# Rolls-Royce expands Barnoldswick fan blade factory with £50M investment

Rolls-Royce started construction of a wide chord fan blades factory extension at its Barnoldswick site in December 2016, part of an almost £50 million investment. The expanded centre will be able to manufacture 6,000 large Trent fan blades per year, almost twice its current capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-18
- Where: Barnoldswick, England, United Kingdom
- Value: $65.0M (50.0M GBP)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 6,000 large Trent fan blades per year
- Products: wide chord fan blades for Trent engines
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Rolls-Royce](https://endata.com/companies/984.md)

## Sources

- [cravenherald.co.uk](https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/15293857.major-aircraft-deal-safeguards-jobs-at-rolls-royce-in-barnoldswick/), 2017-05-18: "Rolls started construction of its wide chord fan blades factory extension in December which is part of an almost £50 million investment at the Barnoldswick site."
- [lancashiretelegraph.co.uk](https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15362396.work-starts-28m-rolls-royce-expansion-barnoldswick/), 2017-06-22: "Work has now started on a multi-million project to expand the Rolls-Royce factory in Barnoldswick."

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