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Article: Bodycote Testing becomes Exova.(testing & inspection)
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- British Plastics & Rubber
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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Bodycote Testing Group has been renamed Exova following its sale by Bodycote plc to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice last year. The new name will be implemented worldwide over the next few months, with the changeover being complete by October.
Bodycote has more than 130 facilities in 25 countries, and recently opened an 11,000 [ft.sup.2] performance assessment and additive testing centre at Trafford Park in Manchester.
Performance assessment testing assesses the physical and mechanical deterioration of plastics in representative environments. These include climatic exposure tests such as cyclic and static ...