JBT Marel

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and established in 1994, JBT Marel Corporation offers sophisticated technological solutions to the global food and beverage industries, with operations spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America. The company's core offerings include a comprehensive suite of value-added processing capabilities for the food, beverage, and health markets. These solutions cover a wide range of functions, such as chilling, mixing, grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high-pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, and end-of-line material handling and packaging. Beyond food processing, JBT Marel also supplies automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems, facilitating efficient material movement within manufacturing, warehouse, and medical environments. Its diverse clientele extends from baby food, bakery, confectionery, citrus, and various fruit and nut processors, to juice, pet food, pharmaceutical, plant-based beverage and protein producers, poultry, meat, and seafood operations, as well as ready meal manufacturers. Furthermore, the company serves non-food sectors like automotive, building materials, tissue, paper, packaging, hospitals, and other general manufacturing and warehousing facilities. JBT Marel markets and distributes its products and services via a direct sales team, independent distributors, sales representatives, and dedicated technical service personnel. The company, previously known as John Bean Technologies Corporation, officially adopted its current name, JBT Marel Corporation, in January 2025.