Engines
ITP Backs R&D Hub To Boost Role as Propulsion Tier One
New Admire facility recently opened at the engine and components group’s Bilbao headquarters
ITP Aero's Admire research and development facility
ITP Aero recently opened its new Admire research and development facility in Bilbao, Spain.

Aircraft engines and components group ITP Aero is stepping up innovation at its new research and development center to lay the technological foundations for its growth strategy. Investments in the recently opened facility at Bilbao in northern Spain have been made with the support of its private equity majority shareholder, Bain Capital, in the three years since the company was sold by its former parent, Rolls-Royce.

The new ADvanced ManufacturIng aeRospace centEr (Admire) facility is expected to boost ITP’s role as a Tier 1 supplier to multiple propulsion partners, which now also include Rolls-Royce’s rival GE Aviation, Honeywell, and Pratt & Whitney. The company aspires to have more revenue-yielding intellectual property in future engine programs.