Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 14th May 2026 Issue no. 1210
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Pudu Robotics inaugurates US HQ in Dallas, accelerating long-term growth in the Americas
Pudu Robotics has officially opened a new US headquarters in Dallas, Texas, as part of its global strategic expansion. The new facility is set to enhance the manufacturer's regional capabilities and underscores its long-term commitment to the Americas, marking a new phase of scaled, structured business development.
As a central hub for nationwide and cross regional operations across the Americas, Dallas brings strong strategic advantages. The area offers well-developed logistics and supply chain infrastructure, a business friendly environment and access to a broad base of enterprise customers. Its central location will allow Pudu more efficient coverage across both North America and South America.
As the company transitions into a phase of rapid, scalable growth in the Americas, its new centralised HQ, which combines a modern office space, product showroom and on site warehousing, will enhance support management, operations and long term regional coordination.
Meanwhile, as part of its broader infrastructure optimisation, the company has also transitioned its Santa Clara office into a streamlined logistics support function outpost and established a dual warehouse system on both coasts to support nationwide delivery in the US.
Since entering the US market in 2018, Pudu has steadily expanded its footprint across the Americas to a point of deep, localised operations. To date, nearly 15,000 of its robots have been deployed across the Americas, driving regional revenue growth of 285% year over year, bringing the company to a phase of large scale commercialisation.
This rapid adoption is fuelled by Pudu's comprehensive product matrix, which addresses the specific labour and efficiency needs of the American market across four core categories:
* Commercial Cleaning: Featuring the best-selling Pudu CC1 series, the Pudu MT1 series designed for large-scale dry cleaning, and the recently launched Pudu BG1 series - an AI-native large scrubber-dryer robot built for heavy-duty environments.
* Industrial Delivery: The Pudu T-series robots provide versatile logistics support with payload capacities ranging from 150Kg to 600Kg, streamlining warehouse and factory workflows.
* Service Delivery: Led by the BellaBot and the newly enhanced BellaBot Pro, which have become a gold standard for hospitality and retail interaction.
* General embodied AI: Represented by the advanced Pudu D5 series, pushing the boundaries of how robots interact with and adapt to complex human environments.
Partnerships with local distributors have also accelerated, achieving 63.6% year-on-year growth, with a rapidly expanding client base across diverse industries, including food and beverage, healthcare, industrial logistics and warehousing, real estate and property services, retail, and entertainment, sports and more. The company's robots have enjoyed strong adoption by global industry leaders, including Walmart, Accenture, NASA, Norwegian Cruise Line, Honeywell, top automotive brands and others.
This growth is matched by organisational development. Since entering the US market in 2018, an initial team has flourished into a multifunctional organisation of professionals, with localised sales, after sales service, solutions,and marketing capabilities that facilitate stronger customer support and execution.
Looking ahead, Pudu will continue expanding its presence across key sectors including retail, logistics, food service, healthcare and commercial cleaning, while bringing its service delivery, commercial cleaning, industrial delivery,and general embodied AI robotics solutions into broader industry scenarios.
"We are building for the long-term in the Americas with a localised approach," says Raymond Pan, general manager of the Americas at Pudu Robotics. "Our new headquarters and infrastructure optimisation provide a solid foundation for this ambition. By continuing to invest in localised products, enhancing our regional supply chain and strengthening our partner ecosystem, we are accelerating our growth across the Americas, contributing directly to Pudu Robotics' global vision of serving 10 billion people worldwide in the next 10 years."
Pudu has established itself as a global leader in service robotics, with more than 120,000 units shipped worldwide, operations spanning over 80 countries and regions, and 23% market share in commercial service robotics-ranking No. 1 globally per Frost & Sullivan's 'Market Research on Global Commercial Service Robotics (2023)'.
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