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Rolls-Royce awards £85m contract to Castle Precision Engineering

Glasgow based Castle Precision Engineering has been awarded a contract by Rolls-Royce worth more than £85 million to manufacture and supply it with precision machined critical rotating aero engine parts.

Above: (left to right) Jim Houston, Operations Director, Castle Precision Engineering Ltd, Jon Barsby, Senior Vice President Machining, Rolls-Royce, Yan Tiefenbrun, Managing Director, Castle Precision Engineering Ltd and Phil Bennett, Vice President Strategic Procurement Machining, Rolls-Royce.
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The new agreement, which was cemented at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) last week, endorsed by the UK Government’s Scottish Secretary and runs through to the second half of the decade, continues a 40-year relationship with the firm as a supplier to its Civil Aerospace, Defence and Business Aviation programmes.

Secretary of State for Scotland, the Rt Hon Ian Murray MP said: "Congratulations to Glasgow's Castle Precision Engineering on securing this well-deserved contract. It's great news for the company's 120 employees whose skills, expertise and innovation show why Scotland is a world leader in this sector. From my discussions with Rolls-Royce executives at the Farnborough International Airshow - where I was also privileged to meet some of their inspiring, high-calibre apprentices - it's clear they have exciting plans for Scotland."

Jon Barsby, Senior Vice President, Procurement, Rolls-Royce, said: "Formalising the continuation of our long-standing relationship with Castle Precision Engineering, reiterates our commitment to the UK supply chain and UK skills.

“Castle has continually proven to be a high quality, reliable, innovative supplier over many years of our collective endeavours and this contract extension, won against fierce global competition, is further endorsement of the hard work by the entire Castle team to ensure they remain competitive, agile and at the forefront of manufacturing innovation well into the future.”

Yan Tiefenbrun, Managing Director of Glasgow-based Castle Precision, said: "This is the largest contract in our 73-year history and it represents growth and increased certainty for our company and our people, after the challenging pandemic years.

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“It is testament to the exceptional operational performance delivered by the Castle team and the trust our customer places in us for this extensive portfolio of safety critical engine hardware.”

“It’s a privilege and a fantastic endorsement of the high-quality precision engineering work we deliver here in the UK that we are extending this long-standing relationship with them.”

Components made by Castle Precision Engineering are used in Rolls-Royce products across the Trent family of engines used for large passenger and freight aircraft, the Pearl family of engines used in business jets and the Eurofighter Typhoon’s EJ200 engines.

Castle Precision Engineering employs 120 people and manufactures high precision critical gas turbine components for the aerospace and energy industries, as well as complex prismatic parts for the defence, space and medical sectors.

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