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Yokogawa Electric – Founded By The Renowned Architect Dr. Tamisuke Yokogawa.

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The history of Yokogawa Electric dates back to 1915 when a renowned architect, Tamisuke Yokogawa formed the company. Today, Yokogawa Electric Corporation is a famous Japanese multinational business that specializes in electrical equipment and IT infrastructure. The company operates in 55 companies with more than 19,000 employees. It also has 84 subsidiaries and 3 affiliated companies. 

Yokogawa Electric’s headquarters is based in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Hitoshi Nara is the current President and CEO of the company while Takashi Nishijima is the Chairman. Yokogawa Electric is a publicly-traded company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Some of the most famous products of the company are manufacturing execution systems, production control systems, test and measurement instruments, etc. 

Founding The Company In 1915

The story of Yokogawa Electric began when Dr. Yokogawa established an electric meter research institute in Tokyo. This foundation was formed by Ichiro Yokogawa and Shin Aoki. After working for a couple of years to launch the company’s product, it became the first company in Japan to produce and sell electric meters. Initially focusing exclusively on electric meters, the company soon pioneered its development and officially incorporated the enterprise, Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd in 1920. After it has been almost a decade that the company was only producing electric meters, it decided to expand its product line. So, in 1933 Yokogawa Electric began the research for aircraft instruments and started its production. Some of the other instruments that were introduced are flow, temperature, and pressure controllers. 

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Yokogawa Electric Becoming A Public Company

A few years later, the scenario changed for every industry due to the war. After the war ended, Yokogawa decided to go public in 1948 and developed its first electronic recorders. After going public, the company not just expanded its product line but also decided to enter the international market. So, in 1955, the company signed an agreement with Foxboro, the USA for providing technical assistance in industrial types of equipment. After two years, the company established Yokogawa Electric Works, Inc as a North American sales office. 

With the advent of a new decade, Yokogawa entered the industrial analyzer market fully prepped. So, in 1969, it started the development, manufacture, and sale of vortex flowmeters. As the company previously opened sales offices in the United States, but it was for the first time in the 1970s that it established a plant outside Japan. This manufacturing plant was established in Singapore in 1974 and with that established the business in the country (Yokogawa Electric Singapore Pte. Ltd.). The company also expanded to Europe as it opened a sales office there. During this time Yokogawa Electric became one of the first companies in the market to bring distributed process control systems. 

In 1983, the company merged with Hokushin Electric Works and after the merger established Yokogawa Hokushin Electric Corp. After a few years, the company decided to expand to China and did it jointly with Xian Instruments Factory. In 1986, the company changed its name to Yokogawa Electric Corporation which is the current name of the company. By the end of the 1980s, the company entered the high-frequency measuring instrument business and in 1990 expanded to the Middle east. It also entered the biotechnology business during the same time.

Hitoshi Nara – CEO

Hitoshi Nara, the current CEO and President of the company joined it in 1985. Since then he has served at various levels starting with Deputy Managing Director of Yokogawa Engineering Asia in 2001, Managing Director of Yokogawa (Thailand in 2003), Senior Vice President of several business units, and so on. He became the CEO of the company in April 2019. He has been also elected as the Director of the company and serving in the position for ten years. 

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Computacenter: The Leaders in the Field of IT Infrastructure

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Though there has never been such a demand for computers and other related technologies as it is now, going back 30-40 years ago, the computer business was the one flourishing industry that attracted everyone who got to know about it. The ones, who understood the worth of information technology at that time, are now listed among the biggest entrepreneurs in the world. Many technology companies that started with a scratch at that time, have emerged as the top-most companies of IT today. One such company is Computacenter that unlike the other technology firms started big and still is making big in the computer business at the global level.

About the Company Computacenter

Computacenter is a UK-based leading independent IT infrastructure provider. The company assists its customers with technology infrastructure investment, such that to help them yield maximum results for their businesses at a lesser cost. Computacenter offers a wide range of IT services including supply, implementation, providing support, and managing the information technology systems for its clients. The company also provides security services for the network, the data center as well as the workplace for the clients. Its customer base is expanded in both public and the private sector all around the world.

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The Beginning of the Company

Computacenter is a leading IT infrastructure provider, founded by two Harvard graduates Philip Hulme and Peter Ogden in 1981. The company started its operations in the UK and now is a major IT service provider for countries like Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, etc.

The company began its operations in 1981, but the real journey of Computacenter started in 1990 when the internet had become the hottest topic. The founders saw the potential of the internet and made the maximum use of it for their business. The company built a team of 15 people to work on a new electronic catalog, to form a high-quality market catalog, and revolutionize their transactions with their customers. Computacenter was one of the first companies to enter e-Commerce for their business.

The Expansion

By the year 1994, Computacenter had become the fastest-growing independent IT company in the UK and had decided to expand its operations in the other parts of Europe as well. In 1995, the company established a new branch in France, and in another three years, Computacenter got listed on the London Stock Exchange, on 21 May 1998. The company opened another branch in Belgium in 1999.

By 2001, the internet was reaching every corner of the world, and Computacenter started selling its services through its website. But for its websites in different countries, the company had to create separate content, to provide the users with the right and understandable information. So the company decided to change its strategy for other countries and adopted the concept of outsourcing and partnered with CNET Content Solutions to outsource their product content management needs.

Acquisitions

During the same time, in 2001, Computacenter acquired the GECITS UK and GECITS France. On the other hand, GECITS took over the operations of Computacenter Germany. Other than GECITS, Computacenter acquired Digica and Allnet to enhance its outsourcing and IT management services.

In 2002 Computacenter established its new Solution Centre in the UK. The company then acquired the Germany and Austria branches of GE Capital IT Solutions in 2004. In 2009, Computacenter took over the operations of Thesaurus Computer Services (UK), followed by the acquisition of Top Info in February 2011. Then Computacenter went on to acquire TeamUltra, a service management company, in 2017, and RDC, an IT Asset Disposal business, in 2018. Before the takeover, Computacenter had been a partner of c for several years. Later in 2019, Computacenter’s acquiring included the USA-based Fusionstorm and Netherlands’ Misco Solutions.

Present Condition

Computacenter is a leading name in the technology world with a huge customer base globally. The company offers support to its clients by providing them with resources and manage their IT infrastructure. The co-founder of Computacenter Peter Ogden served the company as the Chairman from the beginning till 1998, and its other co-founder, Philip Hulme, took over the post of Chairman in the same year after Odgen resigned, until 2001. Later, both joined the board of the company. Both the co-founders have been knighted for their contribution to the field of technology.

As of 2019 records, Greg Lock is serving as the Chairman and Mike Norris is serving as the CEO of Computacenter.