Bodycote’s Swedish Site Earns Nadcap Hot Isostatic Pressing
Accreditation
The company’s Surahammar, Sweden, hot isostatic pressing facility has achieved aerospace certification. Pictured is an aerial shot of this location.
Bodycote, a large provider of heat treatment and specialist
thermal processing services, revealed its Surahammar, Sweden,
hot isostatic pressing location has earned Nadcap accreditation.
The site has been producing Powdermet® near net shape and
selective surface net shape components for several years, using its
experience in manufacturing complex, high-integrity components
from powder metal to serve subsea, oil and gas, marine, nuclear,
tool steel, and automotive markets.
The company’s hot isostatic pressing now has nine Nadcapaccredited
sites globally positioned to serve the world’s aerospace
manufacturers and their first-tier suppliers, with additional
capacity to meet the demands of future growth in new aircraft
programs.
Recent Acquisitions
• CVD Equipment Corp., Central Islip, N.Y., a provider of
chemical vapor deposition systems and materials has, through its
new wholly owned subsidiary CVD MesoScribe Technologies
Corp., bought assets formerly owned by MesoScribe
Technologies Inc. The business specializes in manufacturing
harsh environment sensor products and structurally integrated
electronics based on its proprietary direct write thermal spray
technology.
• MB Aerospace, Glasgow, Scotland, has entered into an
agreement to acquire Taiwan-based Asian Compressor
Technology Services Co. Ltd. The company, founded in 1995
as a joint venture by Pratt & Whitney, China Airlines, and
Singapore Airlines Engineering Co., has developed strengths in
key technologies including thermal spray coatings. It will trade
as MB Aerospace ACTS (Taiwan) once legal completion has been
finalized.
• Integrated Global Services Inc., Richmond, Va., a provider
of in-situ internal thermal spray surface protection solutions, has
purchased Cetek Ltd., merging two critical asset maintenance
and coating solution providers. The move also contributes
additional lines of ceramic coating technology and maintenance
services to Integrated’s surface-protection tools.
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