Global engineering company Rolls-Royce has partnered with new product development contractor Pera Technology to hold an event that will offer manufacturing and engineering companies an insight into its innovation strategy.

The event, which will take place at Pera technology’s headquarters in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, on 25 September, will centre on a keynote speech from Professor Richard Parker, Rolls-Royce director of Research & Technology.

He will discuss the role of innovation within Rolls-Royce and how the company’s supply chain forms a crucial part of its innovation programme.

Paul Tranter, CEO of Pera Technology, said: “In a crowded international manufac-turing landscape, Rolls-Royce has always kept itself ahead of the curve via a savvy programme of R&D investment.

"Despite operating on a global scale, many of its practices and decisions can also be related to companies manufacturing on a smaller scale.”