Company Profile

Rolls Wood Group celebrates 20 years

Performance

Aligning with our customers’ business drivers for 20 years, Rolls Wood Group is firmly established as a market leading provider of gas turbine services, growing our business from £10 million sales in the first year of trading in 1990 to £150 million in 2009. Our continuing success over 20 years means that we have grown our Rolls Wood Group team from 90 people in 1990 to 500 people in 2009.

People

The skills and expertise of our people in applying the latest repair and overhaul technology enable us to deliver quality turbine services that match our customers’ needs.

Over 20 years, Rolls Wood Group has trained 110 apprentices and now has a dedicated facility for training 10 apprentices each year with additional resources for providing in-house training for employees.

Of the original 90 employees who started with Rolls Wood Group in 1990, 30 continue to work in the company today.

Worldwide, we now have 400 employees in the UK, 85 people in the US and a team of 15 people in Malaysia.

 
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Factfile

  • Established as a joint venture, Rolls Wood Group is 50% owned by Rolls-Royce plc and 50% owned by Wood Group plc.
  • Focused on the repair and overhaul of gas turbines, Rolls Wood Group brings together Wood Group’s service excellence with the technical expertise of Rolls-Royce.
  • Rolls Wood Group repairs and overhauls Rolls-Royce engines including: Avon, Olympus, RB211 and 501K/57x.