Bodycote plc is a leading provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services worldwide, offering precision heat treatments including case-hardening, hardening and tempering, annealing, ion implantation, low pressure carburising and Corr-I-Dur processes; metal joining services such as furnace and vacuum brazing, induction brazing and electron beam welding; hot isostatic pressing; and surface technology including combustion spraying, flame spraying, plasma spraying and speciality stainless steel processes. The company operates through two main divisions: Aerospace, Defence & Energy serving aerospace, defence, power generation and oil & gas sectors; and Automotive & General Industrial targeting automotive, construction, machine building, medical and transportation industries, with customers spanning critical components manufacturers and end-users globally. Founded in 1923 as G.R. Bodycote Ltd and headquartered in Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom, Bodycote plc trades on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker BOY.L as a FTSE 250 constituent and maintains operations across Europe, North America and other regions. Recent developments include the completion of the Lake City Heat Treating acquisition in early 2024, enhancing its hot isostatic pressing and vacuum heat treatment capabilities in the medical and aerospace markets; termination of the Stack Metallurgical Group deal in 2024; initiation of a £60 million share buyback programme commencing March 2024 with subsequent extensions including a third £30 million tranche completed in July 2025; and an additional restructuring in 2025 involving job cuts to optimise operations.