Work starts in Derby on world’s largest testbed
Business Secretary, Greg Clark was in Derby yesterday (22 March) to mark the the start of work on Rolls-Royce's new testbed facility, which is projected to sustain 7,000 jobs.
The plans for the testbed were announced in June 2017 as part of a wider £150m investment. It will be commissioned in 2020.
The new testbed, the largest in the world, will provide Rolls-Royce with additional capacity as the civil aerospace business looks to ramp-up engine production and deliver on a record order book.
Chris Cholerton, Rolls-Royce, pres... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
