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Rolls-Royce announces an ulterior cut of the staff in the division Marine
Four hundred places of job in less besides the reduction than 600 dependent communicated in May
October 5, 2015
Group Rolls-Royce has announced today that cut of staff in division Marine, that develops technologies and offers services for the customers who operate in the naval and offshore field, will be more consisting regarding communicated how much previously. Besides the plan of reduction of 600 dependent announced the slid spring ( on 19 May 2015), the British group in fact has explained that they will be cut other 400 places of job in the various world-wide centers of the division, that appoints to a job some 5.800 people in 34 nations.
Moreover the group has specified that the restructure of the branch of Marine businesses will be realized also through a program of greater investments in research & development. Objective of the initiatives is of to light riposizionare the activity of the division of the impact of the fort decrease of the prices of the oil and the consequent decrease of the orders.
"After a period of many years reached until 2013 in which they have been optimal performances recorded graces mainly to the supported increase in the field of the oil and the gas - president Marine di Rolls-Royce has explained, Mikael Makinen - our pocketbook economic orders and our results negatively are influenced by the emphasized one and being extended decrease of the price of the oil. This - it has added - is a business branch fundamentalally hard, but we must act with decision in order to place it for the future increase, with a simple structure, efficient and effective. Meanwhile - it has specified Makinen - it will be necessary to tomorrow concentrate our attention on the marine technologies, meaningfully increasing to our current percentage of investments in research & development".
"To reduce our force job - it has emphasized Makinen - it never does not constitute an easy decision, but lasting of the low level of the price of the oil and the necessity of a greater competitiveness they return it necessary if we want to construct a solid base from which being able to grow this activity with success in future".
According to the forecasts of Rolls-Royce, the completion of this phase of reorganization will generate annual savings pairs to 40 million pounds.
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