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MANILA, June 15 (Reuters) - China's Yadea Group Holdings (1585.HK), one of the world's biggest electric two-wheeled vehicle makers, plans to invest about $1 billion in an e-motorcycle factory in the Philippines, the country's investment promotions agency chief said on Thursday. Yadea is one of a several electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers looking at the Southeast Asian nation for expansion of their manufacturing sites, Tereso Panga, director-general of government-run Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), told reporters. Yadea, which has six production hubs in China and one in Vietnam with an annual capacity of more than 12 million vehicles, did not immediately respond [...]

Total Foreign Investments (FI) approved in the first quarter of 2023 amounted to PhP 172.70 billion from PhP 8.98 billion in the same quarter of 2022. These investments were pledges from the following Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs), namely: Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). No foreign investment approvals for the quarter were reported by Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), BOI-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BOI-BARMM), Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), Poro Point Management Corporation (PPMC), Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), and Clark International Airport Corporation [...]

MANILA – American multinational semiconductor company Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) on Tuesday (US time) announced its plan to invest USD200 million (PHP11 billion) in a new research and development (R&D) facility as part of its expansion efforts in the Philippines. ADI made the announcement during a meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at the Blair House in Washington DC. The R&D facility shall be an addition to the firm's LEED certified production facility at the Gateway Business Park in Cavite. Marcos expressed gratitude to the company for its continued trust and investments in the country, as he affirmed the government's [...]

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) said it is hoping to attract foreign direct investments (FDI) in areas of advanced manufacturing and electric vehicles, among others, as it pins its hopes on the United States to make the country an alternative location for US firms wishing to offshore their manufacturing activities. “The Philippines could be a viable site for US-based companies from North America or those American offshore companies shifting out production from their existing locations to take advantage of the country’s growing domestic market, huge pool of world-class and work quality-oriented workers, and as a production and distribution hub in [...]

WASHINGTON—The Ayala Group's Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. and Zero Motorcycles based in California have signed a memorandum of agreement for the setting up of the first electronic vehicle (EV) motorcycle manufacturing site in the Philippines, the Presidential Communications Office has said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who's on an official visit to Washington, witnessed the signing of the MOA. Among those who attended the meeting for the IMI include Ayala Corporation chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel De Ayala and Automotive and Industrial regional manager Dave Corry. Zero Motorcycles, on the other hand, were represented by its chief executive officer Sam Paschel and  Alex [...]

MANILA  -Global technology firm Dyson is investing P11 billion in a new research and manufacturing center in the Philippines, as part of a larger expansion plan in Asia and Europe. The Singapore-based company on Wednesday said its planned technology center— which will span the equivalent of 92 basketball courts—would be located in First Philippine Industrial Park in Sto. Tomas, Batangas and should start operations in 2024. It will bring together their research, development and advanced motor manufacturing capabilities under one roof. “The new campus in Sto. Tomas, Batangas will be one of the largest investments and most advanced technology manufacturing [...]

The Philippines has issued the implementing rules and regulations for the amendments to the Public Service Act. The Act allows for 100 percent foreign ownership of public services in the country such as railways and airports. The Philippines government issued the implementing rules and regulations to the Public Service Act in late March 2023, which is set to impact foreign ownership of public services in the Philippines. The Public Service Act allows 100 percent foreign ownership of public services in the Philippines. However, the Act was amended in February 2022 to clearly define the difference between public services and public utilities, since [...]

Taiwan-based printed circuit board (PCB) makers have expedited transferring manufacturing away from China, with several establishing new plants or extending current lines in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Industry insiders pointed out that PCBs do not garner the same welcome as semiconductors, due to wastewater issues and because the PCB industry consumes large quantities of energy and water. Thailand According to Woranath Khemasiri, secretary general of Southeast Asia and India Business Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Thailand has continued to improve its PCB industry manufacturing value chain by providing investment incentives, such as lower manufacturing costs and stable water [...]

Tech consultancy giant Accenture plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, and has lowered its annual revenue and profit forecasts, becoming the latest behemoth to trim expenses in the wake of dwindling global economic conditions. The reduction in jobs, over half of which affects individuals in non-billable corporate functions, will be undertaken in the next 18 months, Accenture said in an SEC filing (PDF) Thursday. The company had increased its workforce by 38,000 in the financial year ended February 2023 to serve the increased demand in its services and solutions, it said. “For the second quarter of fiscal 2023, [...]

In my lifetime, I’ve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary. The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interface—the forerunner of every modern operating system, including Windows. I sat with the person who had shown me the demo, a brilliant programmer named Charles Simonyi, and we immediately started brainstorming about all the things we could do with such a user-friendly approach to computing. Charles eventually joined Microsoft, Windows became the backbone of Microsoft, and the thinking we did after that demo helped set the company’s agenda for the next 15 [...]