Servowatch Systems Ltd Information

Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts. Representatives of Rolls-Royce's Power Systems business unit and the company’s previous owner, the Indian engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence, and services group Larsen & Toubro, signed the contracts on December 1, 2020. Servowatch, based in Heybridge, Essex, will significantly expand the ship automation division of the mtu product and solution brand of Rolls-Royce's Power Systems business. "Servowatch's modern and sophisticated range of automation and integrated bridge systems for government and commercial ships and large yachts is the ideal complement to continue to offer sophisticated total system solutions for marine propulsion systems and the entire ship automation sector," said Andreas Schell, CEO Rolls-Royce Power Systems. “Building on a state of the art automation platform and connecting it with our mtu SmartBridge and Digital Solutions we consequently follow our system strategy and being able to provide a fully integrated bridge-to-propeller-solution for our customers,” Schell added. The Servowatch products are now an integral member of the mtu NautIQ marine automation product range.