Rolls-Royce Opens New Marine Service Centre in Poland

FARO, the world’s leading provider of portable 3D Documentation, measurement and imaging systems, announces new state-of-the-art 3D Documentation technology. Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has opened a new Marine Service Centre, in the Port of Gdynia, Poland.

The facility marks the latest stage in the development of a global Marine Service Centre network, which provides 24 hour a day access to Rolls-Royce skills and expertise to customers in 35 countries. Rolls-Royce is making significant investments in global infrastructure and capability to deliver complex, integrated power systems and services for its customers.

The Gdynia Marine Service Centre employs around 80 people, 30 on site and up to 50 mobile service engineers. In addition to servicing and maintenance, the facility will lead marketing, sales and the supply of new marine equipment and spare parts for the Baltic region.

The opening ceremony coincided with the official launch of Rolls-Royce Poland and product presentations of Rolls Royce’s industry partner.

FARO Technologies Polska presented portable measuring arms and their best-practice in the shipbuilding industry. The new generation of FARO’s measuring devices as presented FARO Edge the most advanced state-of-the-art FaroArm ever introduced features the first ever built-in touchscreen and on-board operating system that provides an integrated personal measurement assistant. A laptop is no longer needed to perform quick and simple dimensional checks, or to optimize system performance with it’s on board diagnostic routines.

Poland’s Vice Minister for Infrastructure, Anna Wypych-Namiotko, officially opened the new facility. She said: “The investment Rolls-Royce is making in Gdynia provides a boost for the overhaul and shipbuilding industry on the Polish coast. It is the presence of such state-of-the-art service centers that determines the attractiveness of sea ports today, and builds up their position against foreign competition. This facility, innovative on a European scale, will be managed by Polish engineers and technical staff. By launching this facility, we have created not only new jobs for Gdynia, but also an educational opportunity for students from technical universities in our region. This is an opportunity to continue the impressive traditions of the Polish shipbuilding industry, and to define its new offer for the 21st century.”

Martin Hall, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President Europe – Services, said: “Poland is an important market for Rolls-Royce and this is reflected in our decision to develop a major new facility in Gdynia, one of the Baltic’s busiest ports. This will help our customers maximize availability of their vessels by giving them access to highly skilled service engineers and state-of-the-art workshop facilities.”

The new facility will serve a variety of customers from the commercial and offshore sectors, as well as the Polish Navy, and is located in one of Europe’s largest ship repair yard clusters. It will enable repair and overhaul of the full range of Rolls-Royce thrusters and propellers, diesel and gas engines, and steering gear. Skilled engineers from Gdynia will also carry out servicing and repairs on board vessels throughout the region.

The Gdynia Marine Service Centre comprises 1,000 square meters of workshop and office space, and is designed to accommodate future expansion. Rolls-Royce recently completed the construction of a new Marine Service Centre in Hamburg, Germany, which is due to open later this year, and doubled the size of its Rotterdam facility.

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Source: faro, October 14, 2011