Japanese group expands South African presence as part of Africa push

27th May 2016

By: Donna Slater

Features Deputy Editor and Chief Photographer

  

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Japan-headquartered automation and control, test and measurement company Yokogawa opened its new, larger South African office in Cresta last month.

The 4 000 m2 office occupies three floors, representing the growth and expansion of Yokogawa in Africa. Yokogawa South Africa previously occupied a smaller office in Constantia Kloof, Johannesburg.

The event coincided with a visit from Yokogawa Middle East and Africa president and CEO Hideki Matsubayashi and members of the senior management team.

The new offices include significant additional space, including 120 m2 for a process control instrumentation and factory acceptance test (FAT) area, as well as 800 m2 of systems assembly and FATs.

The space for the training of customers has also been improved, featuring two training rooms with modern simulation equipment and Yokogawa’s mobile training facilities. This equipment will facilitate the presentation of systems and field instrumentation courses.

“Yokogawa is committed to working with customers as partners to help them get maximum value from their respective businesses. The past few years have been representative of a significant growth period for the sub-Saharan Africa business, which necessitated . . . [relocation] to larger premises. Our new office is a major step forward in our plans to grow our footprint in Southern Africa and specifically in target industries, including the oil and gas, refining, mining and power sectors,” says Yokogawa South Africa MD Johan Louw.

An integrated and interactive demonstration area displays pres- sure, flow and wireless field instru- mentation, analyser field instrumentation, recorders and con- trollers and a plant-in-a-box simu- lator. All instruments connect to Yokogawa’s Centum VP R6 integrated production control system to simulate real process values.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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