Yokogawa Electric
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| Type | Public corporation/Kabushiki gaisha |
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| Founded | 1915 |
| Headquarters | Musashino, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Shuzo Kaihori, President and CEO |
| Products | Industrial automation, test and measurement hardware and software, photonic computing |
| Revenue | 437.4 billion yen in FY2007 |
| Employees | 19,286 (Worldwide operations in 33 countries) |
| Website | www.yokogawa.com |
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (横河電機株式会社 Yokogawa-denki-kabushikigaisha) (TYO: 6841) is a Japanese electrical engineering and software company, with businesses based on its technologies in measurement, control, and information. It has a workforce of over 19,000 in its 80 companies worldwide, operating in 33 countries.
Yokogawa's consolidated net sales in fiscal year 2007 accounted for over 437.4 billion yen (4.1 billion US dollars), and net income was 11.7 billion yen;[1] net sales fell to 376.5 billion yen, and net loss was 38.4 billion yen in fiscal year 2008;[2] net sales fell further to 316.6 billion yen, and net loss was 14.8 billion yen in fiscal year 2009,.[3][4] In fiscal year 2010, net sales increased slightly to 325.6 billion yen and net loss decreased to 6.7 billion yen.[5] Unlike profitable competitors Omron, Yamatake (山武), Horiba (堀場), and Shimadzu, Yokogawa asset-per-share and share price [6][7] figures have fallen below what they were ten years ago, so the company created takeover defense measures[8] in 2007.
Yokogawa is one of the pioneering industry leaders in Distributed Control Systems. Their popular CENTUM system was first introduced in 1975.
Some of Yokogawa's most recognizable products are production control systems, test and measurement instruments, pressure transmitters, flow meters, oxygen analyzers, fieldbus instruments, etc.
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[edit] History
Yokogawa was established in 1915 as an electric meter research institute in Shibuya, Tokyo by Tamisuke Yokogawa (Doctor of Architectural Engineering) with Ichiro Yokogawa and Shin Aoki. Later, it became incorporated as Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd., the first company to produce and sell electric meters in Japan.[9] Former Hokushin Electric Works CO., LTD. and YOKOGAWA PRECISION CORP. were the manufacturers of worldwide known HOKUSHIN 16mm Film Projectors. Hokushin means "North Star" in Japanese.
[edit] Businesses and main products
- Yokogawa's main businesses are industrial automation and test and measurement hardware and software. Its newly developed businesses include photonic computing, navigation, and services.
- Some of Yokogawa's main hardware products are controllers, recorders and data acquisition equipment.
- Yokogawa products are used in different industries requiring process control systems. Depending on the size of the project and the requirements, Yokogawa offers various control systems: DCS, PLC, SCADA and ESD (Emergency ShutDown). In collaboration with Shell Global Solutions, Yokogawa also offers APC (Advanced Process Control) solutions to refinery, petrochemical, and chemical plants.
- CENTUM, Yokogawa's flagship DCS, has the largest capacity among DCSs with capacity of up to 1 million device tags.
- Yokogawa manufactures field instruments, test and measurement instruments, and semi-conductor related products.[10]
[edit] Major office locations
- Musashino (near Mitaka Station), Tokyo, Japan (world headquarters)[1]
- Amersfoort, The Netherlands (Europe headquarters)[2]
- Newnan, Georgia, USA (North & Central America headquarters)[3]
- Singapore (ASEAN and Oceania headquarters)[4]
- Shanghai, China (East Asia headquarters)[5]
- Bahrain (Middle East headquarters)[6]
- Bangalore, India (South East Asia headquarters)[7]
- Yokogawa, Australia (Australia/NZ Headquarters)[8]
- Yokogawa America do Sul (Brazil Office http://www.yokogawa.com.br)
[edit] Trademark products of Yokogawa
Process control instruments
- DPharp EJA - pressure transmitter with resonant silicon technology
- DPharp EJX - pressure transmitter with resonant silicon technology and SIL2 certification
- Indicator FVX - Fieldbus indicator
- Valve Positioner YVP - Fieldbus positioner
- ADMag AXF - magnetic flowmeter for high-end technology use
- ADMag CA - magnetic flowmeter for substances without apparent electrode
- ADMag SE - magnetic flowmeter for general use
- Rotamass - mass flow meter with coriolis technology
- Rotameter - Rotameter
- DY - vortex flowmeter
- YTA - temperature transmitter
- US - ultrasonic transmitter
- Centum CS3000 and Centum VP - Distributed control systems
- ProSafe RS - Safety instrumented system
- Stardom - Networked based Control System (Programmable logic controller)
- Fast/Tools - SCADA product
[edit] Sponsored sports teams
[edit] References
- ^ Yokogawa financial presentation dated May 2008
- ^ Yokogawa financial presentation dated May 2009
- ^ Yokogawa financial presentation dated May 2010
- ^ Notice of 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
- ^ Yokogawa financial presentation dated May 2011
- ^ Google 10-year share price graph
- ^ Nikkei 10-year share price graph
- ^ Yokogawa "Takeover Defense Measures"
- ^ Yokogawa official history site
- ^ Yokogawa official site
[edit] External links
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