Force Motors To Produce Rolls-Royce Engines In India

Following, manufacturing engines for Mercedes-Benz and BMW automobiles sold in India, Force Motors has now entered into a joint venture with Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG.

- Bhushan Mhapralkar

The joint venture company, Force MTU Power Systems Pvt. Ltd., will have Force Motors holds 51% stake and Rolls-Royce Powers Systems the remaining. With an investment of Rs 300 crore (in proportion to the respective stakes of the 2 partners), the joint venture will manufacture the Series 1600 engine family of Rolls-Royce with a power output from 545 hp to 10,150 hp at a dedicated facility to be set up at Chakan, Pune.

Expected to go on stream in the third quarter of 2019, according to Prasan Firodia, Managing Director, Force Motors, the dedicated manufacturing facility for the Series 1600 engine family, equipped with nearly all core functions need to carry out serial production, will conform to the manufacturing standards set by Rolls-Royce. Claimed to be a world leader in engines and propulsion systems, and distributed power generation plants, Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG develops and produces high-speed engines and propulsion systems under the MTU brand for ships and heavy land applications, and rail and defense vehicles. The drive systems manufactured by MTU find use in the oil and gas industry, and in power generation.