American company Anglicotech Inc. plans to invest nearly P14 billion to establish climate-controlled military warehouses, ammunition production and drone manufacturing facilities at the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO).
This will expand the company’s footprint in the Philippines to support logistics and defense innovation in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Washington D.C.–incorporated firm, which already operates climate-controlled warehouses for humanitarian aid and disaster-relief (HSDR) operations in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, will leverage the APECO expansion to complement its current setup.
The positioning aims to make Aurora a strategic logistics and manufacturing base for both defense and humanitarian needs.
APECO president and chief executive Gil Taway said the project, while having a defense component, would broadly focus on innovation, logistics and humanitarian support, aligning with APECO’s mission to promote inclusive industrial growth.
“Anglicotech first proposed to build temperature-controlled warehouses for humanitarian and disaster-response supplies. After seeing APECO’s potential, they expanded their plan to include drone and ammunition manufacturing,” Taway said.
The Subic facilities serve as a logistics hub under a US-led initiative, facilitating the prepositioning of critical supplies and equipment for rapid deployment in the region.
Taway said investments like this bring jobs, technology transfer and sustainable growth. Anglicotech executives, led by David Cooper, attended APECO’s investment forum in August and are expected to return to Manila to finalize the agreement after completing regulatory processes in the US.
APECO has also recently advanced non-defense infrastructure deals, including signing a tripartite memorandum of agreement with South Korea’s Yooshin Engineering Corporation and Philippine firm Lordsbridge Resources Corporation for a new port at Casiguran, which is seen as part of the region’s logistics backbone.
