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Rolls-Royce reveals plans and changes to Hucknall site
The Rolls-Royce Hucknall site manufactures a range of aero-engine parts
a product development and
technical support centre for wide
chord fan blades and manufacture
blades for a range of defence and
civil aerospace applications.
Rolls-Royce will continue to
manufacture aero-engine turbine
blades and compressors aerofoils
at its facility in Inchinnan and
aero-engine fan cases in Ansty.
Funding for
hydrogen study
Rolls-Royce is proposing to transfer
its facility and workforce in Hucknall
into ITP Aero staff to increase the
scope of its ITP supply chain
activity, engineering and
manufacturing capabilities.
Hucknall manufactures a range
of aero-engine parts, which the
company said will bring ITP Aero
new capabilities and become a
critical part of the enlarged
business, helping to secure the
future of the site. As part of ITP
Aero, the Hucknall site will in future
it said, “unlock new growth and
investment opportunities”.
The move is part of a major
restructuring by Rolls-Royce,
predominantly of its civil aerospace
business, as it looks to achieve total
annual pre-tax cash savings of at
least £1.3bn by the end of 2022.
The company is also proposing
to consolidate the manufacture of
aero-engine structures into ITP Aero,
due to the signi cant reduction in
global demand for products and
services from commercial aviation.
Rolls Royce also said ITP Aero,
offers a “more cost competitive
option” than an existing structures
facility in Barnoldswick and it will
start consultation on a proposal to
close the structures facility on the
site, but it is not closing the site.
Barnoldswick will be the home of
A ground-breaking project to
develop a new way of storing
hydrogen in buses has been
launched by academics from
London South Bank University
(LSBU), School of the Built
Environment and Architecture.
LSBU researchers will
investigate using hydride to
absorb, release and store
hydrogen. This would remove the
need for large high-pressure
cylinders, which is currently how
it is stored on buses.
LSBU has been awarded
£60,000 of government funding
from Innovate UK and will work
with thermal management rm,
Ricardo, in the rst phase.
Development of a prototype of
new hydrogen storage will then
take place in the second phase.
Digital industrialisation needs to
be embraced, M2R report nds
Digital industrialisation could be
worth as much as £455bn to the
UK’s economy over the next decade,
according to a new report by the
Midlands Manufacturing Resilience
Commission (M2R).
The report, ‘Manufacturing
Con dence’, said the UK will
become a “world leader” in
innovation if it embraces digital
manufacturing, but warned it is
“failing to capitalise on this
opportunity”.
The study also found the UK
manufacturing sector could grow up
to three per cent a year and create
175,000 new jobs, if the industry
embraces emerging technologies.
As manufacturing becomes
increasingly automated, the UK trails
behind other European nations in
deploying the technology needed to
increase productivity and compete
globally, the report said.
For instance, it said it takes a UK
worker 40 hours to produce the
same output a German counterpart
would in three-quarters of that time,
partly as there are four times more
robots on production lines.
Due to its ideal geographic
location and industrial experience,
the report also added the Midlands
has the potential to become the
UK’s “manufacturing engine”.
Clive Hickman, chair of the M2R
and CEO at the MTC, said: “The
Midlands can become the UK’s
industrial engine but only if we get
proper investment in the
manufacturing sector. By embracing
emerging technologies and
equipping people with the right
skills, we can improve our
productivity and provide prosperity
for the Midlands and UK.”
4 December 2020, issue 2 - Machinery Classifi ed
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