Press Releases

Bodycote is pleased to announce Mario Ciampini has accepted the position as Vice President of the General Industry Region within the North American AGI business. In Mario’s new role he will be responsible for managing operations and sales for the following plants: Eden Prairie, New Berlin, Sturtevant, Melrose Park, and Indianapolis. Mario began his career…

Bodycote plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Byron Williamson as Vice President, Global Marketing, Aerospace, Defence & Energy (ADE). In this role, Byron will be responsible for managing the marketing organization for Bodycote’s ADE business and will serve on the ADE Leadership Team. Byron comes to Bodycote after a 19-year career in the…

Bodycote plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Sobieski as Vice President, North America Operations, Aerospace, Defence & Energy (ADE). In this role, Mike will be responsible for managing the ADE locations in North America and will serve on the Global ADE Leadership Team. Mike comes to Bodycote after an 18-year career in…

  Press releases 06 May 2010 Bodycote appoints Senior VP of ADE Sales Bodycote plc is pleased to announce the appointment of David Hamilton as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Aerospace, Defence & Energy (ADE). In this role David will be responsible for managing the global sales organisation for the ADE business and will serve…

Bodycote plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today all of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed unanimously on a show of hands. Results of the proxy votes received for the meeting will be available on the company's website on 28 April 2010.…

Bodycote is issuing its interim management statement covering the period from 1 January to 27 April 2010 to coincide with the company's 57th Annual General Meeting. The financial and operational data set out below is in respect of the Group's first quarter (1 January to 31 March 2010) unless otherwise stated. GROUP Revenues for Q1…

Publication of the Annual report Bodycote plc announces that its Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2009, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and form of proxy are now available on the Company's website at www.bodycote.com/?OB=33&;POB=6. Printed copies of these documents will be posted to shareholders on or around 25 March 2010 and…

Bodycote plc's 2009 Preliminary Results are now online at 

Prime aerospace manufacturers and their supply chains in Asia can now benefit from access to Bodycote’s newly Nadcap-accredited heat treatment facility in Wuxi, China. The Wuxi plant has become the first subcontract facility in China to gain the prestigious Nadcap approval for its heat treatment capabilities. The approval follows comprehensive audits of quality systems incorporating…

Bodycote has recently added acetylene gas as an alternative to propane for low pressure carburizing at its Livonia, Michigan plant. Acetylene offers many advantages including uniform carburizing of dense loads, blind holes and small parts that may have part-to-part contact. Biji George, General Manager of the Livonia plant, said: “Acetylene allows us to achieve exceptional…

Bodycote Plc, the specialist thermal processing company, announces that it has executed a new £110 million multi-currency revolving credit facility with existing relationship banks. This replaces the Group's current £225 million facility which matures in August 2010. The new facility reflects the Group's funding requirements. It has a maturity date of 31 March 2013, unchanged…

Bodycote plc, the specialist thermal processing company, today issues its Interim Management Statement, covering the period from 1 July to 16 November 2009, and provides an update to its outlook for the year ending 31 December 2009. Current Trading At the interim results we reported that Group revenue, on a continuing basis, in the first…

Bodycote’s plant in Beylikdüzü, Turkey, has been awarded aerospace approval from Korea Aerospace Industries. The plant, in the Istanbul region, has been serving the aerospace business for the last decade, achieving approvals from customers such as Sikorsky and Augusta. Within the last three years, large aerospace companies such as Eaton, Pratt & Whitney and Korea…

Roger Fabian, Business Development Manager for Bodycote’s Aerospace, Defense & Energy division, has been selected by the HTS Board to receive the 2009 George H. Bodeen Heat Treating Achievement Award. Established in 1996, this award recognizes distinguished and significant contributions to the field of heat treating through leadership, management, or engineering development of substantial commercial…

Bodycote's 2009 Interim Results are now online at 

EMBARGOED UNTIL: 0700 HOURS FRIDAY 10 JULY 2009 Bodycote is providing the following trading update ahead of its interim results announcement on 29 July 2009. Trading As has been widely reported, industrial output has continued to decline globally. In European economies, such as Germany and Sweden, where automotive, capital goods and general industrial activities predominate,…

Bodycote Finland celebrated the opening of its new heat treatment centre in Tampere’s Vehmainen quarter on May 19th. The new heat treatment centre on Vehmaisten Hyllilänkatu Street covers an area of 3,500 square metres with a ceiling height reaching to 16 metres. In his opening speech, Bodycote Finland’s Managing Director, Erik Saviranta, commented that the…

Bodycote Metallurgical Coatings, a leading provider of Bodycote K-Tech high performance chemically formed ceramic coatings, has introduced a new range of polymer coating products: Tech100 PEEK™ Polymer, which offers customers non-stick properties and improved performance for products in demanding corrosion and temperature environments. Operations Director, Mr Stewart Gibson, says, “We have been researching the polymer…

Bodycote Testing Group, the worldwide testing and advisory business has been relaunched with a new dynamic name, identity and website. The company will be known as Exova. The creation of a new name and identity which reflect the company’s new direction, vision and values, has been prompted by the sale of the business by Bodycote…

Bodycote’s Huntington Park facility has provided heat treating services to the aerospace, defense and energy industries since 1945. In order to expand its services for customers, the facility has recently completed numerous upgrades to its nitriding, vacuum, and non-destructive testing capabilities. Following the successful commissioning of two automated control gas nitride furnaces, which are compliant…