# Rolls-Royce shortlists Teesworks for SMR heavy pressure vessels factory

Teesworks has been shortlisted as a potential location for Rolls-Royce's first factory manufacturing heavy pressure vessels for small modular reactors. The facility represents a £100-200 million investment, will be the size of three football pitches, and create over 200 long-term skilled jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-12-19
- Where: Teesworks, Tees Valley, United Kingdom
- Value: $180.0M (150.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Products: heavy pressure vessels for small modular reactors
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Rolls-Royce](https://endata.com/companies/984.md)
- [Teesworks](https://endata.com/companies/67401.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [teesvalley-ca.gov.uk](https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/news/teesworks-makes-final-shortlist-for-new-rolls-royce-smr-factory/), 2022-12-19: "Teesworks has secured a spot on the final shortlist of locations to host Rolls-Royce’s first factory manufacturing parts for its fleet of clean energy power stations."

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