INVESTMENT. British technology firm Dyson on Thursday (Nov. 26, 2020) announces its expansion in the Philippines as it will open its software laboratory in Alabang. The company would hire 400 engineers for the next three years. (Photo courtesy of Dyson)
MANILA – Dyson Ltd. has chosen the Philippines to host its first software laboratory and research and development (R&D) center, the British technology firm announced.
In a press briefing Thursday, Dyson chief operating officer Scott Maguire said the company’s upcoming software lab in the Philippines is part of the GBP2.75-billion (PHP117 billion) global investment of Dyson for the next five years.
“What we are looking to do is not only invent new hardware technologies, but we are looking to invest new products that solve new problems much more intelligently in the future as well… And the Philippines is going to be a much bigger part of our future,” said Maguire.
He added that the company will be hiring around 400 engineers for the software lab here for the next three years.
“We are confident that there’s a lot of good talent in the Philippines,” the Dyson executive said.
The software lab and R&D center will soon rise in Alabang, he added.
Maguire noted that Dyson has chosen the Philippines as a location for its new software lab and R&D center due to the success of its manufacturing plant as well as the country’s value for engineering.
He said the company has a software presence in United Kingdom, Singapore, China, and some capabilities in Malaysia, but the Philippines “will be the first software lab, R&D center for Dyson”.
Maguire cited R&D activities in the software lab here, which include reinventing of hardware and software technologies for vacuum cleaners, environmental care products, sensor software, motor controllers, Internet-of-Things, and robotic technologies for new products and categories that Dyson will be launching in the future.
Dyson has been in the Philippines since 2016, with its manufacturing plant in Calamba, Laguna that produces almost 13 million Dyson Hyperdymium motors annually.
“I think another role that the Philippine R&D center team will be playing is very close collaboration with all the other development centers Dyson has across the globe… [T]hat would help bring and elevate Filipino talents to a new level with the right exposure to the right technologies,” Dyson Philippines general manager Richard Perez said in a virtual briefing. (PNA)
