Bodycote appoints Patrick Larmon to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Director

– UK – Bodycote plc (LSE:BOY), the world’s leading provider of thermal processing services is pleased to announce that Patrick Larmon will be joining the Board as an independent non-executive Director on 13 September 2016 and will become a member of its Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Patrick has been an Executive Director of Bunzl plc since 2004. Having joined Bunzl in 1990 when Packaging Products Corporation, of which he was an owner, was acquired, he held various senior management positions over 13 years before becoming President of Bunzl’s North America business in 2003 and then additionally assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of this business in 2004. Since 2015 he has been a Non-Executive Director of Huttig Building Products Inc., a NASDAQ listed international distributor of construction products.

About Bodycote

With more than 170 accredited facilities in 21 countries, Bodycote is the world’s largest provider of thermal processing services. Through heat treatment, metal joining, surface technology and Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), Bodycote improves the properties of metals and alloys, extending the life of vital components for a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, power generation, oil & gas, construction, medical and transportation. Customers in all of these industries have entrusted their products to Bodycote’s care for more than 30 years.

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