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Publication of the Annual report Bodycote plc announces that its Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2008, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and form of proxy are now available on the Company's website at 

‘PowderMet’, the annual international technical conference on powder metallurgy and particulate materials, will be taking place in Las Vegas from 28th June – 1st July 2009. Organised by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), which is a federation of six trade associations, the event will feature more than 200 technical presentations in 46 technical sessions…

Bodycote plc's 2008 Preliminary Results are now online at 

UK-based Bodycote plc, the world’s leading provider of thermal processing services, announces today that it is expanding its offerings to Japanese manufacturers. The sales office in Nagoya, Japan is now accepting orders for hot isostatic pressing (HIP), Kolsterising®, K-Tech, and Boronizing. HIP is the application of high temperatures and pressures and is used for the…

LISTING RULE 9.6.14 R Dr Krishnamurthy Rajagopal, a Non-Executive Director of Bodycote plc, was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc with effect from 10 February 2009.

A two day conference organised by the ASM Heat Treating Society will aim to discuss advances in the heat treatment of aluminium, titanium and next generation composites. The conference will take place 25-26th March at the Doubletree Hotel in Anaheim, California and will cover new techniques in heat treating, processing, microstructure development, materials properties and…

Bodycote’s Cambridge (UK) facility, part of the Heat Treatment & Metal Joining division, has been awarded Nadcap accreditation for its Electron Beam Welding (EBW) operations. Electron Beam Welding is a specialist metal joining technique used to create high integrity joints with minimal distortion. EBW fully fuses two parts using only parent metal; hence no need…

Bodycote plc, the specialist thermal processing company, is pleased to announce that Stephen Harris will become Chief Executive on 12th January 2009. Stephen, currently Chief Executive Designate, replaces John Hubbard who will continue to advise Stephen in the coming months. John will be stepping down from the Board following the conclusion of the Annual General…

Bodycote PLC wishes to provide an update in relation to the Return of Cash, details of which were set out in the Circular to Shareholders published on 21 November 2008 ('the Circular') and which was approved by Shareholders on 8 December 2008. In accordance with the timetable set out in the Circular the date for…

Bodycote PLC wishes to provide an update in respect of the Return of Cash, details of which were set out in the Circular to Shareholders published on 21 November 2008 ('the Circular') and which was approved by Shareholders on 8 December 2008. The latest time for receipt of Election Forms from certificated Shareholders and USE…

The Company has today held the General Meeting referred to in the Circular to shareholders of the Company published on 21 November 2008 ('the Circular'). Resolutions 1 to 4 set out in the Notice convening the General Meeting have been passed. As a result of the 11 for 19 share capital consolidation referred to in…

The Company has today published a circular which incorporates a Notice of General Meeting of the Company to be held at 11.30 am on 8 December 2008 at the Company's registered office, Springwood Court, Springwood Close, Tytherington Business Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2XF. Copies of the circular have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority…

On 28 August 2008, Bodycote PLC ("Bodycote" or the "Company") announced the conditional sale of its Testing Business (the "Sale") and its intention to return approximately £260m of the proceeds of the Sale to shareholders of the Company (the " Shareholders"). The Sale was completed on 17 October 2008. Bodycote issued its Interim Management Statement…

Bodycote plc, the specialist thermal processing company, today issues its Interim Management Statement, covering the period from 1 July to 16 November 2008 and provides an update to its outlook for the year ending 31 December 2008. Disposal of the Testing Strategic Business Unit (SBU) On 27 August 2008, Bodycote announced the conditional sale of…

Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, (CD&R) a global private equity firm with a strategy of building and growing the businesses in which it invests, has today (17 October 2008) finalised the purchase of the Bodycote Testing Group from Bodycote plc, and appointed Grant Rumbles as Chief Executive Officer. Grant Rumbles joins from international services company, Serco…

Bodycote plc, the specialist thermal processing company, is very pleased to announce that it has completed the disposal of the group's Testing Strategic Business Unit to Clayton Dubilier & Rice for a cash consideration of £417 million. A circular dealing with the prospective return of capital is expected to be sent to shareholders for their…

Bodycote PLC ('the Company') announces that, at the General Meeting held earlier today, the Shareholders approved the resolution required for the sale of the Testing Business of the Company ('Sale') to proceed as set out in the circular sent to shareholders dated 23 September 2008 (the 'Circular'). Bodycote recently received clearance from the relevant competition…

Bodycote Plc, the specialist thermal processing company, is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen Harris as Chief Executive. He will initially join the Board as Chief Executive Designate on 01 November 2008 and take over from John Hubbard in the first quarter of 2009. Stephen, 50, was previously a main board Executive Director at…

Roger Fabian was today elected President of ASM International. Roger, who is Business Development Manager for Bodycote Thermal Processing based at Berlin, Connecticut, was elected President during the ASM Annual Business Meeting at MS&T in Pittsburgh. Roger has previously served as a President of the ASM Heat Treating Society, an Affiliate Society of ASM International,…

Appointment of Non Executive Director Bodycote Plc, the specialist thermal processing company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Krishnamurthy (Raj) Rajagopal as a Non Executive Director with effect from 24 September 2008. Raj was previously a main board director of BOC Group Plc and Chief Executive of BOC Edwards. He has considerable experience…