Making the Future

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Produced by Rolls-Royce, this booklet tells the story of what makes a high value business. It looks at questions such as: What are high value businesses? What do they look like? Why do they matter?

The booklet can be helpful to illustrate the types of career opportunities that are available to students with science, technology, engineering or mathematics skills. It contains the following sections:

High Performance Products
- metallurgy of turbine blades
- a modern gas-turbine jet engine
- deep water gas and oil exploration

High Value Services
- technical support and maintenance services

High Technolgy Research and Development
- innovation and technology
- developing new fan blades for jet engines
- technology in the energy and marine sectors
- global research networks

Highly skilled people
- from materials technology and reactor physics

A global supply network
- coordinating 8,000 suppliers over 70 countries
- supplier relationships and strategic partners

Economic value
- impacts at national and local levels

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx7uj

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