Rolls Royce : powered composite vessels enter service with Qatari Coast Guard

About Rolls-RoyceHoldings plc

1. Rolls-Royce's vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
3. We have three common themes across all our businesses:
4. • Investing in and developing engineering excellence
   • Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities and processes
   • Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into the future.
5. Annual underlying revenue was £13.4 billion in 2015, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £76.4 billion at the end of 2015.
6. In 2015, Rolls-Royce invested £1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royceengineers at the forefront of scientific research.
7. Rolls-Royce employs over 50,000 people in more than 46 countries. Nearly 15,700 of these are engineers.
8. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2015 we employed 228 graduates and 277 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes.

About Ares

Ares Shipyard is located, on the South Coast of Turkey in the Antalya Free Zone. They have their own facilities, fully equipped for the construction of all their vessels up to 70 m in length.

Ares have developed experience and high level of skills in the design and build of Military and Para-Military patrol vessels delivered to a variety of Navies, Coast Guard Agencies and Maritime Enforcement Agencies across the globe.

Ares also design and build various types of leisure craft including motor yachts, sport boats and work boats, including passenger ferries, harbor control boats, crew and supply boats, search and rescue boats and ambulance boats since their commencement.

Ares remain at the cutting edge in technology, materials and design, the facilities are large enough to include provision for segregation between areas of construction for Steel, Aluminum and Advanced Composite builds. They undertake fast delivery and procurement program with full participation in decision-making and design processes with their personnel and stakeholders.

Ares offer integrated solutions for weapon systems, total quality management, comprehensive integrated logistics support services, operational training, taking pride in technical excellence and innovative design.

Ares have aligned themselves with the best designers and suppliers from around the world, and actively partnered with premier companies such as Rolls Royce as 'key-partners' in each particular area.

For more information, please visit www.ares.com.tr