Rolls-Royce has started construction of a new
London Heathrow Service Centre that will provide specialist
maintenance and support services for commercial aero engines.
When fully operational, the new facility
will employ up to 80 people, with 40 transferring from the
existing Rolls-Royce Heathrow facility, which it will replace.
They will service Trent aero engines providing
round-the-clock support to customers.
The facility will
include two new buildings, including a state of the art engine
workshop, which will total nearly 95,000 square feet. This is four
times larger than the existing facility, enabling teams to work on
up to 13 aero engines at any one time, double what was previously
possible.
Russell Buxton, Rolls-Royce, President - Civil
Large Engines Fleet said, “The London Heathrow Service Centre will
form an integral part our global network of service centres, and
will enable us to deliver truly world class support for our
customers. Rolls-Royce continuously invests in technology and
infrastructure to expand the scale and efficiency of our
operations to enhance the services we deliver to our growing
customer base.”
The new
service centre is expected to commence operations in early 2013.
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