Bodycote has acquired the heat-treating business of US-based Curtiss Wright Corporation for £32m. [03-Apr-2012]
Bodycote is planning to reduce the headcount at its worldwide heat treatment operations from 7,700 to 5,400 over the next year. [04-Aug-2009]
Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment firm, is to close 31 of its 200 worldwide plants, with the loss of about 750 jobs. [26-Feb-2009]
Bodycote is to sell its Testing Strategic Business Unit to Clayton Dubilier & Rice for £417m, including 130 laboratories in more than 25 countries worldwide, in order to focus on thermal processing. [29-Aug-2008]
Bodycote International has acquired Ningbo Jiangdong Ruidahong, the Chinese heat treatment company with annual sales of £2m. [19-Jun-2007]
Bodycote is looking to expand its materials testing business by spending up to £40m on acquisitions this year. [23-Aug-2006]
Bodycote International is to acquire Saab Metech of Sweden, ACT Laboratories of the US and Warrington Fire Research of the UK for a total £29m, in order to expand its testing division. [29-Mar-2006]
Bodycote International, the heat treatment company, is looking to spend up to £80m on small acquisitions this year, and is particularly interested in eastern Europe and Asia. [01-Mar-2006]
Bodycote International has acquired Norwest Soil Research of Canada and West Coast Analytical Services of the US, in order to expand its environmental and pharmaceutical testing services business. [03-Feb-2006]
Bodycote International has acquired Arthur Gordon Environmental Evaluators of Canada, in order to expand its environmental division. [09-Dec-2005]
Bodycote International has acquired five laboratories in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from Carillion for £1.3m, in order to expand its materials testing division. [08-Aug-2003]
Bodycote International has announced the £8m acquisition of two Italian businesses - materials testing company Centro Triveneto Ricerche and heat treatment company Gamma. [21-Nov-2002]
Bodycote is planning to close nine more plants in its worldwide heat treatment business with the loss of 350 jobs, including two UK sites at Knowsley and Caerphilly. [29-Aug-2002]
Bodycote International is to close its Liver Plating factory in Kirkby next month with the loss of 20 jobs. [27-Jun-2002]
Bodycote International is planning to restructure its heat treatment and industrial coatings business, with the loss of 300 of the 7,400 jobs and the disposal of some operations. [21-Mar-2002]
Bodycote International has acquired Oy Galvano, the Finnish metal treatment company with annual sales of £2.3m. [25-May-2001]
Bodycote International is to acquire K-Tec, the US ceramic coatings manufacturer, for £3.7m. [13-Apr-2001]
Bodycote International is to acquire Lindberg, the US heat treatment company, for £70m. [15-Dec-2000]
Bodycote International, the metal processing group, is planning to build about 100 new plants worldwide over the next five years, including 20 in China and Taiwan. [24-Mar-2000]
Bodycote, the heat treatment company, has won a contract to manage two laboratories at British Steel's Shotton Works in north Wales. [14-Jun-1999]
Bodycote International has acquired King & Fowler, the Liverpool-based surface coatings company, for £1.9m. [04-Jun-1999]
Bodycote has expanded its metal processing business with four acquisitions for a total £13m - Janini of France, LJ Broutman of the US and Ferrodur and Fuji Metallveredelung of Austria. [20-May-1999]
Bodycote International is planning to increase its share of the US metal treatment market through a programme of factory building and buying. [17-Mar-1999]
Bodycote International has acquired Alpha Heat Treating, the US heat treatment company, for £6.3m. [24-Oct-1998]
Bodycote has linked up with Sheffield Hallam University to launch Bodycote-SHU Coatings, a new company that will offer tool manufacturers the opportunity to use the latest physical vapour deposition coating machines. [23-Oct-1998]
Bodycote is to build a £2m plant in Mexico to make ultra-hard door furniture, and is planning to nearly double capital expenditure at new plants in Germany and Scandinavia. [08-Sep-1998]
Bodycote International has acquired Shore Metal Technology of Cleveland, Ohio, for £0.8m. [30-Jan-1998]
Bodycote International is to raise £101m in a rights issue, some of which will be used to finance its acquisition of HIT, the French metallurgical coatings business, and the remainder may finance future acquisitions. [03-Dec-1997]
Bodycote has acquired Hooven Metal Treating, the US heat treatment company that serves the aerospace sector, for £7.8m. [04-Nov-1997]
Bodycote International is planning to acquire HIT, the French heat treatment and metal coatings company, for £63m. [02-Oct-1997]
Bodycote International has bought two materials testing laboratories in the US - Industrial Testing Laboratories of St Louis for £1m and Metal Analysis of Los Angeles. [04-Jul-1997]
Bodycote International has acquired Bruken, the Swedish heat treatment group, for £57m. [08-Nov-1996]
Bodycote International has acquired Taussig Associates of Chicago, the operator of metallurgical testing laboratories, for up to $6.1m. [01-Oct-1996]
Bodycote, the metal technology and packaging concern, is planning to expand across Europe and America by expansion, and will also invest £24m this year on plant and equipment. [19-Apr-1996]
Bodycote International has bought Mahler Dienstleistung, the German metallurgical processor, for £6.7m. [10-Nov-1995]