Industrial machinery manufacturer Rolls-Royce opened a $24 million, 250,000-square-foot logistics operations center (LOC) in Mankato, Minnesota, adjacent to its existing mtu power generation manufacturing facility.
Rolls-Royce expects the expansion to more than double production capacity for its mtu Series 4000 generator sets used to provide backup power for large-scale critical infrastructure across the Americas, including hospitals, airports, industrial sites and data centers. The company also anticipates the investment will create more than 100 jobs.
About two-thirds of the Mankato LOC handles logistics operations, with the remaining space supporting production activities. The new LOC will provide additional capacity for logistics and assembly operations. The facility includes climate-controlled logistics and assembly areas, interior loading and unloading capabilities and room for future expansion.
The generator sets produced in Mankato use mtu Series 4000 engines built at the Rolls-Royce facility in Aiken, South Carolina, where the company announced a $75 million capital investment in July 2025.
The expansions build on more than $1.5 billion invested by Rolls-Royce in the U.S. over the past decade.
