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Rolls-Royce鈥檚 MTU Aiken manufacturing facility is celebrating its 10 years of successful operations. The 395,000-sq ft campus, which produces MTU-brand off-highway diesel engines, opened in the fall of 2010 when the company decided to move its manufacturing operations from Detroit, MI to Graniteville, Aiken County, SC. What started off as an assembly plant for two product lines has continually expanded in size and scope over the past decade to become much more.

鈥淭he original goal of the Aiken plant was to carve out our own space where we could take greater control over our destiny and our manufacturing here in the US,鈥� said Joerg Klisch, Director of Operations at the MTU Aiken plant. 鈥淓verything that we鈥檝e been able to achieve here over the past 10 years reflects the positive culture and spirit of innovation that we have. We have continually challenged ourselves to take on the next program or develop the next competency, all with a focus on developing our people and our community along the way.鈥�

The facility began with the assembly of MTU Series 2000 and Series 4000 diesel engines, which together cover a power range from 760-4,000 hp and are used in a variety of off-highway applications in the construction, industrial, power generation, mining and oil & gas markets.

After its official opening in December 2010, where the focus was solely on getting assembly operations up and running, the plant brought machining operations online soon after, allowing the facility to machine its own components on-site.

Investments at the facility over the years have resulted in the addition of the plant鈥檚 Research & Development Center, featuring test cells capable of conducting sophisticated emissions calibration and certification testing, and an Administration Building where supplier quality, purchasing and scheduling for the facility are located. The plant has also grown to incorporate military propulsion systems, assembling and conducting complete overhauls of MTU Series 883 engines and power packs used in military applications. The next capability to be added, which is currently in the works, is remanufacturing and overhaul of engines for customers in the Americas.