Jacobs Receives Contract from Honeywell for Baton Rouge Manufacturing Plant

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it has been awarded a contract from Honeywell to provide engineering services for the expansion of its Baton Rouge, La. manufacturing facility.

Jacobs is executing the work from its offices in Mt. Laurel, N.J.

The expansion enables the Baton Rouge facility, one of the leading refrigerants suppliers in the U.S., to produce Honeywell's new low-global-warming-potential (GWP) blowing agent and propellant (technical name: HFO-1234ze) on a commercial scale. Production of HFO-1234ze is scheduled to begin in late 2013.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Bob Pragada stated, "We are pleased Honeywell selected Jacobs to be part of this cutting edge project, especially since the investment will use next-generation technology to improve the energy efficiency for a multitude of applications."

Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services.

Statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking statements on management's current estimates and expectations as well as currently available competitive, financial and economic data. Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently uncertain. There are a variety of factors that could cause business results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2011 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.  We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

For additional information contact:

     Michelle Jones

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SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.