Yokogawa provides advanced solutions in measurement, control, and information to customers across a broad range of industries, including energy, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, and food. Yokogawa addresses customer challenges in optimizing production, assets, and supply chains through the effective application of digital technologies that enable the transition to autonomous operations.
Founded in Tokyo in 1915, the company now has more than 17,000 employees in a global network of 128 companies spanning 62 countries, all working toward a more sustainable society.
OpreX is the comprehensive brand for Yokogawa’s industrial automation and control business. The OpreX brand stands for excellence in the technology and solutions that Yokogawa cultivates through the co-creation of value with its customers.
OpreX Information: Information technology that helps customers leverage the value of data, drawing on Yokogawa’s strength in operational technology (OT).
OpreX Control: Exceptionally reliable control technology that responds quickly to changes in management and operations and establishes the foundation needed for high efficiency, high quality, safety, and stability in plant operations.
OpreX Measurement: Highly reliable measurement technology for the implementation of value-enhancing operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) integration.
OpreX Consulting: Consulting services that leverage our exceptional knowledge and experience for the investigation and identification of customer issues and provision of to-be models.
OpreX Execution: Innovative, world-class project implementation capabilities, built on a strong track record of success all over the globe.
OpreX Lifecycle: Maintenance capabilities backed by extensive experience gained from working closely with our customers allow us to optimize operations over the entire plant lifecycle.
OpreX Integrated Solutions: Integrated solutions that make use of products, services, and expertise in specific fields to address a variety of customer challenges.
The low power consumption model of the field control node (FCN) autonomous controller meets the demanding requirements at inhospitable remote locations which lack power. Learn...
Yokogawa has released its cloud-based OpreX Quality Management System to accelerate the digital transformation of quality assurance processes in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will be releasing an enhanced version of the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system (SIS) on November 27.
Yokogawa Corporation of America announces the release on this date of the SensTation Digital sensor measurement system, a scalable and integrated solution that combines the unique...
Find out in this Take Five video why the use of remote access tends to be higher in the processing industries than in discrete manufacturing and where processing companies tend...
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Yokogawa’s OpreX Profit-driven Operation uses metrics methodology based on deep domain expertise to provide process industries plant visibility aligned with high-level objectives...
Automation suppliers are using the cloud, analytics, simulation and even new forms of accounting to expose the hidden value within process equipment in the plant.
ExxonMobil has spent a lot of its own energy convincing the automation community that there is a need for a standards-based control architecture. Now, under the umbrella of The...
As companies explore the Internet of Things, fog computing and edge computing take center stage as strategic ways of dealing with the plethora of data to be analyzed and acted...
Borne out of seven years of research and development inside Boeing, the control system security methods developed there are now offered by Tempered Networks to all of industry...
McLaren Applied Technologies is using what it’s learned through Formula 1 racing—modeling and simulating racing conditions through sensor data analysis—to optimize operating conditions...
No longer just a tool for control, automation systems must operate as business tools, managing all the complexities of an entire operations, noted retired Shell executive Simon...
From project execution, total cost of ownership, and lifecycle support issues to field device and systems integration and increased focus on software, Yokogawa executives discuss...
KBC, a Yokogawa company, has introduced Visual MESA Multi-Period Optimizer 6 to reduce costly uncertainty in energy use over multiple time periods across generation portfolios...
Yokogawa releases its Operations Management software, a tool that assists plant personnel and management by digitizing and standardizing workflows to enhance efficiency and safety...
How FogHorn Systems’ updated Lightning software platform promises to deliver machine learning to Industrial Internet of Things edge and cloud computing systems.
As industry takes advantage of Internet of Things capabilities to improve manufacturing operations, it is highly unlikely that anybody will be able to go it alone.
Processing data on-premises at the edge of the network is becoming an increasingly popular tactic, as the amounts of data generated are just too massive to effectively send to...
Yokogawa Corporation of America announces that it has received orders from Freeport LNG for its Liquefaction Facility (LQF) and Pre-Treatment Facility (PTF).
Yokogawa Corporation of America is pleased to announce that it has received TUV Rheinland certification for Functional Safety Management (FSM) IEC 61511-1:2003 SIS Integration...
The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute announced that Yokogawa Electric Corporation has successfully achieved ISA100 Wireless certification for its latest ISA100 Wireless Stack...
Using reinforcement learning AI developed by Yokogawa, along with other Yokogawa automation technologies, a distillation column at a JSR Corp. plant was autonomously operated ...
In a recent survey conducted by Yokogawa, environmental sustainability was identified as one of the areas where autonomous technologies would have the most significant impact....
Several automation technology suppliers and end users have partnered to create an independent, not-for-profit association to accelerate the development and deployment of vendor...
Research shows that digital transformation is the primary driver of automation technology spending across the discrete, batch, and continuous process industries. But which technologies...
Though it represents one of the greater job skill challenges for new entrants, technology is increasingly viewed as a key attractor for the next-generation industrial workforce...
From dealing with core operating factors such as the hazardous and remote location of many assets to new consolidation and outsourcing trends, the process industries are leading...
From the evolving standard to test labs, movement to an interoperable framework is taking shape. But the OPAF group is asking for more help from manufacturers.
The new automation model focuses on services that reduce a manufacturer’s financial risks by shifting the responsibility of asset acquisition on to the OEM or technology supplier...
As more automation technology suppliers incorporate open-source tools, the ability to use open-source software in automation projects no longer depends on access to arcane software...
As the group readies version 2.0 of its open process automation standard, there’s an overarching feeling of unity but an underlying concern about what this architecture really...
An Automation World reader survey detects a rising interest in alarm management best practices. It finds that, though many users are investing in new software, many are also missing...
Though standardization efforts for Time-Sensitive Networking continue at pace, it is still years before industry should expect to see a bumper crop of compatible products.
Cybersecurity alliances are a key part of protecting the industrial sector from an increasingly coordinated and sophisticated attack base. How much can—or should—automation vendors...
The Open Process Automation Forum has been hard at work to develop a reference architecture that will transform process control systems. But there are still concerns around functionalit...
After weathering storms both economic and meteorological, will the industry stick to the hard-won lessons it has learned about the importance of optimization and process improvement...
Brazilian company GranBio avoids unnecessary maintenance work and plant shutdowns with integrated device configuration, asset management and remote access solutions
The new Industrial Knowledge business unit adds remote asset management, analytics and supply chain optimization to the company’s industrial automation portfolio.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the establishment of Industrial Knowledge, a new business unit that will play a key role in accelerating expansion of Yokogawa’s business...
Yokogawa Corporation of America was recently awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc. to deliver the process control/process safety equipment and associated software for its ...
Yokogawa Corporation of America announces that it has received an order from Orascom E&C USA to deliver control and safety systems for the Natgasoline LLC methanol plant.
Yokogawa Corporation of America announced the availability of its new online Process Instrumentation Selection Tool. Collaborative and user-friendly, the Selection Tool serves...
Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation1 and Cisco Systems G.K. announce that they will provide a new solution for oil refineries that makes use of their respective information ...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the renewal of a global agreement with BP to supply Main Automation Contractor services (MAC services) to BP’s upstream entities.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has created a corporate brand slogan to encourage the joint pursuit of activities with its customers that will create value and...
Sometimes it makes better economic sense to maintain legacy control systems than to upgrade to new ones. But finding the parts, know-how and other support for keeping them alive...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and GasSecure AS, a Dräger owned company, announce the delivery of the world’s first SIL2-certified wireless gas detection system for use at an LNG...
Following a successful 2014 conference held in Houston, TX, Yokogawa Corporation of America announces its 2016 Users Conference and Exhibition to be held October 3 – 6, 2016 in...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa and Shell have jointly developed Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation, a software suite that speeds up and simplifies...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the May 29 release of FAST/TOOLS R10.02, the latest version of a web-based real-time operations management and visualization software package...
Most plants still operate in a reactive environment, facing obstacles around behavioral norms, analog devices and analytical barriers. But early adopters are finding big savings...
Mitsubishi’s chemical plant in Kashima, Japan, leverages real-time data via Field Device Tool (FDT) technology to transition away from time-based maintenance.
The three companies will implement the joint SecurePlant initiative at about 50 Shell plants over the next three years to standardize cybersecurity measures for the global oil...
The story of electronic batch records began as a way to streamline regulatory compliance. Now these records can also help users produce higher-quality batches and ensure optimal...
Multi-function wireless adaptor enables wired devices that transmit/receive digital ON/OFF signals or receive 4–20 mA analog signals to function as ISA100 Wireless field devices...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the development of the SMARTDAC+ GM data acquisition system, and will be releasing it to the market on November 17.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa France S.A.S., has won an order from VINCI Environment UK*1 to supply control systems and safety instrumented...
Yokogawa Corporation of America announces the contribution of a student scholarship to deserving graduate and undergraduate college students, awarded at the company's 2014 Users...
Energy Performance Analytics (EP-Analytics) is a software tool that uses energy performance indicators (EnPIs) to track how energy is consumed in a plant.
Continuous process industries are finding that automating the typically manual processes that fall outside of steady-state operations leads to safer, more consistent, more productive...
Yokogawa Electric will supply the control system for the Kamojang geothermal power station in Indonesia to monitor and control Unit 5’s steam turbine and auxiliary facilities....
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its confocal image single-cell drug discovery support system has been selected for the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s (JST)...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of CENTUM VP R5.04, an enhanced version of the company’s flagship integrated production control system.
Yokogawa Electric Corp. announces the introduction of a new “Wireless Anywhere” business concept based on the plant-wide use of ISA100.11a*1 wireless communication technologies...
Live, multi-vendor demonstration showed how the key benefits of the ISA100 Wireless protocol have shifted from theoretical/on-paper to actual products and applications.
With this release, the integrity of the data transferred between supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is ensured ...
Yokogawa is pleased to announce the addition of Soteica Visual MESA’s best-in-class energy management and optimization solution services to its portfolio of plantwide energy management...
Because phones, tablets and other mobile devices can squeeze latency and other waste from processes, they are rapidly becoming serious tools for manufacturing.
Process industries are experiencing many challenges on many fronts: modernization projects, a younger workforce, data integration, new workflows. These drivers are asking control...
Although Hurricane Sandy had some impact on attendance, the Yokogawa Users Group meeting in New Orleans Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 still attracted several hundred attendees.
While veteran users seek advances in model maintenance and software implementation, industries like pulp & paper and power generation are just discovering modern APC tools. The...
This year’s Yokogawa User Group Conference and Exhibition, located at the Hyatt Regency hotel, New Orleans, highlights the theme of “Integrated Solutions for a Sustainable Future...
“Cloud” is an unfortunate choice of words for the type of computing growing popular today—one where data and applications are stored somewhere away from the local computer, but...
The strict segregation of safety systems and process control is just plain wrong these days. Automation suppliers have developed strategies for integrating what until now have...
Yokogawa, in a continual effort to expand our line-up of ADMAG series magnetic flow meters, is pleased to announce the release of the AXW large size magnetic flow meter.
With significantly larger field of view, decreased crosstalk, and extended near-infrared spectral range, the CSU-W1 can obtain sharper images of regions deeper inside live cells...
OPC Foundation, ISA Water/Wastewater, Yokogawa Corp. of America and the Foxboro unit of Invensys Operations Management have all announced user conferences.
The company announces the YS1700 single-loop controller, which currently provides control for the petrochemical, water and pulp/paper industries, is now qualified for nuclear ...
