Bodycote demonstrates leadership in environmental transparency and a proactive approach to sustainability, optimising thermal processing for manufacturers and working to minimise the environmental impacts of heat treatment.
Combining energy efficiency, electrification and process innovation, Bodycote’s engineers are able to significantly reduce the carbon emissions from the manufacturing of our customers’ products in the aerospace industry.
As a result, Bodycote plays a major role in avoiding emissions and reducing our customers’ impacts on the climate.
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) drives ambitious climate action by enabling organisations to set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in line with what is needed to keep global heating below catastrophic levels and reach net-zero by 2050 at latest. As an organisation, and a vital enabler of energy aggregation, Bodycote is committed to playing its part in helping improve the trajectory of global CO2 levels.
Under REACH, hard chrome plating is heavily restricted; Bodycote Surface Technology acknowledges the mandate to replace chrome with alternative, less harmful materials which meet the legislative criteria. We offer environmentally friendly coating solutions as a direct alternative to chrome plate, providing superior wear and corrosion resistance.
Our High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) and plasma coatings are already being designed and used as a direct alternative for hard chrome plate for specific components including:
Bodycote is the trusted partner for leading aerospace companies worldwide, offering advanced thermal processing solutions that enable aerospace manufacturers to focus resources on their core processes.
Choosing Bodycote’s specialised heat treatment services and working with our experts helps aerospace companies significantly reduce equipment maintenance, capital investment, energy consumption, labour costs, and importantly, their carbon footprint.
Committed to sustainability, Bodycote has publicly announced ambitious carbon reduction targets and achieved a 29% reduction in operational emissions since 2019.
In recognition of our proactive sustainability approach and transparent environmental performance, Bodycote was awarded an A- leadership score by CDP in 2025, highlighting our leadership in sustainability within the thermal processing industry.
Explore how Bodycote's tailored thermal processing solutions can help your aerospace operations become more efficient, sustainable, and competitive.
Operating an international network of facilities and serving a wide range of industries, Bodycote is the world’s largest and most respected provider of thermal processing services – a vital link in the manufacturing supply chain.
Bodycote operates in two major areas; the Aerospace, Defence & Energy business serves the aerospace, defence, power generation and oil & gas industries, whilst the Automotive & General Industrial business serves sectors including automotive, construction, tooling, medical and transportation.
