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DISPOSAL OF TESTING BUSINESS 24 September 2008 Further to the announcement made by Bodycote PLC ("Company") on 28 August 2008 relating to the sale of its Testing Business ("Sale") and return of cash to shareholders, a General Meeting of the Company has been convened for 10.30 am on 9 October 2008 to seek Shareholders' approval…

For the first time, Bodycote SA (France) and Air Liquide have joined forces to host a seminar on nitriding and nitrocarburising. Air Liquide is the world leader in industrial and medical gases and operates in 75 countries.The seminar will be held in Lyon, France on October 9th and 10th 2008. The aim of the seminar…

Bodycote Thermal Processing announces their West Coast Operations are embarking on a major initiative for integrating and expanding their eight California locations. There has been growing concern amongst the supplier base that capacities in heat treating and related services to the aerospace and commercial markets are diminishing. To reassure our customers, Bodycote is planning a…

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Bodycote plc ("Bodycote") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of its Testing Strategic Business Unit ("Testing Business") to Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (acting through CDR Tabasco Limited, a company incorporated by Clayton Dubilier & Rice Fund VII LP to effect the acquisition) ("CD&R") for a consideration…

Bodycote Metlab and Bodycote Shotton, part of Bodycote Testing has completed a major contract to invigilate, test and certify more than 30 qualified welding procedures approved under PED rules to the Irish State Training Authority (FAS). Ireland’s leading experts in Construction Materials Testing (CMT), Bodycote Metlab has worked in partnership with FAS to develop the…

Bodycote plc announces that, with effect from 18 August 2008, its registered office has changed to: Springwood Court Springwood Close Tytherington Business Park Macclesfield Cheshire UK SK10 2XF Telephone numbers remain unchanged

The attendance of Bodycote at the Farnborough Airshow was considered to be a great success. Alan Thomson, the Chairman of Bodycote plc, attended the show during the trade week and was on hand to meet some of our key clients. Alan stated that “the high quality and outstanding professionalism of our exhibition stand and staff…

Bodycote's 2008 Interim Results are now online at  details...

Bodycote Thermal Processing’s new plant in Silao, Mexico, officially opened its doors last week following a grand opening ceremony. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Bodycote personnel plus officials and government representatives from the State of Guanajuato including the governor, Lic. Juan Manuel Oliva Ramirez, who, during the ceremony, proposed a future relationship between Bodycote…

Bodycote plc will be announcing its interim results for the six months to 30 June 2007 on Tuesday 29 July 2008.

Bodycote is pleased to announce the acquisition of three UK companies, Plasma & Thermal Coatings Ltd, Greenhey Engineering Services and NPE Innotek Ltd, which join the Metallurgical Coatings division of Bodycote’s Thermal Processing Group. Plasma & Thermal Coatings operates from Newport, South Wales, and provides plasma spray, HVOF, arc spray and flame spray coatings. The…

Bodycote has taken delivery of a high-capacity Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) at its Camas, Washington USA, facility. The unit, commissioned in late 2007, was supplied by Avure Technologies, Inc and is identical in size to a HIP unit installed at Camas in 1998. Both units rank as the largest such presses ever built. The work…

With effect from 30 April 2008 and pursuant to the special resolution passed at the annual general meeting on the same day, the company has changed its name to Bodycote plc.

Bodycote International 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. This included a special resolution by which the name of the company changed today to Bodycote plc. Copies of the ordinary and special resolutions forming…

Bodycote is issuing its first interim management statement covering the period from 1 January 2008 to 30 April 2008 to coincide with the company’s 55th Annual General Meeting Trading Based on actual performance to the end of March and our expectations for April, sales growth (at actual exchange rates) for the year to date is…

Bodycote is mourning the death of one of its most valued contributors, Professor Tom Bell, FREng. As one of the World’s most highly regarded surface engineering experts, Tom worked tirelessly towards the advancement of his field. Among many other honorary professorships and doctorates, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in…

Copies of the 2007 Annual Report and Accounts, 2008 AGM notice and Proxy form are now on-line - go to menu item 'Report & Account' under the Investor Relations tab

Bodycote International plc announces that Laurent Bermejo, non-executive director, has decided to step down from the Board. James Wallace, Chairman, said; 'We would like to thank Laurent for his contribution to the Board's deliberations and wish him well for the future.'

Bodycote International plc's 2007 Preliminary Results are now online at  details...