Rolls-Royce announce £150m to double jet-engine production

Posted on 6 Jul 2017 by Jonny Williamson

Global engineering leviathan, Rolls-Royce, has announced a £150m programme of capital investments with the aim of doubling its jet-engine production capacity and help to retain more than 7,000 UK jobs.

This turbofan jet engine is the power plant for the Airbus A350 XWB – image courtesy of Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce has announced the building of a new test bed for large turbofan jet engines at its Derby production site in response to a record volume of orders from civilian aircraft builders. The…

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