references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message yokogawa electric corporation type public kk traded as tyo 6841 nikkei 225 component industry electrical equipment founded tokyo japan september 1 1915 1915 09 01 founder tamisuke yokogawa ichiro yokogawa shin aoki headquarters 2 9 32 nakacho musashino tokyo tokyo 180 8750 japan area served worldwide key people shuzo kaihori chairman and ceo takashi nishijima president and coo products industrial automation test and measurement hardware and software revenue 3.699 billion usd fy 2012 347.9 billion jpy fy 2012 net income 156 million usd fy 2012 14.7 billion jpy fy 2012 number of employees 19 685 consolidated as of march 31 2013 subsidiaries 84 15 in japan 69 overseas website official website footnotes references 1 2 company headquarters in musashino yokogawa electric corporation yokogawa denki kabushiki kaisha is a japanese electrical engineering and software company with businesses based on its measurement control and information technologies . it has a global workforce of over 19 000 employees 84 subsidiary and 3 affiliated companies operating in 55 countries . 3 the company is listed on the tokyo stock exchange and is a constituent of the nikkei 225 stock index . 4 yokogawa pioneered the development of distributed control systems and introduced its centum series dcs in 1975 . 5 some of yokogawa s most recognizable products are production control systems test and measurement instruments pressure transmitters flow meters oxygen analyzers fieldbus instruments manufacturing execution systems and advanced process control . contents 1 history 2 businesses and main products 3 major office locations 4 trademark products of yokogawa 5 sponsored sports teams 6 references 7 external links history edit yokogawa traces its roots back to 1915 when dr. tamisuke yokogawa a renowned architect established an electric meter research institute in shibuya tokyo . after pioneering the development and production of electric meters in japan this enterprise was incorporated in 1920 as yokogawa electric works ltd. in 1933 yokogawa began the research and manufacture of aircraft instruments and flow temperature and pressure controllers . in the years following the war yokogawa went public developed its first electronic recorders signed a technical assistance agreement for industrial instruments with the u.s. firm foxboro and opened its first overseas sales office new york . in the 1960s the company made a full scale entry into the industrial analyzer market and launched the development manufacturing and sales of vortex flowmeters and in the decade following established its first manufacturing plant outside japan singapore opened a sales office in europe and became one of the first companies to bring a distributed process control system to market . in 1983 yokogawa merged with hokushin electric works and towards the end of the decade entered the high frequency measuring instrument business . in the 1990s yokogawa established an office in bahrain to oversee its business in the middle east and entered the confocal scanner and biotechnology businesses . in 2002 the firm continued its growth with the acquisition of ando electric and in 2005 set the stage for a new level of globalization in its industrial automation business with the establishment of yokogawa electric international in singapore . in 2008 the company entered the drug discovery support market with a new bio test system . 6 businesses and main products edit yokogawa s main businesses are industrial automation and test and measurement hardware and software . some of yokogawa s main hardware products are pressure transmitters flow meters 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 advanced process control apc solutions for refineries petrochemical plants and chemical plants . centum yokogawa s flagship dcs has the largest capacity among dcss supporting up to 1 million device tags . yokogawa manufactures field instruments test and measurement instruments and semi conductor related products . yokogawa designs and manufactures the most advanced confocal spinning disks used in confocal microscopy . 7 major office locations edit musashino tokyo near mitaka station world headquarters and east asia regional office amersfoort the netherlands europe regional office bahrain middle east and africa regional office bangalore india south asia regional office moscow russia cis countries headquarters sugar land texas usa north & central america regional office singapore asean oceania south asia and taiwan regional office sao paulo south america regional office 8 khobar saudi arabia trademark products of yokogawa edit dpharp eja pressure transmitter with silicon resonant technology dpharp ejx pressure transmitter with silicon resonant technology and sil2 certification rotamass coriolis mass flow and density meters 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 rotameter rotameter dy digital vortex flowmeter yta smart temperature transmitter us ultrasonic flowmeter centum cs3000 and centum vp distributed control systems prosafe rs safety instrumented system fast tools web based scada system stardom network based control systems dxadvanced data acquisition station daq daqmaster data logger smartdac smart data acquisition daq sponsored sports teams edit yokogawa musashino atlastars rugby yokogawa musashino f.c. football soccer yokogawa tiger f.c. football soccer malaysia references edit corporate data . retrieved march 25 2014 . annual report 2013 pdf . retrieved march 25 2014 . corporate profile 2013 pdf . retrieved march 25 2014 . components nikkei stock average . nikkei inc. retrieved march 25 2014 . top technologies and events . isa . august 1 2003 . retrieved march 25 2014 . corporate history . retrieved march 25 2014 . yokogawa spinning disk scanning unit . carl zeiss microscopy online campus . retrieved august 14 2014 . worldwide locations . retrieved march 25 2014 . external links edit official website english v t e electronics industry in japan companies current alaxala networks alinco alps alpine anritsu aor audio technica brother canon casio citizen watch cosina d & m holdings denon marantz daikin dainippon screen denso dnp eiki eizo elpida esp guitars fanuc fostex fuji electric fujifilm fuji xerox fujitsu fujitsu ten funai furuno futaba hamamatsu photonics hirose electric hitachi clarion 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