BOC HELPS POULTRY INDUSTRY PRODUCE BETTER FOOD FOR CONSUMERS

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BOC HELPS POULTRY INDUSTRY PRODUCE BETTER FOOD FOR CONSUMERS
15 September 2006 - BOC Gases

Families all over the world are eating fresher and tastier chicken, turkey and duck thanks to BOC’s work with some of the world’s largest poultry processors.

BOC, a global supplier to hundreds of poultry plants across the globe, helps processors improve product consistency, taste and freshness, while reducing waste and downtime, controlling costs and increasing yield.

“BOC is a leader in developing and implementing solutions to some of the poultry industry’s most challenging processing and operational concerns. Processors can work with BOC to address their range of needs, from increasing throughput and product flexibility, to improving quality and yield and reducing operating costs,” said Steve Hope, vice president, global food marketing, BOC.

“We are proud of our history of delivering reliable engineered solutions to address customers’ atmosphere and temperature control, yield enhancement and water management requirements. These solutions enable processors to accomplish their quality and productivity goals, while allowing them to concentrate on their core business, producing delicious, high quality food for consumers,” Hope said.

For over 40 years, BOC has been a premier supplier of cost effective, food grade cryogenic gases, gas delivery systems and freezing and chilling equipment designed to meet poultry’s processors unique operational and floor space requirements.

BOC’s Think Gates process optimization technology and service enables processors to control the state of their food product as it moves throughout the entire production process. Using real time data, plant managers can adjust their process to eliminate product variability, capture target taste and product consistency, boost yield, quality, production efficiency and customer satisfaction, while eliminating waste and off spec product.

EMC, BOC’s St. Louis-based water services division, can manage and optimize a processor’s entire water cycle, from water supply to wastewater treatment. “EMC helps poultry processors decrease their overall operating costs by reducing water and energy usage. For example, EMC can develop and implement water reuse strategies that conserve water, while complying with USDA guidelines,” Hope said.

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About: BOC Gases
Through its PGS line of business, BOC supplies gas and related solutions to the chemicals, petroleum, glass, water services, electronic packaging, fibre optics, hydrogen energy, metals and food industries. BOC helps meet customer needs in a variety of ways, from the supply of a single gas or application through to designing, constructing and operating fully integrated gas and utilities schemes.

The BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies. It employs some 44,500 people worldwide and had annual sales of over £4.3 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at www.boc.com

The BOC Group has an international portfolio of companies grouped for management control and reporting into three lines of business: Process Gas Solutions, Industrial and Special Products, and BOC Edwards. It also has a specialist logistics business, Gist.

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