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Rolls-Royce on Thursday said it has awarded a contract worth over $19 million to TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd. (TAL), a Tata enterprise and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd for manufacture and supply of precision aero engine components for Trent XWB and Trent 1000 aero engines.
The contract will run until 2022 and has been awarded after a selection process, which involved several global companies.
Kishore Jayaraman, President - India and South Asia, Rolls-Royce, said: “Rolls-Royce is proud to welcome Tata into its family of world-class aerospace suppliers and we are confident that this partnership will help Rolls-Royce and TAL leverage each other’s capabilities.”
India is rapidly emerging as a preferred destination for sourcing and manufacturing of aerospace components and companies like TAL have already demonstrated their ability to supply globally by adopting international quality standards and better efficiency and manufacturing facilities, he said in a statement.
“The signing of this contract holds strategic importance for us, as it adds to our portfolio of manufacturing and supply of precision aero engine components for next-generation engine programmes. With this, our capabilities in aerospace will extend to thin-walled forming and special welding technologies, which will make us a truly one-stop solution for aerospace parts and assemblies,” Rajesh Khatri, Executive Director and CEO, TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd said.
