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Microturbo Ltd. and Turbomeca Ltd. have jointly constructed a new turbine engine manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the UK at North Segensworth, Fareham, Hampshire. The new structure, built at a cost of £5 million, adds 50,000 square feet of office and factory area, doubling the previous space. The two sister companies are responding to increasing military and civilian demand for small turbine engines and expect to add 100 new jobs to the 140 already employed. The new space will be used to expand manufacturing capability for the current line of helicopter engines, missile engines and starting systems for larger turbine engines; to develop an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre for military engines in the UK; and to set up a design centre for the next generation oflow cost turbojets. The UK Ministry of Defense is the largest single customer for both Microturbo ana Turbomeca.