpose: Over 35 years JBT FTNON has built up vast experience in the field of wet pet food technology. With a wide range of installations, our systems have been used very satisfactorily by many leading pet food manufacturers worldwide. Thanks to our advanced pet food technology our customers have been able to improve efficiency and optimize the quality of their products.

Benefits: • Cooking meat with the help of steam • For the production of wet pet food for cats and dogs • Highly efficient systems • Improved product quality • Various belt systems available

Details: • Steam tunnels with stainless steel belt • Steam tunnels with Teflon coated Kevlar belt • Steam tunnels, type DCC • Color dosing systems • Extruders, cutting units and cooling conveyors

Options & Models: Various auxiliary equipment available: • Product hoppers with pump systems • I nfeed belts to cutting units • Dynamic three belt systems and buffer conveyors

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Prep Line Purpose: Our prep lines provide tailored process systems for the food industry. A very important aspect is the manual pre-treatment of the product. The naked eye and motor skills are still needed to inspect produce by means of appearance and color. Well-designed pre-treatment systems ensure the optimal performance of your employees.

Benefits:

Details:

• Ergonomic design

• 3x2, 4x2, 5x2, 6x2 or 7x2 chopping boards

• Minimal product loss

• 3x2, 4x2, 5x2, 6x2 or 7x2 crate supports

• Product infeed conveyor (middle conveyor)

• Hygienic design

• Product outfeed conveyor (top conveyor)

• Easy cleaning

• Waste chutes to waste conveyor • Waste conveyor (bottom conveyor)

Options & Models: • Double belt or triple belt design • With or without crate support • Waste elevator conveyor • Platform

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Product in Tote/Crate Washer Purpose: Unique washing principle allows products to be washed in crates or totes. The whole heads or whole leaves are placed in crates/ totes and are transported through the washer by a chain. Each crate/tote may be loaded with a different product and fed sequentially through the washer.

Benefits: • Optimal washing results for all kinds of different products including whole head and whole leaves • Different crates/totes can be used • System can be made completely automatic with crate/tote handling systems • Easy to operate and clean

Details: • Able to wash different crate sizes • Consistent washing of crates • Hygienic design

Options & Models: • Stainless steel plate with large holes • Automatic infeed and outfeed • Automatic electric valve for fresh water spraying pipe • Cooling coil • Automatic filling valve

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Salad Slicing System Purpose: A completely new system for slicing a wide variety of salads, heads and leaves. High-grade and delicate salads require special attention, particularly sustainably sliced products that need optimally hygienic preparation conditions and processes.

Benefits: • Reduces product bruising and damaging considerably • Perfectly sliced product • Hardly suffers stroke or slice force • Improved slicing quality prolongs the freshness of produce

Details: The clear safety hoods allow a proper observation of the slicing process. The new slicer offers the following benefits: • Long life knives which need to be sharpened less often and are easy to mount and dismount • The complete system is easily accessible and can be properly cleaned

Options & Models: Butt-end divider chute (one or two pieces)

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Super Batch Centrifuge Purpose: The gentle way to dry fragile salads. The objective of this system is to produce a uniform, effective drying treatment with minimal damage to the product. For this application, the product will be centrifuged in a conical drum, so the product can be divided evenly over the wall of the drum at a low speed and with a minimal falling height. panel.

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Benefits:

Details:

Options & Models:

• High capacity within a small footprint

• Centrifuge

• Very hygienic and easy to clean

• Infeed conveyor

• No drive components above product • Very easy to maintain; few parts

• Air knife, including ventilator for cleaning centrifuge

• Model SBC 200 - Capacity based on Iceberg lettuce: 2,000 kg / 4,400 lbs an hour

• Reduced product damage

• Controls

• Model SBC 300 - Capacity based on Iceberg lettuce: 2,800 kg / 6,160 lbs an hour

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Sweet Pepper Decorer Purpose: Our JBT FTNON Sweet Pepper Decorer has been developed to remove cores and problematic seeds from bell peppers in the most efficient way possible.

Benefits: • High capacity with one or two operators • Innovative design ensures a perfectly de-cored end product, almost free of loose seeds • Automatic centering of the bell pepper • Automatically determined coring depth • Capacity with one operator ± 2,000 pieces per hour

Details: • System to remove cores and problematic seeds from bell peppers in the most efficient way possible • Small footprint • Peppers can be divided into halves, quarters, sixths or eights • Very hygienic and completely cleanable system

Options & Models: Two or four pocket system

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Swirl Bath Washer Purpose: Our Swirl Bath Washer is designed to wash and mix different products, such as sliced vegetables, salads and herbs. The combination of special techniques provides optimal washing results, while the product is treated as delicately as possible. Produce is massaged and dirt comes loose without subjecting it to excessive force. Screw rotation produces maximum retention time in the washer.

Benefits: • Optimum washing result • Controlled retention time • Quick changeover time • Easy to clean

Details: • Available with Parabolic or Rotary Filter • Hygienic design • Belt widths from 600 to 900 mm (24” to 35”) • Potential to create two-stage wash line consisting of two washers placed in series

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Weighing Conveyor Purpose: Our Weighing Conveyor can be applied at several places within a typical processing line. It provides a more constant product flow compared to regular conveyors. Not only does it control the flow but it can also check the amount of product passing through the conveyor.

Benefits: • Used for product mixture • Weighs by means of load cells • Constant product flow • Ability to weigh and check amount of product

Details: • Hygienic design • Easy to clean • Stainless steel design

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JBT is a leading provider of integrated food processing solutions. From single machines to complete processing lines, we enhance value and capture quality, nutrition and taste in food products. With a local presence on six continents, JBT can quickly provide our customers and partners in the food processing industry with the know-how, service, and support needed to succeed in today’s competitive marketplace.

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OUR BRANDS

Europe FTNON Almelo B.V. Bedrijvenpark Twente 20 7602 KA Almelo - NL Phone: +31 546 574 222

FTNON Delft B.V. Rotterdamseweg 402E 2629 HH Delft - NL Phone: +31 15 744 0150

North America FTNON USA, Inc. 30 East San Joaquin St #203 Salinas, CA 93901 - USA0 Phone: +1 831 274 6007

Asia Pacific John Bean Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Room 1908, Hongwell International Plaza, 1600 West Zhongshan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200235, PRC Phone: +86 21 3339 1588 Fax: +86 21 3339 1599

John Bean Technologies Corporation 400 Fairway Avenue Lakeland, FL 33801 USA Phone: +1 863 683 5411 Fax: +1 863 680 3672

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