Rolls-Royce seeking to develop Thai supply chain

Rolls-Royce aims to grow its supply chain in Southeast Asia, focusing on Thailand , where it has been doing business for 21 years.

"We are going to be making large engines in Singapore and it makes absolute sense to have a supply chain in the region that can feed that facility. Thailand has demonstrated that it's capable of doing that," Ewen McDonald, Managing Director of Rolls-Royce Thailand, said recently in Bangkok.

Rolls Royce wants to help the supply chain industry in Thailand, Mr McDonald continued. The company wants to be integrated into the country and encourage other suppliers to come there.

Aerospace manufacturer Primus International, which supplies Rolls-Royce with engine related products, will open a plant to produce composite/metallic propulsion and structural aircraft products at Amata City Industrial Estate, near Bangkok.

Jim Hoover, CEO of Primus International, a long-time supplier, said there was a range of reasons for coming to Thailand, but the four most important factors were close proximity to Rolls-Royce, a talent pool of skilled workers, competitive labour costs and incentives from the BoI. He embraced the invitation to join a new phase of their relationship in Asia.

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