June 12, 2009 (FinancialWire) — JBT Corp. (NYSE: JBT) said that the State of Hawaii has awarded a $10 million contract to its JBT AeroTech business. The contract includes the supply of 15 new passenger boarding bridges and associated equipment for gates in the Diamond Head and Ewa Concourses at the Honolulu International Airport.

The latest project represents the sixth project for upgrading passenger boarding bridges at Honolulu airports that the state has completed. JBT AeroTech said it has supplied all 56 of the bridges that have been included in these projects.

JBT AeroTech said expects to manufacture a majority of the equipment by the fourth quarter of 2009 and complete installation by the fourth quarter of 2010.

Chicago-based JBT is a technology solutions provider to the food processing and air transportation industries. JBT designs, manufactures, tests and services 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 employs around 3,400 people worldwide and operates sales, service, manufacturing and sourcing operations located in more than 25 countries.

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