Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational engineering company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries. Rolls-Royce is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines (after General Electric) and has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors
Rolls-Royce was the world’s 16th largest defence contractor in 2018 when measured by defence revenues.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. As of close of London trading on 28 August 2019, the company had a market capitalisation of £4.656bn, the 85th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
The company’s registered office is at Kings Place, near Kings Cross in London.
Rolls-Royce
Type: Public limited company
Traded as: LSE: RR.; FTSE 100 Component
Industry: Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Marine
Predecessor:
- Rolls-Royce Group plc
- Rolls-Royce plc
Founded: 1904; 116 years ago, in Manchester, Lancashire, England (company) inc. February 2011
Founder: Charles Rolls and Sir Henry Royce
Headquarters: Kings Place, London, England, United Kingdom
Products:
- Civil and military aero engines
- Marine propulsion systems
- Power generation equipment
Subsidiaries:
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Rolls-Royce North America
- Rolls-Royce AB
- Rolls-Royce Deutschland
- Rolls-Royce India Private Limited
- Rolls-Royce Marine Power Op
- Vinters Engineering Limited
- Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services
- Rolls-Royce Power Systems
- Bergen Marine
Joint ventures include:
- Rolls-Royce Turbomeca
- MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce
Website: www.rolls-royce.com
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