“India is a key strategic growth market for Rolls-Royce and we are confident that our industry-leading marine gas turbine generators are an ideal choice to power the Indian Navy’s future fleet.” John Shade, EVP for US Business Development and Future Programmes, Rolls-Royce Defence
“Rolls-Royce has proudly supported India’s defence forces for several decades, and over the years, we have continued to build strategic partnerships in-country to enable the localization and production of our products.” Abhishek Singh, SVP of Business Development and Future Programmes for India and Southeast Asia, Rolls-Royce
“Such a partnership can not only help us bring advanced technology to power India’s naval defence requirements, but also help enhance the capability of indigenous naval defence ecosystem in the country.” Tarun Sawhney, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.
Rolls-Royce Marine North America Inc. and Triveni Engineering and Industries Limited (NSE: TRIVENI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to collaborate on programmes for 4MW marine gas turbine generators (GTG) for customers in India. This would include several key areas including design, development and manufacturing of the marine GTGs, as well as comprehensive sales and support activities.
John Shade, EVP for US Business Development and Future Programmes, Rolls-Royce Defence, said: “Rolls-Royce has a proven track record of powering some of the world’s most advanced naval platforms, including the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51 destroyer. India is a key strategic growth market for Rolls-Royce and we are confident that our industry-leading marine gas turbine generators are an ideal choice to power the Indian Navy’s future fleet.”
Abhishek Singh, SVP of Business Development and Future Programmes for India and Southeast Asia, Rolls-Royce, added: “This MoU with Triveni is part of our efforts to bring the combined strengths of our naval marine products and services to the customer here. This is significant, given the potential to establish end-to-end support for our marine gas turbine generator in India, from installation and testing to after-market support. Rolls-Royce has proudly supported India’s defence forces for several decades, and over the years, we have continued to build strategic partnerships in-country to enable the localization and production of our products.”
Tarun Sawhney, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. (Triveni) said: “We are excited with this technology collaboration with Rolls-Royce for indigenously manufacturing their cutting-edge proven marine gas turbine generators in India. Such a partnership can not only help us bring advanced technology to power India’s naval defence requirements, but also help enhance the capability of indigenous naval defence ecosystem in the country.
Building on five decades of expertise and experience in rotary engineering and engineered solutions, and riding on India’s indigenization journey, our Defence business has emerged as a preferred supplier to the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard with superior technologies and capabilities. Our expertise lends the versatility needed to take on the development of a range of engineered equipment and systems for different applications. We are also setting up a new multi-modal Defence facility with large-scale infrastructure for manufacture, integration and testing of various naval marine equipment.”
