Rolls expands ties with Chinese engine maker

Rolls-Royce and Chinese engine manufacturer Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co. (Yuchai Diesel) are expanding their joint venture MTU Yuchai Power to produce Rolls-Royce brand mtu engines.

The joint venture in Yulin (China), which has so far focused on mtu Series 4000 engines for power generation, is also expected to manufacture mtu Series 4000 engines for the oil and gas industry, mtu Series 2000 engines for power generation and the Yuchai VC engine from the second half of 2025.

The aim of the intensified cooperation is to offer customers an improved product portfolio, increase market share and open up new markets - particularly in the field of power generation, a strategic focus of Rolls-Royce Power Systems. To this end, the partners will invest more in MTU Yuchai Power and expand research and development.

Yuchai Diesel and the Rolls-Royce Power Systems division established their joint venture with the partnership agreement in 2014. In April 2018, the first mtu Series 4000 engine produced by MTU Yuchai Power left the assembly line in Yuchai, filling the gap in China’s high-end high-speed diesel engine market for power segments above 1400 kW. Since then, the JV has already produced more than 2000 mtu engines.

mtu engines from MTU Yuchai Power have established themselves on the regional market for high-end power generation. They are used for emergency power supply in safety-critical industries such as data centers and semiconductor factories in China, South Korea, Singapore and Indonesia.