History
Yokogawa was established in 1915 as an electric meter research institute in Shibuya, Tokyo by Tamisuke Yokogawa (Doctor of Architectural Engineering) with Ichiro Yokogawa and Shin Aoki. Later, it became incorporated as Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd., the first company to produce and sell electric meters in Japan. Former Hokushin Electric Works CO., LTD. and YOKOGAWA PRECISION CORP. were the manufacturers of worldwide known HOKUSHIN 16mm Film Projectors. Hokushin means "North Star" in Japanese.
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