Heat treatment specialist to open major Yorkshire facility

Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, it to open a new facility in the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham.

The new facility will support the aerospace and power generation markets in the UK and Europe.  

Simon Blantern, vice president of sales Europe for Bodycote’s Aerospace, Defence & Energy heat treatment division, said: “This investment demonstrates Bodycote’s continuing commitment to align resources to serve both the aerospace and power generation markets.”

The new facility, which will become fully operational in 2018, will offer a number of heat treatment processes. Additionally, major OEM approvals will be secured along with Nadcap accreditation.

It is expected that up to 150 people will be based at the Bodycote site.

The Advanced Manufacturing Park, which already boasts McLaren and Boeing among its occupiers, has been developed by Rotherham-based Harworth Group.