ROLLS-ROYCE MOVES INTO EXCAVATOR MARKET WITH MTU ENGINES FOR JCB

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ROLLS-ROYCE MOVES INTO EXCAVATOR MARKET WITH MTU ENGINES FOR JCB

7 February 2017

ROLLS-ROYCE MOVES INTO EXCAVATOR MARKET WITH MTU ENGINES FOR JCB

MTU 6R 1000 engines for JCB’s new JS 300, 330 and 370 excavators
10% fuel saving compared to predecessor engines

MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN – For the first time, Rolls-Royce will be supplying MTU engines for use in excavators, having won an order from British construction equipment manufacturer JCB. MTU’s Series 1000 engines are compliant with EU-Stage IV and EPA Tier 4f emissions legislation and are to be used to power new excavators in JCB’s JS 300, JS 330 and JS 370 series. The construction machinery manufacturer is choosing MTU for its excavators for the first time. The MTU brand is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems.

The excavators weigh between 30 and 37 tones and each is to be powered by a 6-cylinder Series 1000 inline engine from MTU delivering up to 210 kW. Also driven by MTU Series 1000 units is JCB’s new 457 wheel loader, which was launched on the market two years ago.

JS330 Tim Burnhope, JCB Chief Innovation and Growth Officer, said: “JCB already uses MTU engines in its flagship 457 wheeled loaders. The introduction of the engine into three of our JS excavators will offer customers fuel savings of up to 10%.”

Bernd Krüper, Vice President Industrial Business including Construction & Agriculture at MTU added, “Use of our engines in JCB's new excavators marks our entry into another very important and high-volume segment of the C&I market, and we are very proud that JCB is choosing to endorse our EU Stage IV-compliant units. This is another step forward in our long and successful partnership.”

A new JS 370 excavator equipped with an MTU 6R 1000 unit is to be unveiled at the Conexpo trade show in Las Vegas in March.

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

1. Rolls-Royce’s vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.

2. Rolls-Royce Power Systems is headquartered in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany and employs around 10,000 people. The product portfolio includes MTU-brand high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, power generation, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry. Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, the company markets diesel gensets for emergency, base load and peak load applications as well as cogeneration plants using gas engines for the combined generation of heat and power. Bergen medium-speed engines power ships and power generation applications. L’Orange completes the portfolio with fuel injection systems for large engines.

3. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.

4. We have three common themes across all our businesses:

Investing in and developing engineering excellence
Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities and processes
Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into the future.

5. Annual underlying revenue was £13.4 billion in 2015, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £76.4 billion at the end of 2015.

6. In 2015, Rolls-Royce invested £1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.

7. Rolls-Royce employs over 50,000 people in more than 46 countries. Nearly 16,000 of these are engineers.

8. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2015 we employed 228 graduates and 277 apprentices through our worldwide training programs.

For further information please contact:

Silke Rockenstein

Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG

Phone: +49 7541 90-7740

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