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Rolls-Royce plans $600M aircraft plant upgrade

By Associated Press
Published: October 5, 2015, 4:45pm

INDIANAPOLIS — Rolls-Royce has announced plans to spend $600 million over the next five years to upgrade the Indianapolis plant where it builds aircraft engines.

The British company said Monday that its modernization of the plant on the city’s south side will reduce its costs by replacing outdated infrastructure and equipment dating back to World War II.

Rolls-Royce says the upgrade will add advanced manufacturing methods and consolidate the Indianapolis operations.

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