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Rolls-Royce Submarines to make components at new technology park
Rolls-Royce Submarines will make components at a new 200-acre technology park under a partnership with Derby-based company Infinity.
The site is being built to bring manufacturing, testing, digital engineering and prototyping together.
Rolls-Royce Submarines develops and maintains the reactors that power the UK Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines.
The deal is intended to speed production and improve access to critical components for nuclear, aerospace and defense work.
The company is expanding its naval nuclear propulsion work, including plans to provide reactors for Australian submarines under the AUKUS agreement.
Production at the park will complement work at Rolls-Royce’s Raynesway site, while the wider park is expected to create about 17,500 skilled jobs in the East Midlands.
Rolls-Royce Submarines has agreed to produce nuclear reactor, aerospace and defence components at a technology park being built by Infinity.
The 200-acre site is intended to bring together advanced manufacturing, testing, digital engineering and prototyping.
The partnership aims to speed production, reduce material costs and improve access to critical components.
Rolls-Royce will explore new manufacturing methods at the park while continuing production at its Raynesway site.
The wider park is expected to create about 17,500 skilled jobs in the East Midlands.
- Who
- Rolls-Royce Submarines and Derby-headquartered advanced manufacturing company Infinity.
- What
- They have agreed to produce nuclear reactor, aerospace and defence components at a new technology park.
- When
- The partnership was announced on Friday, November 6.
- Where
- At a 200-acre technology park being built by Infinity. The wider site is in the East Midlands.
- Why
- The deal aims to accelerate production, cut material costs and improve access to critical components.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Infinity was building a 200-acre technology park intended to bring together manufacturing, testing, digital engineering and prototyping.
Rolls-Royce Submarines and Infinity announced their partnership.
- Site size
- 200 acres
- Partnership announcement
- Friday, November 6
- Expected jobs
- About 17,500 skilled jobs in the East Midlands
- Existing Rolls-Royce site
- Raynesway
- Training facility at the park
- Rolls-Royce Nuclear Skills Academy
What people are saying
As our business grows to meet the demand for our naval nuclear propulsion work, including increasing our manufacturing drumbeat and providing reactors to Australia as part of the AUKUS agreement, we need to ensure we are continually exploring new technologies
I am very proud to announce our partnership and look forward to working with Rolls-Royce Submarines