Bodycote Heat Treatment

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…

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Harold Hankins CBE, who has been the administrator of the Bodycote Educational Foundation since its inception more than 12 years ago. Professor Hankins was a former non executive director of Bodycote plc and, along with Joe Dwek, the first Chairman, and John Chesworth,…

John Hebeisen, who retired from Bodycote in 2006, has been named as the winner of the Metal Powder Industries Federation’s ‘Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award’ for 2009. The purpose of this award is to recognise people who devote a major part of their working careers to one or more segments of the field of…

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 2009.…

  Press releases 27 Apr 2009 2009 AGM and IMS Statement Bodycote is issuing its interim management statement covering the period from 1 January to 27 April 2009 to coincide with the company's 56th Annual General Meeting The 2008 preliminary results, announced on 25 February 2009, highlighted the difficult economic and trading environment and uncertainty…

Pursuant to the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2 the following summarises the information that has been published or made available to the public by the Company throughout the period 16 April 2008 to 15 April 2009. Announcements listed as published on the London Stock Exchange have been published via a Regulatory Information Service and can…

Bodycote PLC wishes to provide an update in respect of the Retention 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 Company completed the Final Redemption (as defined in the Circular) on 6…

Bodycote’s Kitchener, ON (Canada) facility, has been awarded Nadcap accreditation to AC7102 for Aerospace Heat Treating services. General Manager, Gary Prattis, and Quality Manager, Louise Lalonde, were the driving force behind this very prestigious achievement. This was accomplished with Kitchener's loyal and dedicated staff who have supported and complied with the higher level of professionalism…

Robert Moulin, Sales & Marketing Director for Western Europe, has been elected President of the French Association of Heat Treatment and Surface Treatment (A3TS), succeeding Alain Viola (SAFRAN Group). Robert graduated from DEST CNAM / Lyon in 1975 and began his career with Thierry Dimier where he held various technical jobs. He managed several plants…

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…