Dyson commits to Bristol as it moves HQ to Singapore

Dyson is to move its headquarters from Malmesbury in Wiltshire to Singapore, but says it remains committed to its UK design centres, including the one in Bristol. “The centres remain a core creative and engineering part of Dyson,” said Jim Rowan, CEO of Dyson. The move is to focus on its manufacturing businesses, including the new […]

Dyson commits to Bristol as it moves HQ to Singapore
by Nick Flaherty January 24, 2019
Dyson is to move its headquarters from Malmesbury in Wiltshire to Singapore, but says it remains committed to its UK design centres, including the one in Bristol. “The centres remain a core creative and engineering part of Dyson,” said Jim Rowan, CEO of Dyson.
The move is to focus on its manufacturing businesses, including the new electric car and battery operations and its vacuum cleaner manufacturing in the Philippines.

“This does not change any of our investment or recruitment plans,” said Rowan. The company currently employs 5853 engineers across the UK and Asia, and Rowan says the engineering centres in Bristol, Malmesbury, Hullavington Airfield and London will continue to lead on technology development. The Bristol centre has a focus on the Internet of Things (IoT).

One driver for the move is the proposed electric car business that will be based in Malaysia. While R&D and testing of the new electric car and batteries will be at the £550m site at Hullavington in Wiltshire, the manufacturing will be in Singapore for a launch in 2020 run by a senior executive from Japanese car maker Nissan.

The company has started its second intake of students for the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Malmesbury, with 40% of the 25-strong course being women, compared to an average of 15% for UK engineering courses.

The news of the move came as the company announced profits of £1.1bn, up 33% on last year on turnover of £4.4bn, up 28%.

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Nick Flaherty
Nick Flaherty is one of the UK’s leading electronics technology journalists. Based in Bristol, he has been covering the latest developments in semiconductor, embedded software and electronics technology for the last 25 years as a writer, editor, analyst and consultant. His experience at the leading edge of technology has enhanced a wide range of technical trade publications around the world, including EETimes Europe and Electronic Engineering Times in the US, as well as SouthWest Innovation News, Electronics Times, Electronic Engineering and Electronics Weekly. He has edited MicroTechnology Europe and Electronic Product Design magazines and was launch editor of Automotive Electronics magazine.
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