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Rolls-Royce
is boosting its presence in India through the establishment
of a subsidiary in Bangalore to manage design and
engineering work carried out by engineering subcontractor
Quest (Quality Engineering and Software Technologies). The
company says Rolls-Royce Operations India – a management
company with around 10 staff – will supervise “the growing
volume of engineering work that it is subcontracting in the
country”. R-R has been working on a pilot progamme with
Quest for 18 months, setting up a centre in Bangalore in
March. One hundred engineers are working on R-R projects at
the centre. R-R says this number could double by early 2007,
and this could lead to an increase in the management team.
The Quest engineers are involved mainly on military
products, but could work on civil engines too, the company
says.
R-R says around 1,000 aeroengines are in service in India,
and it has placed around £1.5 million ($2.5 million) of
engineering work in India. But the amount of business
awarded will not depend on
R-R’s domestic market share.
Indian companies can work on engines destined for customers
worldwide. R-R Operations India “will enable R-R to take
advantage of the capability that exists in India to develop,
reliably and to consistently high-quality standards,
affordable aero engineering solutions – including
engineering analysis and design capability”, the company
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