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The company employs 1,500 people at facilities in Montréal,
Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Montréal's capabilities include: repair and overhaul on a
wide range of civil and military aero engines;
research and development for the energy business;
new production assembly and test for the Industrial
RB211 engine; and component repair services for
the Industrial Trent engines.
The Vancouver-based
Marine Propulsion division of Rolls-Royce manufactures
steerable azimuthing thrusters, which replace
a conventional propeller, rudder and reduction
gearbox with an integrated unit that performs
both steering and propulsion functions.
The Montréal facility is the largest
of seven Rolls-Royce Canadian sites occupying
more than 500,000 sq. ft. of plant, laboratory
and office space, and housing 6 engine test
cells. Annual sales are in excess of C$600M,
90% of which is exported. The company supports
500 customers in 30 countries on five continents.
Engine and module completion is in excess of
850 annually.
Rolls-Royce Canada's in-country investment
exceeds C$400 million. The recent establishment
of a network test bed for power generation on
the Atwater site of the Montréal waterworks
contributed an investment in excess of C$50M
alone.
The state-of-the-art test facility, which
consists of approximately 27,800 sq. ft., was
constructed with the financial assistance of
the Government of Québec. The installation
is intended to serve as a test bed for the industrial
Trent engine as well as a provider of electricity
to the City of Montréal, allowing the
City to continue to supply drinking water in
case of an emergency caused by a power failure
affecting its water filtration plants.
Rolls-Royce Canada has operated in Lachine,
Québec, for more than 50 years. Initially,
Canadian operations started at Montréal
Dorval Airport in 1947, supporting the Merlin
installed in the four-engine North Star aircraft
operated by TransCanada Airlines and the Royal
Canadian Air Force's air transport command. |
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