Dyson Ltd is a British technology company established in the United Kingdom by Sir James Dyson in 1991. It designs and manufactures household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters, hair dryers, and lights. As of February 2018, Dyson had more than 12,000 employees worldwide.[6] In January 2019 it was announced that Dyson would move its headquarters to Singapore to ramp up manufacturing for their electric vehicle (EV), stating Asia trade will be their main focus and commenting that the company was unhappy with EU/UK bureaucratic restrictions;[7][8][9] however, the termination of the EV programme was announced on 10 October.