Press Releases - Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Yokogawa to Receive Control Systems Orders for Ichthys LNG Project in Australia

2012-05-24T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Australia Pty. Ltd. has been advised that it will receive orders to supply the control systems for the Ichthys LNG project, which is being developed in Australia.

Yokogawa Releases High-performance CSU-W1 Confocal Scanner Unit - Aiming for a larger share of the market -

2012-05-23T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release the CSU-W1 confocal scanner unit on June 20 in Japan and in late August outside Japan. This new product is an addition to the CSU series of confocal scanners, which are capable of observing live cells with high-speed and high sensitivity.

Yokogawa Collaborates with Wako Pure Chemical Industries in Marketing and Service of High-throughput Cytological Discovery System

2012-05-17T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has entered into an agreement with Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. (“Wako”) on the marketing and after-sales service of Yokogawa’s CellVoyager™ CV7000 high-throughput cytological discovery system in North America and Europe.

Yokogawa Comprehensively Upgrades DPharp EJA Series Pressure/Differential Pressure Transmitters to Capture No.1 Share of Global Sensor Market

2012-04-26T09:00:00+09:00

Director and Corporate Auditor Candidates

2012-04-24T20:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Systems Receive ISO17894 Certification for Shipboard Use

2012-03-28T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Enhances CENTUMR VP's Unified Gateway Station

2012-02-07T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it plans to release an enhanced version of the CENTUM® VP integrated production control system, the company's flagship product, in March.

Yokogawa Expands Its Lineup of ISA100.11a Compliant Wireless Devices – For field wireless systems based on the “Grow” concept –

2012-02-07T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed three new field wireless system devices and enhanced existing wireless pressure and temperature transmitters, all of which are compliant with the ISA100.11a*1 wireless standard. The first of these products are scheduled to be released in March 2012.

Introducing the Yokogawa DTSX200 Distributed Temperature Sensor – The first Distributed Temperature Sensor for Oil/Gas and Industrial Production Operations Developed by a Production Control System Manufacturer –

2012-02-07T09:00:00+09:00

The Yokogawa DTSX200 distributed temperature sensor (DTS) is used to monitor temperature, leaks, and flow in oil/gas downhole, pipeline, LNG/refinery tank/reactor vessel, fire detection, and other industrial thermal applications. Released in October 2011, the DTSX200 is the first distributed temperature sensor with a STARDOM field controller option, which improves production efficiency by working together with production control systems.

Yokogawa Receives FEED Contract from CJV for Arrow LNG Project

2011-12-16T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd. has been awarded a contract by CJV, a joint venture comprised of Chiyoda Corporation as JV leader, CB&I, and Saipem S.p.A., to perform the front end engineering design (FEED) for an integrated control and safety system that is to be provided to Arrow Energy for the Arrow LNG Project. For this project, Yokogawa Engineering Asia has been selected as the main automation contractor (MAC) by Arrow Energy.

Yokogawa Enhances FA-M3V Range-free Multi-controller

2011-11-16T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release on this date of enhanced CPU modules and software for the FA-M3V range-free multi-controller, a PLC with the world’s fastest CPU scanning speed.

Yokogawa Releases DTSX200 Distributed Temperature Sensor – The First Ever Distributed Temperature Sensor for Natural Resource Production Operations Developed by a Production Control System Manufacturer –

2011-10-19T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that the DTSX200 distributed temperature sensor will be released to the global market on October 19 and the Japan market in April 2012. The DTSX200 is used in production operations to monitor temperature changes in underground oil sand and oil shale formations and the like.

Yokogawa Signs a Network Switch Supply Agreement with Belden

2011-10-05T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has signed a supply agreement with Belden, a global manufacturer whose products include the Hirschmann brand of industrial network switches. This new agreement will allow Yokogawa to provide a long-term and stable supply of Hirschmann's highly reliable Industrial Ethernet switches to its customers for use with the Yokogawa Vnet/IP® high-speed control network. Under the terms of the agreement, Yokogawa will sell these network switch products to its customers and provide maintenance services that facilitate the configuration of highly reliable control networks.

Yokogawa Releases CellVoyager™ CV7000 High-throughput Cytological Discovery System

2011-10-04T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release the CellVoyager™ CV7000 high-throughput cytological discovery system on October 5. This enhanced system has four times as wide an imaging area as our previous model and surpasses that model’s industry leading throughput. The CV7000 will help accelerate the discovery of new drugs and improve the efficiency of advanced biomedical research involving iPS, ES, and other stem cell types.

President of Yokogawa Electric China Receives 2011 Jiangsu Friendship Award

2011-09-27T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Katsushi Aoki, president of Yokogawa Electric China (a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation), has received the 2011 Jiangsu Friendship Award from China's Jiangsu Provincial People's Government in recognition of his remarkable achievements as a foreign expert in the development of the country's industry and human resources.

Yokogawa and Kazan National Research Technological University Establish an Advanced Laboratory

2011-09-08T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the opening on September 1 of an advanced laboratory in Kazan, Tatarstan. The establishment of this new laboratory was a joint effort by Yokogawa Electric CIS and Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU). The laboratory is located on the campus of KNRTU, which was founded in 1890.

Yokogawa Releases ISA100.11a-based YTMX580 Multi-input Temperature Transmitter

2011-09-02T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release the YTMX580 multi-input temperature transmitter to the market on September 2. The YTMX580 is based on the ISA100.11a industrial automation wireless communication standard and features an industry-leading eight analog input channels.

Yokogawa Announces Development of New Version of CENTUM VP - Adoption of Advanced Field Digital Technology Strengthens Foundation

2011-07-28T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the development of Release 5 of the CENTUM® VP integrated production control system, the company’s flagship product and a cornerstone of the VigilantPlant® concept that aims to help customers realize the ideal plant. Developed with the aim of bringing companies operational excellence through the use of field digital technology, this latest version of CENTUM VP will be released to the market in August of this year.

Yokogawa Receives Control Systems Contract for Large Coal-fired Power Station in South Africa

2011-07-01T09:00:00+09:00

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. has received a contract from Eskom, a South African public power utility, to supply control systems and instrumentation for the Outside Plant and Water Treatment Plant at Tutuka Power Station. While Eskom has purchased more than 3,000 pressure/differential pressure transmitters from Yokogawa to date, this is their first control systems order with us.