Xian XR Aerocomponents Ltd (XRA) is a high-tech
joint venture with the Xian Aero Engine
Company that last year celebrated its fifth
anniversary. In 2002, XAE also became an
approved classified parts supplier to Rolls-Royce.
XRA was built and equipped in 1997, on a
site within the massive XAE complex, to
cast and machine turbine nozzle guide vanes
(NGV) for use in the BR710 for the Gulfstream
V and Bombardier Global Express, and the
BR715 for the Boeing 717.
In addition, the plant makes NGVs for the
Tay engine powering the Gulfstream IV and
Fokker 100. In 2001, low-pressure turbine
blades for the BR715 also entered production.
A number of other Chinese companies are
also important suppliers. Sichuan ChengFa
Aero Science and Technology Ltd is a strategic
supplier to Rolls-Royce for rings, sheet
metal and fabrications. Beijing Aero Lever
Precision Limited produces VSV levers for
Trent, V2500 and BR700 series engines.
Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group Corporation
became an approved Rolls-Royce plc supplier
in 2002 and produces heat shield rings for
the BR700 series.
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The Rolls-Royce relationship with China
goes much deeper than the sale of products,
with a strategic commitment to developing
a closer relationship with Chinese industry.
This commitment can best be illustrated
by a number of joint ventures and collaborative
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