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Paris 2011: Bodycote Renews Rolls-Royce Contract, Opens Facility in Mexico
Thermal processing specialist Bodycote has signed a 10-year renewal contract with Rolls-Royce to provide its services in the UK and potentially other parts

Thermal processing specialist Bodycote has signed a 10-year renewal contract with Rolls-Royce to provide its services in the UK and potentially other parts of the world, including North America and Asia. The company’s Dallas, Texas-based aerospace and defense division also has announced the planned opening this year of a new vacuum, heat-treatment facility in Mexico to provide outsourced thermal processing to major aerospace and power-generation suppliers in the area.

Bodycote’s core business involves improving the properties of metals and alloys so that parts, components and end-products are thereby stronger, safer and longer lasting. It does this with thermal processes that include heat treatment, metal joining, surface technology and hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The company has 170 accredited facilities in 27 countries.