Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney Suspend Singapore Projects

February 9, 2009

Aircraft engine makers Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney have put on hold plans to build factories in Singapore because of the uncertain global economic outlook, the Straits Times reported on Monday.

Their projects, originally scheduled for completion this year, have been deferred for at least a year, the newspaper quoted the Economic Development Board, Singapore's investment agency, as saying.

Pratt & Whitney is part of US conglomerate United Technologies.