（Singapore, 3 May 2023）The Singapore-headquartered consumer electronics company Dyson announced today that it will open a new battery factory in Singapore, calling it “the most significant investment in advanced manufacturing in the firm’s history”.
The new plant, located in Tuas with the size of 53 basketball courts, will be completed this year and will become fully operational by 2025, producing next-generation battery cells for newly developed Dyson products.
The latest development is part of an ongoing £2.75 billion (S$4.6 billion) five-year investment plan, although the company did not disclose the investment value of Singapore’s new battery plant.
A Dyson spokesman said as quoted by Straits Times: “This investment is part of our ongoing $1.5 billion commitment to our future in Singapore.”
Sir James Dyson, Founder, said: “Software, connectivity, AI, and proprietary new technology batteries will power the next generation of Dyson technology.”
“Just like our long-term investments in pioneering digital electric motor technology, Dyson’s next generation battery technology will drive a major revolution in the performance and sustainability of Dyson’s machines,” he added.
Dyson reportedly employs more than 14,000 staff in 80 countries, with about 1,400 in Singapore. Besides, it will also invest in new sites in Britain and the Philippines that focus on research and development (R&D), among other capabilities.
Dyson began in Singapore in 2007 with a small, focused engineering team developing high speed, digital, electric motors.
In 2012, Dyson officially opened its Singapore Advanced Manufacturing (SAM) facility at West Park, marking a new chapter in Dyson’s growth in Singapore. Today, 300 autonomous robots at the site work in unison to produce 10 million motors a year.
In 2019, Dyson announced that Singapore would become the site of Dyson’s global headquarters. Last year, it officially opened its doors to its new global headquarters at St James Power Station in the presence of Mr Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore.
Dyson’s Chief Executive, Roland Krueger, said: “Our advanced manufacturing expansion in Singapore will enable Dyson to bring entirely new battery technology to market.”
