ROLLS-ROYCE: Rolls-Royce extends Korean research ce centre.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 September 1999-ROLLS-ROYCE: Rolls-Royce extends Korean research centre (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:230999 A joint UK-Korea aerospace materials research centre at Rolls-Royce plc in Derby has been extended until 2006 by an agreement signed today at a ceremony witnessed by the science ministers of both countries.

Lord Sainsbury, UK Minister for Science, and Jung Uck Seo, Korean Minister of Science and Technology, were present as Richard Turner, Group Marketing Director for Rolls-Royce plc, and Dr Hae Ung Hwang, President of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Metals (KIMM), at the Department of Trade and Industry in London, launched the second phase of the Korea-UK Research Centre. Mr Turner said: " Since the centre opened in 1996,...