- CEO
- Kunimasa Shigeno
- Full Time Employees
- 18,313
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic equipment/Instruments
- Address
- 9-32, Nakacho 2-chome Tokyo TY Japan 180-8750
- IPO Date
- May 16, 1949
- Business
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation delivers advanced industrial automation, alongside precision test and measurement capabilities, across a wide global footprint spanning Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through distinct business areas: Control, Measuring Instruments, and New Business and Others. The Control segment offers extensive solutions, ranging from on-site field instrumentation such as flow meters, pressure transmitters, and process analyzers, to sophisticated production control systems, programmable logic controllers, and safety instrumented systems. This segment also provides various software and services aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, ensuring safety and compliance, and driving decarbonization efforts for its clients. Recent developments include integrated solutions for cybersecurity, grid management, and robotic process automation. The Measuring Instruments segment provides a broad portfolio of devices, including waveform and optical communication measuring instruments, signal generators, and electric voltage, current, and power measurement tools, alongside specialized applications like high-content analysis systems for life science research. The New Business and Others segment explores emerging opportunities, focusing on services leveraging artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, the development of biomass materials, and the research and manufacturing of bulk pharmaceuticals. This area also includes initiatives in space exploration, such as developing control platforms for manned pressurized rovers. Yokogawa's offerings cater to critical infrastructure and process industries globally, including oil and gas, LNG supply chains, chemicals, power generation, renewable energy, hydrogen, mining, metals, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, iron and steel, water and wastewater, and semiconductor manufacturing. Established in 1915, Yokogawa Electric Corporation is headquartered in Musashino, Japan.