Rolls Royce to scale up ops in TN; pacts signed across aerospace, clean energy, maritime intelligence and textile technology sectors

ENGINEERING giant Rolls-Royce has signalled a major expansion in Tamil Nadu, as the state secured a series of high-profile investment commitments from UK-based firms across aerospace, clean energy, maritime intelligence and textile technology, including a ₹520-crore deal with Britannia Garment Packaging and a ₹300 crore agreement with Wilson Power & Distribution Technologies.

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The announcement came during the UK leg of Chief Minister MK Stalin's European investment tour. The trip marks one of the first proactive state-level campaigns from India to leverage opportunities under the proposed India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

A release from the government said Rolls-Royce, during a meeting with the CM-led delegation, expressed its intention to scale up operations with plans for a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, a research and development centre, and a training institute and expansion of its joint venture, International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt Ltd (IAMPL) in Hosur.