Rolls-Royce the world’s leading aerospace and defence technology companies partners with Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, for sourcing engineering and R&D Services for Rolls-Royce’s Civil Aerospace business.
About Partnership
Under the partnership, Rolls-Royce is expected to transition a significant part of its engineering centre capabilities for civil aerospace and a ‘small team’ of people currently based at Manyata Tech Park in Bengaluru to Infosys.
The number of people who will move to Infosys was not disclosed.
The IT firm will provide a range of high-end engineering and R&D services integrated with advanced digital service to Rolls-Royce.
Comment from Rolls Royce-India
Kishore Jayaraman, President “India has grown to become a key contributor to the Rolls-Royce global engineering ecosystem, delivering high levels of technical capability to support a broad range of complex business demands.
Our vision is to continue this high capability engineering work in India, in partnership with Infosys.
Infosys has been a valued partner to Rolls-Royce for many years, and we now look forward to building on this strategic partnership to secure the full range of our engineering capabilities here, while ensuring future growth potential for our engineering talent.
We are committed to India and remain positive about the long-term prospects in this market.”
Comment from Infosys
Jasmeet Singh, Executive Vice President, “We have always believed it is important to integrate the physical knowledge of a product with digital capabilities like Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing, and predictive analytics.
The Rolls-Royce engineering team at Bengaluru has been at the forefront of these innovations, and we are delighted to welcome them to Infosys.
We have had a long and fruitful association with Rolls-Royce and are looking forward to supporting the company in addressing Civil Aerospace industry challenges.
We are confident that this excellent talent will be a great addition to Infosys’ deep experience in turbomachinery.
We look forward to continuing to deliver industry leading solutions to our clients in the aerospace and defence sectors and beyond, while providing a great career path to our new colleagues within a rapidly growing ecosystem.”
Stock Market Impact
Infosys was trading flat at Rs1,142.00 per piece down by Rs4.5 or 0.36% from its previous closing on the NSE
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