Epson Precision Philippines Inc. is adding industrial robots to its manufacturing lineup at its Batangas facility, backed by an investment of more than ₱40 million, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) said in a statement Wednesday.
The expansion is a shift for Epson’s Philippine operation, which has manufactured printers, scanners and projectors at the site since it joined Peza in 1995. Under the newly approved registration, the company will also produce component parts, sub-assemblies for knock-down production, and spare and after-sales service parts for the robotics line.
The project covers Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) units and 6-axis robot models – machines commonly used in factories to automate tasks such as parts assembly, picking and placing, and packaging. Peza said commercial operations are targeted to start in March 2027, with the expansion expected to create 118 additional jobs.
The robots will be built at Epson’s 33-hectare plant inside the Lima Technology Center-Special Economic Zone (LTC-SEZ) in Batangas. According to Aboitiz Economic Estates, which manages the zone, the facility is Epson’s largest manufacturing plant in Asia, producing goods for export to Japan and other Southeast Asian markets. Epson employed more than 20,000 workers across its three factory buildings in LTC-SEZ as of 2025.
“Epson has been part of the Peza family since 1995, and today we welcome them into an entirely new chapter of reinventing [the company] and moving up the value chain – from precision printing to precision robotics,” Peza Director General Tereso Panga said.
“This is the kind of growth we want every locator to aspire to: continuously advancing, innovating and finding new ways to compete globally,” Panga added.
Epson Precision Philippines is the local manufacturing arm of Japan’s Seiko Epson Corp. Peza said the Batangas expansion reflects continued Japanese investor confidence in the Philippines. Japan was Peza’s largest source of foreign investment in 2025, accounting for ₱32.6 billion in approved projects – the biggest share among the agency’s foreign investor base for the year.
The robotics expansion adds to a wave of Peza-approved investment activity in the first half of 2026, during which ecozone investments nearly doubled year-on-year to ₱140.69 billion. No further details on Epson’s robotics product line, target markets, or hiring timeline for the 118 new positions have been released.
