JBT Corporation, or John Bean Technologies Corporation, is a global food processing machinery and airport equipment company. JBT Corporation was incorporated in 2008 when FMC Technologies divested its non-energy businesses. JBT Corporation is based in Chicago, Illinois. Its AeroTech division manufactures and services the Jetway brand of airport passenger loading bridges and other Ground Support Equipment such as Cargo Loaders, Deicers and pushback tractors. The company traces its history back to a company founded in 1884 by John Bean, an orchardist in Los Gatos, California.