Contract, etc

Bodycote International PLC
11 May 2000


For further information, please contact:

John Chesworth, Managing Director
David Landless, Finance Director
Bodycote International plc              Tel: [phone]


Edward Bridges/Scott Fulton
Financial Dynamics                      Tel: [phone]

                                       

      BODYCOTE INTERNATIONAL PLC IN 5 YEAR, £10 MILLION OUTSOURCING DEAL
              AND ACQUIRES ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TESTING CAPACITY
                                   IN THE UK
                                       
                                       
Bodycote  International  plc  ('Bodycote' or 'the  Group')  has  expanded  its
materials testing division in the UK as a result of 2 new acquisitions  on  31
March 2000.

Materials  Engineering  and  Testing Limited, based  in  Lancaster,  has  been
acquired  for  £1.25 million cash and will strengthen the Group's geographical
base  in  the provision of fatigue analysis and materials engineering services
to the aerospace industry.

In  a  separate  transaction  on the same date, the  business  and  assets  of
Commercial X-Rays (CXR) was acquired for a cash consideration of £840,000 from
Mettis  Group  Limited.   The deal includes a co-operation agreement  for  the
supply of heat treating, materials testing and hot isostatic pressing services
to  Mettis Group companies.   CXR provides non-destructive testing services to
the  aerospace  and  power-generation industries and will be  integrated  with
Bodycote's Radiographic division in the Midlands.

This division also won an outsourcing agreement worth £10 million over 5 years
from   Doncasters  Precision  Castings  Limited  which  will  result  in   the
establishment  of a new testing facility at Droitwich to test  turbine  blades
used in the manufacture of land based gas turbines.

Commenting today, John Chesworth, Managing Director of Bodycote, said today:

'We  continue to build our presence in the UK in the materials testing market.
The  contract  with  Doncaster is a further example of Bodycote's  ability  to
partner with major manufacturers to improve efficiency by outsourcing'.