BOC Showcases a Range of Poultry Products and Service Solutions.

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International Poultry Exposition

Booth # 138

MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004

Poultry processors who need world class technologies for pathogen intervention, freezing and chilling, food monitoring and control and water management services can look to BOC (NYSE: BOX) for assistance.

The company will present an exciting array of new technologies, products and services at the International Poultry Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan. 28 - Jan. 30, 2004 in booth 138.

Bill Baker, vice president food markets, BOC, says, "BOC has been a reliable supplier of food grade gases and related technologies to the food processing industries for decades. We are also a leading provider of innovative solutions to the poultry industry's processing and food safety concerns."

BOC will be exhibiting a line of ozone and ultra-violet light systems at the show. "These are proven microbial interventions for food, food contact surfaces, marinade and brine chill treatment and equipment sanitation, and are also validated food safety technologies that can be incorporated into a company's HACCP plan," Baker says. BOC representatives also will be available to discuss the capabilities of company's highly successful cryogenic impingement freezer and other freezing and chilling equipment.

And through EMC, BOC's St. Louis-based water management services company, BOC can operate and manage a processor's entire water system, from water supply to process water and waste water treatment. EMC allows poultry processors to optimize water use to realize savings and enhanced reliability and environmental compliance.

Thinkage, a BOC food venture company that uses BOC's proprietary Think Gates(R) service and technology offering to monitor and control the state of the food product as it moves from one processing cell to another, will also be exhibiting at the show. Thinkage can be found in booth number 345.

Food processors look to BOC for its experience and expertise in delivering the engineered solutions they need. BOC helps customers address their atmosphere, microbe and temperature control requirements so they can deliver the highest quality food to their customers. BOC provides a range of offerings, such as ozone and UV light pathogen intervention systems, chilling and freezing technologies, modified atmosphere packaging, state-of-the-art food monitoring and control technologies, water management services and a precision-controlled, continuous grinding and blending system to help customers achieve total process control in their plants.

For further information about BOC food processing products and services, call 800.755.9277 or email BOC at [e-mail]

The BOC Group (NYSE:BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs 44,500 people and had annual sales of some $7 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com.