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Rolls-Royce and Infosys Announce Strategic Partnership for Aerospace Engineering in India
BENGALURU, India, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

    Rolls-Royce, one of the world's leading aerospace and defence technology 
companies, and Infosys [https://www.infosys.com/] (NYSE: INFY), a global leader 
in next-generation digital services and consulting, signed a strategic 
partnership for sourcing engineering and R&D Services for Rolls-Royce's Civil 
Aerospace business. As part of the overall partnership, Rolls-Royce will 
transition a significant part of its engineering centre capabilities for Civil 
Aerospace in Bengaluru to Infosys. Leveraging its expertise in core engineering 
services, digital transformation capabilities, and Rolls-Royce product 
knowledge acquired through the partnership, Infosys will provide a full range 
of high-end engineering and R&D services integrated with advanced digital 
service to Rolls-Royce. 


   Speaking about the partnership, Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce 
India & South Asia, said, "India has grown to become a key contributor to the 
Rolls-Royce global engineering ecosystem, delivering high levels of technical 
capability to support a broad range of complex business demands. Our vision is 
to continue this high capability engineering work in India, in partnership with 
Infosys. Infosys has been a valued partner to Rolls-Royce for many years, and 
we now look forward to building on this strategic partnership to secure the 
full range of our engineering capabilities here, while ensuring future growth 
potential for our engineering talent. We are committed to India and remain 
positive about the long-term prospects in this market."

    Jasmeet Singh, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Manufacturing, 
Infosys, said, "We have always believed it is important to integrate the 
physical knowledge of a product with digital capabilities like Industry 4.0, 
additive manufacturing, and predictive analytics. The Rolls-Royce engineering 
team at Bengaluru has been at the forefront of these innovations, and we are 
delighted to welcome them to Infosys. We have had a long and fruitful 
association with Rolls-Royce and are looking forward to supporting the company 
in addressing Civil Aerospace industry challenges. We are confident that this 
excellent talent will be a great addition to Infosys' deep experience in 
turbomachinery. We look forward to continuing to deliver industry leading 
solutions to our clients in the aerospace and defence sectors and beyond, while 
providing a great career path to our new colleagues within a rapidly growing 
ecosystem." 

    Over the past decade, Rolls-Royce established a multidisciplinary 
engineering centre in Bengaluru, and this has been an integral part of 
Rolls-Royce Engineering and R&D services. The Centre covers a mix of 
engineering capabilities spanning the full range of sub-functions and 
specialisms in R&D. Going forward, Rolls-Royce will continue these complex 
engineering activities in India in partnership with Infosys.

    Through robust investments over last two decades, Infosys has established 
an industry leading position in engineering services and is delivering 
end-to-end solutions to customers in the turbomachinery, propulsion (TMP), 
aerospace and defence industries. The ability to take over customer centres, 
seamlessly integrate them and leverage strong native engineering and digital 
capabilities has enabled Infosys to deliver enhanced services while optimizing 
operational costs for its customers. The engineering centre for Civil Aerospace 
will strengthen Infosys' existing capabilities in Turbomachinery and Propulsion 
that are currently delivered through a network of engineering centres in 
Mysore, Baden, and Karlovac.

   About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc 

   Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and 
competitive solutions to meet our planet's vital power needs. Rolls-Royce has 
customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and 
leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and 
nuclear customers. Annual underlying revenue was £15.45 billion in 2019, around 
half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. In 2019, 
Rolls-Royce invested £1.46 billion on research and development. We also support 
a global network of 29 University Technology Centres, which position 
Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research. Visit 
www.Rolls-Royce.com/india

    About Infosys

    Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and 
consulting. We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital 
transformation. With nearly four decades of experience in managing the systems 
and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their 
digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core 
that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business 
with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and 
customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous 
improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and 
ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise 
navigate your next.

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financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our 
employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to 
qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform 
Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause 
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statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, 
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the 
effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks 
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other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic 
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our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including 
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ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost 
overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, 
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to 
manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key 
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our 
ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, 
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in 
which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of 
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, 
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, 
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