Rolls-Royce launches facility in Singapore

• Source: Xinhua
• [10:20 February 02 2010]
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Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce launched the construction of the 154,000 square meter facility at Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park on Monday.

The campus includes a factory that will manufacture the company's mainstay Trent aero engine, a factory for wide chord fan blades used in aircraft engines and a regional training center, according to local TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia.

Rolls Royce said it will gradually ramp up production of the fan blades to about 6,000 units at full capacity. When it reaches full capacity, Rolls Royce said it will consider expanding the factory to increase production by about 16 percent.

The campus is scheduled to be completed by mid-2012.

Rolls-Royce currently employs about 1,400 people in Singapore, with activities ranging from aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul, research and development, marine systems and services, and power generation.