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News Release from: Yokogawa UK
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 August 2004
Degussa appointed as Yokogawa global
supplier
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has concluded an agreement with Degussa to be a global supplier of process-control systems - including integrated production control system - for plant automation.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has concluded an agreement with Degussa, a major chemical manufacturer in Germany, to be a global supplier of process-control systems for plant automation The Yokogawa products and services covered by this new agreement include the company's CENTUM CS 3000 integrated production control system hardware and software
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 31 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is this approach that Degussa is taking with the introduction of its process control systems.
Teruyoshi Minaki, Director and Executive Vice-President at Yokogawa's Industrial Automation Business Headquarters, says: 'Yokogawa has provided Degussa with a total of 41 systems.
Degussa has given an excellent rating to Yokogawa's general competence in such areas as product reliability, technology and global support systems, and this has been a key factor in the German company's choice of Yokogawa as a preferred supplier.' 'This partnership agreement will be an important step in the improvement of the process automation activities of Degussa', stated Dr Joachim Dutschke, Degussa's Vice President of Technical Procurement: 'Yokogawa's contribution by providing highly efficient products and full support from its global organisation to Degussa's worldwide facilities is strongly anticipated.' Yokogawa has already won similar contracts for control systems from leading international chemical, oil, pharmaceutical, and engineering companies.
This latest success with Degussa is another proof that Yokogawa occupies a key position in the international market for control systems, and this is leading to a succession of contracts with other European-based chemical manufacturers.
About Degussa - Degussa is a multinational corporation consistently aligned to the highly profitable sector of speciality chemistry.
In fiscal 2003, its 47,000 employees generated sales of EUR 11.4 billion and operating profits (EBIT) of EUR 878 million, making it Germany's third-largest chemical company and the global market leader in speciality chemicals.
Innovative products and system solutions enable Degussa to play a valuable and indispensable role in the success of its customers, as summed up by their claim 'creating essentials'.
About Yokogawa Electric Corporation - Yokogawa is a leading solutions provider for test and measurement, process control, and analysis instrumentation including a full range of analytical instrumentation.
Yokogawa's global network of 18 manufacturing facilities, 71 affiliate companies and over 200 sales and engineering offices span 28 countries.
Since its founding in 1915, the US$3 billion company has been engaged in research and innovation of the highest order, securing over 4,500 patents and registrations, including the world's first DCS and digital flow and pressure measurement sensor.
Test and measurement systems are a core business focus of Yokogawa.
* About Yokogawa Europe - the European headquarters were founded in Amersfoort, the Netherlands in 1982.
Throughout Europe Yokogawa has its own sales, service and engineering operations.
This dedicated network has been extended to Central and East Europe and Southern Africa to further enhance the coverage and support associated with serving the process control and automation market place.
The company develops and produces flowmeters at Rota Yokogawa in Germany, and liquid analysers and industrial safety systems in the Netherlands.
In addition to this dedicated network of Yokogawa subsidiaries, a select organisation of test and measurement (T and M) subsidiaries and distributors is established in certain areas to support the specific customer needs of this continuously developing and specific market of T and M instrumentation.
* About Yokogawa UK - Yokogawa UK places customer satisfaction as its number one priority.
The Company is resolute in its determination to supply quality process control instrumentation products and automation solutions and by focusing on the needs and expectations of its customers to ultimately become the supplier of choice.
The Headquarters in Runcorn, Cheshire, specialises in the provision of sales and marketing, advanced systems and software engineering, training and maintenance support, as well as consultation for advanced control studies, management information software and emergency shutdown systems.
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