12Throughout our 100-year history, from one generation of employees to the next, Yokogawa’s people have been steadfast and resolute in their purpose. This is why Yokogawa is at the top of the control field in Japan, and ranks alongside global competitors who do business on a scale that is several times or even tens of times larger. This firm resolution is the source of our strength, and it continues to make our position secure. One of the foundations for this inheritance that provides a basis for the measurement and control engineering underlying our production systems is our sense of duty and the responsibility that we feel for the activities that we undertake as a business. Societies have flourished through the production and use of energy and goods, and modern science and production systems have dramatically accelerated this. The basis for all these activities has been detailed observation and the analysis of data derived from these observations. Mass production, automation, and mechanization have all been brought about through processes such as quantification, the accumulation of knowledge, and the analysis of data that all draw on the five senses and the human capacity for reason. One hundred years ago, company founder Tamisuke Yokogawa had the following message for the two young engineers who had been entrusted with the launch of the company: “You don’t need to worry about profits. Just learn and improve our technology. You must make products that earn us the respect of our customers.” He said this not only because they were starting from zero and were trying to catch up with Europe and the U.S., but also because his intention was to first become a trusted source of the technology that provides the foundation for research and development and manufacturing. Yokogawa has faithfully achieved these aims. In 1924, the company’s 10th year in business, we developed a portable oscillograph, Japan’s first. At an international exposition that was held in May 1930 in Liege and Antwerp, Belgium, we exhibited an oscillograph, electric meter, and other instruments, and received an honorary award. Yokogawa’s oscillographs were continually refined over the next 30 plus years, and went on to play a key role in supporting research activities at research institutions and universities throughout Japan.This steadfastness has been evident in our pursuit to improve the accuracy of our power analyzers, which we have been selling since the company was founded and which continue to be a key product for Yokogawa today. For readings to be trustworthy and usable, measurement must be highly precise. Yokogawa has poured its heart and soul into this obvious fact. As the company was established not long after electrification had commenced in Japan, our first meters were mainly modeled after products that were being made outside Japan. But our products soon were the equivalent of anything produced elsewhere.1 And by the 1960s, a half century ago, we were targeting an The global top-selling WT3000E precision power analyzerN-3 electromagnetic oscillograph. Oscillographs were long a good source of profits for the companyScaling the Heights of the Measurement FieldContributing to the Development of Modern Science and EngineeringHigh Precision and Long-term Stability—Keys to Winning Our Customers’ TrustGlobally Recognized Technology and QualityYokogawa’s Strengths
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