Aerospace manufacturer to open new Bristol factory

One of the UK’s best-known aerospace solutions manufacturers has opened a new factory in Bristol that is set to employ up to 40 members of staff when it reaches its full production capability, a business news report reveals.

Rolls-Royce has opened the new facility on its Patchway complex, as part of the company’s SILOET programme to accelerate the development and introduction of low-carbon aircraft engine technology. The £4m, two-year ENABLES factory project was supported by the aerospace R&D funding programme, a partnership between the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, the Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK.

The facility develops engine technology that will be used to power Boeing 787 and Airbus A330neo airliners from next year.

It currently employs 20 staff with this number expected to rise to 40 when it reaches full production next year.

Justin Dalton, chief project engineer at Rolls-Royce, said: "It’s novel technology that embeds the electrical harness within a composite raft structure. It’s one of a number of technologies that Rolls-Royce is developing."

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