Founded in 1923, UK-based Bodycote plc - the world's leading thermal processing services provider - operates over 170 facilities in 27 countries. Bodycote provides heat treatments, metal joining, hot isostatic pressing and coatings services to a wide range of industries including aerospace, defense, power generation, oil & gas, military, petrochemical, automotive, agricultural, consumer products, medical and construction. Bodycote trades on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: BOY.L) and is a vital component of the FTSE250 Index.Bodycote is the premier Hot Isostatic Pressing provider in Asia. HIP is the application of high temperatures and pressures and is used for the removal of porosity from titanium, steel, Ni base and Co/Cr alloy investment castings. DENSAL is a proprietary HIP process offered by Bodycote for the densification of aluminium castings. Hot isostatic pressing can also be used to diffusion bond similar or different materials, as well as provide a process of HIP cladding whereby a powder layer is HIPped onto a solid substrate for enhanced chemical and wear resistance properties. The use of HIP for the densification of metal powders allows a wide range of simple or near-net-shape products to be manufactured often with shorter lead times than conventional manufacturing routes. The product fabrication by Bodycote allows the manufacture of components which would be unobtainable using traditional methods. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, the global HIP group at Bodycote is expanding its HIP offerings to regional clients located in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan.
