More than 100 jobs are to go at a Nottinghamshire manufacturer due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Rolls-Royce.
Turbine Surface Technologies, based at Annesley, has confirmed it is to make 106 people redundant from its workforce of around 600.
More than 100 redundancies have been announced at a Nottinghamshire firm following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic impact on Rolls-Royce.
Founded 20 years ago by a joint venture consisting of Rolls-Royce and Chromalloy, TST produces coatings for Rolls-Royce gas turbine components.
However, due to the general downturn in the aerospace sector, Rolls-Royce recently confirmed plans to shed 9,000 jobs from its global workforce, including around 1,500 across Derby, where its civil aerospace business is based, and in Nottinghamshire.
The Unite union described the job losses at TST as a “nasty shock” to the local economy. It said it had secured a ‘generous’ voluntary redundancy package and is working with the company to minimise compulsory job losses.
The union also warned that small and medium enterprises in the aerospace sector, which employs nearly 26,000 people across the East Midlands, were at risk of “falling like dominos” without government intervention.
It said this could lead to aerospace supply chains shifting to countries where state support for manufacturing is being provided, such as France.
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Shaun Lee, regional coordinating officer at Unite, said: “The redundancies at TST are linked to the impact of the coronavirus and the reduction in demand from Rolls-Royce. They have come as a nasty shock to the workforce and the local economy.
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“Unite has secured a generous voluntary redundancy package and will be providing support to our members during this difficult time. We are working with the company to minimise compulsory job losses.
“TST was expanding and growing its workforce prior to March of this year. Without government support for the survival and recovery of the aerospace industry, SMEs like TST are at risk of falling like dominos.
"Aerospace supply chains are in danger of moving to countries like France, which is openly supporting its aerospace and manufacturing industries.”