industry engineering services founded 1923 headquarters macclesfield cheshire united kingdom key people alan thomson chairman stephen harris ceo revenue 567.2 million 2015 1 operating income 77.9 million 2015 1 net income 56.2 million 2015 1 number of employees 5 669 2015 1 website www.bodycote.com bodycote plc is a supplier of heat treatments metal joining hot isostatic pressing and coatings services . based in macclesfield united kingdom it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 trademarks 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by arthur bodycote in 1923 as a textile business under the name of g.r. bodycote ltd. 2 it was acquired by slater walker in 1951 and demerged from them in 1973 . 2 it refocused on its present activities in the 1970s particularly in bullet proof and flame retardant clothing in the specialist materials sector . from 1979 onwards it made a series of acquisitions the first of which was blandburgh a heat treatment business . 2 in 1980 it went on to buy zinc alloy rust proofing ltd which was the beginning of its metallurgical coatings business . 2 in 1990 bodycote acquired metallurgical testing services ltd mts of edinburgh from murray international plc laying the foundations for what would become bodycote s materials testing business . in 2008 the materials testing division was sold to private ownership leading to the founding of the testing company exova . 2 in 1991 it bought hip ltd a leading hot isostatic processing business . 2 in 2001 the company bought lindberg corporation the largest heat treatment business in the united states . 3 the company changed its name from bodycote international plc to bodycote plc in april 2008 . 4 operations edit bodycote s head office at tytherington business park in macclesfield the company has three divisions 5 heat treatment operates computerised heat treatment centres and metal joining facilities which undertake contract work for the aerospace power generation automotive railway and general engineering industries . surface technology operates coating centres which provide ceramic coatings sherardizing zinc flake organic coatings mechanical plating pvd coatings and anodising . specialist technologies hot isostatic pressing hip works with the power generation precision castings automotive aerospace precision tooling and medical engineering industries . specialty stainless steel processes s3p features kolsterising and nivox technology offer unique surface hardening solutions for austenitic stainless steel nickel based alloys and cobalt chromium alloys producing increased mechanical and wear properties without adversely affecting corrosion resistance . 6 trademarks edit corr i dur densal densal ii kolsterising nivox references edit a b c d annual report 2015 pdf . bodycote . retrieved 28 march 2016 . a b c d e f our company bodycote plc . bodycote.com . retrieved 24 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