At a glance

Group

Turnover

£5,939m

Countries served

150

Employees

35,400

Overview
Rolls-Royce is a global Group with offices, service centres or manufacturing bases in 50 countries. The Group invests in technology and capabilities that can be exploited in each of its market sectors: civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy.

2004 Highlights

• 21 per cent gain in underlying pre-tax profits.
• 41 per cent reduction in average net debt.
• Continued growth in services revenues.
• Record year-end order book.

Civil aerospace

£3,040m

Civil aerospace sales

51%

of Group sales

2004 Highlights

• Trent 1000 engine - selected by Boeing for the new 7E7 Dreamliner aircraft, now renamed the 787, and selected for the first two orders of 787s, including first delivery position for All Nippon Airways.
• Trent 900 engine for the Airbus A380 achieved its Airworthiness Certificate on schedule in October, paving the way for first flight early in 2005.
• Malaysia Airlines became the fifth Airbus A380 customer to select the Trent 900 engine.
• China Eastern ordered Trent 700 engines to power 20 Airbus A330 aircraft.
• International Aero Engines delivered the 2,500th V2500 and ended the year with 950 engines in the firm order book and a further 1,100 option orders.

Defence aerospace

£1,374m

Defence aerospace sales

23%

of Group sales

2004 Highlights

• Confirmation of Tranche 2 of Eurofighter Typhoon, worth more than £750 million to Rolls-Royce.
• Joint Strike Fighter programme milestones achieved - successful testing of F136 engine and operation of the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem®.
• Successful conclusion of preliminary design review of the TP400-D6 engine for the Airbus A400M transport aircraft.
• Selection by Oman of the RTM322 engine to power 20 NH90 helicopters.
• Maiden flight of the BR710-powered Nimrod MRA4 reconnaissance aircraft.
• Over 1,100 military engines and 1,800 military engine modules are now covered by Mission Ready Management Solutions long-term service contracts.

Marine

£963m

Marine sales

16%

of Group sales

2004 Highlights

• Lockheed Martin selected MT30 gas turbines and Kamewa waterjets for the first prototype ship in the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship programme.
• Orders worth £166 million were taken for design and propulsion equipment packages in the offshore sector in the last six months of 2004.
• Rolls-Royce was selected to supply nine gas turbine generator sets for the Republic of Korea Navy's KDX III destroyer programme.
• The UK Ministry of Defence, acting on behalf of the UK, France and Norway, selected Rolls-Royce to provide the NATO Submarine Rescue System
• The Group penetrated new markets with offshore-derived technology, including coastal protection vessels for Norway and France and pollution control variants for India.

Energy

£489m

Energy sales

8%

of Group sales

2004 Highlights

• Second consecutive year of record order intake.
• Trent gas compression packages ordered for the Dolphin Energy Limited gas pipeline and 20 RB211 packages ordered for the West-East China Pipeline Project.
• Industrial Trent launched into the oil & gas market.
• New cost-effective package design completed for the industrial Trent.
• RB211 was world market share leader for oil & gas applications in its size range.
• Geographic footprint of installed product base in the oil & gas sector continued to expand.
• Record year for Long-Term Service Agreement contracts.