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Rolls-Royce
is to set up a new testing and maintenance facility at the Qatar Science and Technology Park
(QSTP) in Qatar. The facility will support the development of new applications for Rolls-Royce’s Trent gas turbine engines.
An agreement that will lead to Rolls-Royce starting work on the test and maintenance facility at QSTP in August 2005 was signed in London today by Sir John Rose,
Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce, and His Excellency Dr Abdullah Al Kubaisi, Chairman of
QSTP.
The facility will be used to support new marine and aeronautical applications of the
successful series of Rolls-Royce Trent engines.
It will be implemented in two phases: The first phase will consist of the design of support infrastructure for the facility. The second, targeted for 2006, will see the full
implementation and operation of the facility, plus development of a think tank and post graduate research
programmes.
Sir John Rose said, “Throughout the world, Rolls-Royce prides itself on supporting the communities and countries in which it operates. We are therefore delighted to be
among the first investors in QSTP and support its quest to become an international hub for applied research and technology
commercialisation.
“Furthermore, as our business is expanding in the Middle East, it made sense to invest in a new development facility there. The Qatar Science & Technology Park was
the obvious location because it is designed specifically for corporate technology operations.”
His Excellency Dr Abdullah
said, “We are delighted that Rolls-Royce will be developing its test and maintenance centre in the Qatar Science & Technology Park. There is
a tremendous market for new industrial technologies in Qatar, and Rolls-Royce is showing that these technologies can now be developed locally.”
Rolls-Royce which operates in four global markets
- civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy - already has a considerable presence in Qatar with an
agreement in place to power Qatar Airways' A340 fleet of aircraft, and another to supply industrial Trent engines for the Dolphin Project which will pipe natural gas from
Qatar to the United Arab Emirates.
Rolls-Royce's operations in Qatar will be led by Terry Holland, Regional Executive for the Middle East, who
said, "Our investment in Qatar will not only allow us to be closer to our customers but it will also allow us to develop and test new capabilities which we can then bring to market. “Through our initiatives, we also want to be able
share our best practices in developing the Qatari industrial sector. QSTP will act as a platform for developing and delivering present and future ground-breaking
technologies."
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