The Australasian region is serviced by both Yokogawa Australia & Yokogawa New Zealand. Both are divisions of the Yokogawa Electric Corporation, first established in Japan in 1915
Yokogawa Australia & New Zealand
Yokogawa Australia & New Zealand are an energetic, forward thinking, engineering and service focused organisation, with a range of class leading products and detailed application knowledge. This has seen us selected as the automation, safety, data management and instrument vendor of choice to deliver many critical projects within the region. We have been contributing to the growth and success of Australian and New Zealand industry for over 30 years, touching the lives of every day citizens and helping to make our countries better places to live.
Yokogawa products and services have been available in Australia for over 30 years, at first through Australian agents, then from April 1987 to September 1989 as a joint venture company with Parameters Pty Ltd. In 1989 the company was renamed Yokogawa Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation of Japan.
Yokogawa Australia incorporates branches in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory. We are a growing company and currently employ over 300 staff throughout Australia. As a socially responsible organisation, we are conscious of our role within the regions in supporting our people and their communities. Through working with educational institutions throughout the country, we not only support them in keeping abreast of the latest technologies, but also provide opportunities for students to enter the field of process control, safety and instrumentation.
Yokogawa have had a presence in New Zealand for over 20 years and is a thriving company with offices in Auckland and Christchurch. An energetic, service-focused company with a strong reputation for quality, technical expertise and the ability to problem solve for our clients, we are a major presence in the instrumentation and automation fields. Currently, we are the only multi-national process control and instrumentation vendor with a direct presence in the South Island.
We are recognised for our ability to meet the most demanding of schedules, often on applications that test the limits of conventional platforms and expertise. This is only possible due to the depth and range of our engineering skills base and a group of subject matter experts whose primary focus is having a complete appreciation of current and developing industry standards and trends
Yokogawa Australia & New Zealand work closely with our customers to ensure optimal plant performance, supporting them through their plant improvement journey. Our Advanced Solutions Group provides consultancy services to identify root cause of customer site issues and/or potential process improvement, recommend a mutually beneficial method of implementation, then deliver a cost effective resolution. Through application of High Fidelity Process Simulators, this group can also provide in-depth process improvement and operator training programmes.
Yokogawa Australia & New Zealand supports a wide range of industries including Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Mining, Metals, Power & Renewables, Chemical & Petrochemical, Water, Transport & Infrastructure and many others.
As an organisation, our goal is to contribute to society through broad-ranging activities in the areas of measurement, control, and information. Individually, we aim to combine good citizenship with the courage to innovate. Through such a philosophy, we aim to position Yokogawa as the first choice for both new and refurbishment projects in all major industries throughout the Australasian region. It is not enough just to have the world’s best equipment, by backing this up with with the world’s best people Yokogawa can assure our valued customers that plants will always function at peak performance delivering them the results their shareholders expect.
Established : September 1989
Managing Director : Russell Palmer
ABN : 36 003 888 364
Quality Standards
AS/NZS ISO 9001:2015, Certificate MEL 0938614/A & B, Issued By LRQA, since 1994
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CEO Magazine
2020.08.24 Fail-Safe for the Future: Russell Palmer
Russell Palmer, Managing Director of Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand, sees a positive outcome from the global pandemic – it has revealed inherent business weaknesses that must be remedied.
To put some kind of positive spin on it, the COVID-19 pandemic, while massively disruptive to every business, has also provided a salutary lesson in shoring up weaknesses revealed by its sudden outbreak. Most businesses were simply not geared to withstand that kind of shock. For Russell Palmer, it’s a vindication of the Japanese company’s insistence on rigour in every facet of its operations. Click here for the full interview.
2019.10.17 Mentoring Matters: Russell Palmer
Russell Palmer, Managing Director of Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand, believes everyone can benefit from expert guidance.
Throughout Russell Palmer’s three-decade career, he’s had a number of different mentors. However, there was one in particular who left a lasting impression. From the moment Russell started working at Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand in 1997, Barry Mitchell was a source of inspiration for him. Click here for the full interview.
2017.07.27 How Yokogawa is Automating your Everyday: Russell Palmer
From performing arts to the art of performance, Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Managing Director Russell Palmer has done it all.
Yokogawa Australasia Managing Director, Russell Palmer is a journeyman. Not only has he travelled through more places than the average adventurer; he’s expertly piloting the engineering giant through the often-complex waters of an industry dense with complexity, both in the office and on the job site. To understand Russell’s business mandate, one must first explore his intrepid journey to the Yokogawa managing director’s chair. Click here for the full interview.
Process Technology: Automation, Control & Instrumentation
2021.01 - CEO Industry Insights 2021
Read industry leader and Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Managing Director, Russell Palmer's predictions for the industry in 2021.
As an industry leader, Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Managing Director, Russell Palmer is featured in the "CEO Industry Insights" in the Process Technology Magazine. The interview reveals Russell's views and predictions on what opportunities and challenges lie ahead for the industry in 2021, the impact of cybersecurity and how Yokogawa is striving to achieve its sustainability goals by 2050. Click here for the full interview.
2020.11 - Protect Your People, Plant and Community with Yokogawa's Wireless Noise Solution
The human ear is a remarkable piece of engineering but it can be easily damaged by noise, learn how Yokogawa's wireless noise solutions will allow your plant to retain its licence to operate.
Noise has impacts not only on health and safety, but on a plant's social licence to operate, its predictive maintenance routines and its remote operations capabilities. Learn how Yokogawa's wireless noise solutions can assist your organisation operate ethically. Click here for article.
2020.08 - Digital Transformation or Just Control System Tuning?
There is no doubt that AI, IIoT and Machine Learning have the potential to transform process industries. However, discerning between existing technology and the language hype has the potential to confuse rather than solve the problem. Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Chief Engineer, David Walker sheds light on "addressing the hype". Click here for article.
2020.10 - Digitalisation: It's Time To Walk The Walk
A no-nonsense practical guide on the use of IIoT for Asset Management by Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Automation Solutions Innovator, Tom Hardy. This is an important article for businesses aiming to get similar projects off the ground.
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2018.08 - AGL Uses Digital Twin to Optimise Power Station
Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand has been developing and implementing high-fidelity dynamic simulators for the process industry for over 20 years. As such, AGL chose Yokogawa's Plant+ as the process simulator for their Torrens Island Power Station.
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2018.07 - The Importance of Analyser Maintenance
Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Product Manager for Analytical Instrumentation, Nick Crowe details the importance of implementing frequent analyser maintenance to ensure product quality, maintain profitability and safety. Click here for article.
2018.04 - Cybersecurity Solutions, Strategy and Secure Operations Partner
It's imperative for businesses to have a strategic alignment of IT and OT functions to enable a successful cybersecurity strategy. Click here for full feature.
2018.01 - CEO Industry Insights 2018
Read industry leader and Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Managing Director, Russell Palmer's predictions for the industry in 2018.
Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Managing Director, Russell Palmer is featured in the "CEO Industry Insights" in the Process Technology Magazine. The interview reveals Russell's views and predictions on what opportunities and challenges lie ahead for the industry in 2018, how big data and smart device technology will impact the automation industry, new customer requirements for success and how Yokogawa is aiming to attract and retain young talent. Click here for the full interview.
2017.01 - CEO Industry Insights 2017
Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand's Managing Director, Russell Palmer is featured in the "CEO Industry Insights" in the Process Technology Magazine. The interview reveals Russell's views and predictions on how Australian industry should respond to global challenges and competition, what Australian industry can offer that overseas suppliers cannot, the impact of IIoT on industry and the opportunities at Yokogawa for graduates. Click here for full interview.
AusIMM
2020.09 - The Resilience Mining Model
Mining companies remain under exceptional pressure to control costs, heighten efficiency and improve safety performance. It is apparent that technology plays a growing role in the mine of the future, much of which is already at hand. A new systems-based approach to leverage existing technology to maximise sustainable profitability is examined. Read full article.
AustMine
2020.01 - Success Story: Zero Unplanned Downtime
In the space of five years, Evolution Mining has become the second largest gold mining company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The complete gold processing plant is controlled and monitored by an array of distributed control system technology that utilises Yokogawa's CENTUM VP Distributed Control System. Read full article.
2019.11 - Yokogawa Australia: Mining Industry Insight
The mining industry is faced with transformational change. Disruptive technologies offer significant potential but only if implemented effectively. Mining is faced with a human resource challenge which has the potential to adversely impact performance and safety. Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand tackles these issues by providing tools designed to identify best practices and building them into operational procedures. View video.