Rolls Royce to support India's self-reliance vision

Chennai: Rolls-Royce, a world-leader in large reciprocating engines, propulsion and distributed energy systems, has pledged to support India’s self-reliance vision with its wide portfolio of products and solutions.

“We are also growing our supply chain capabilities in the region to get into more complex commodities. Recently, Rolls-Royce expanded its partnership with Godrej & Boyce and awarded contracts worth Rs 200 crore (USD 30 million) spread over next five years,” says Kishore Jayaraman, President - India & South Asia, Rolls-Royce.

This contract is for manufacturing products like unison rings, complex fabrication and external brackets commodities which once in manufacturing will result in shipment of 600 different parts spread across various Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Engine portfolio. 

Through the partnership with Hindustan Aeronautics (IAMPL), Rolls-Royce manufactures a wide range of components for aero engines flying around the world. “Our power systems business recently announced a JV with Force Motors to manufacture Series 1600 engines suitable for power generation and rail underfloor applications at a dedicated state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Chakan near Pune. As a leading industrial technology company, we are pioneering the power that matters to our customers. With India on the growth path, we remain committed to providing efficient, reliable and cleaner products and services that are well-placed to meet India’s infrastructure growth capabilities,” he said. 

“Our power systems business, a world-leader in large reciprocating engines, propulsion and distributed energy systems, have proven their abilities in a wide variety of operational situations and have thus gained the trust of navies, coast guards and armed forces around the world. With India focussed on capacity building in defence sector, we remain committed to supporting India’s self-reliance vision with our wide portfolio of products and solutions,” he emphasised.