Rolls-Royce has launched a unique programme designed to help identify, buy or license technologies or techniques outside their traditional areas of operation that are new and potentially beneficial to the company.
Called the India Open Innovation programme (IOiN-RR) it will also provide Indian organisations with the opportunity to leverage their solutions globally.
The challenges will focus on three critical areas: test and measurement; repair, inspection and servicing technologies; and novel designs and manufacture of large components and tools.
Paul Stein, Chief Scientific Officer at Rolls-Royce explains, “Through this programme, we are seeking to identify technologies or techniques in industries outside of which Rolls-Royce usually operates, and in small and medium sized companies Rolls-Royce does not currently work with.”
Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce India said “India is home to some of the world’s most innovative small and medium sized companies. We are looking to tap into that depth of expertise and knowledge to discover new solutions that can help us advance our own products, processes and services. Rolls-Royce has an 80-year history of strong and successful partnerships and collaborations in India, and we hope to establish more partnerships of mutual benefit through this initiative.”
With Rolls-Royce extending their line-up to include new models like the Wraith as well as experimental electric cars like the 102EX Phantom, it would be interesting to see how the makers of the best cars in the world can make their offerings even better.
