{"id":464496,"date":"2021-03-24T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=464496"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:31:17","slug":"yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Kevin McMillen Promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer to Drive Sustainability Agenda<\/h2>\n

PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

\n HOUSTON<\/span>, March 24, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Yokogawa announces today that industrial automation leader, Kevin McMillen<\/span>, has been promoted to head its North American business. McMillen will strategically align efforts to drive a stronger sustainability focus, working with a range of industries toward the company’s goals of achieving net zero emissions, ensuring well-being of people, and transitioning to a circular economy.<\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n \"Kevin
\n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

McMillen brings deep experience in industrial automation, control, and digital transformation to further develop Yokogawa’s 60-year old North American business. For many years, Yokogawa’s pioneering spirit has harnessed advances in hardware and software to deliver a brighter future. This future is under-pinned by a commitment placing equal focus on our planet, people, and profit. In North America<\/span>, Yokogawa’s “innovate forward” philosophy anticipates and solves tomorrow’s challenges through an expansive industrial automation and digitalization portfolio consisting of state-of-the-art measurement, control and optimization products and services.<\/p>\n

“The energy transition is challenging the relevance of many industries, and driving many businesses to re-evaluate their strategies in alignment with the direction of society and emerging technologies,” comments McMillen. “Yokogawa is committed to supporting a much needed transition across all forms of energy production, to a more sustainable landscape, and enabling a higher quality of life for our present and future societies.”<\/p>\n

Since 2016, McMillen served as vice president of System Sales for North America<\/span>. He received his B.B.A in Management & Accounting from Marshall University<\/span>.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Yokogawa and its sustainability goals, please visit: https:\/\/www.yokogawa.com\/us\/about\/sustainability\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n About Yokogawa<\/u>
\n <\/b>\n <\/p>\n

Yokogawa Corporation of America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation. We partner and co-innovate with the North American energy and chemical industries to achieve optimum operability and competitiveness. With a 60-year track record in North America<\/span> delivering leading-edge measurement, control and information solutions, the business is headquartered in Houston, TX<\/span> and is supported by other domestic manufacturing and service locations across the U.S, Canada<\/span> and Mexico.\u202f Our expansive portfolio of state-of-the-art manufacturing, engineering and service solutions address current demands of clients’ operations while our innovate-forward philosophy anticipates and solves tomorrow’s challenges. <\/p>\n

Founded in 1915, Yokogawa Electric Corporation engages in broad-ranging activities in the areas of measurement, control, and information. The industrial automation business provides vital products, services, and solutions to a diverse range of process industries including oil, chemicals, natural gas, power, iron and steel, and pulp and paper. With the life innovation business, the company aims to radically improve productivity across the pharmaceutical and food industry value chains. The test & measurement, aviation, and other businesses continue to provide essential instruments and equipment with industry-leading precision and reliability. Yokogawa co-innovates with its customers through a global network of 114 companies spanning 62 countries.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

For more information, please visit www.yokogawa.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:
Cari Hensley<\/span>
Cari.Hensley@Yokogawa.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\n \"Cision\" View original content to download multimedia:http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america-301255126.html<\/a><\/p>\n

SOURCE Yokogawa Corporation of America<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin McMillen Promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer to Drive Sustainability Agenda PR Newswire HOUSTON, March 24, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Yokogawa announces today that industrial automation leader, Kevin McMillen, has been promoted to head its North American business. McMillen will strategically align efforts to drive a stronger sustainability focus, working with a range of industries toward the company’s goals of achieving net zero emissions, ensuring well-being of people, and transitioning to a circular economy. McMillen brings deep experience in industrial automation, control, and digital transformation to further develop Yokogawa’s 60-year old North American business. For many years, Yokogawa’s pioneering spirit has harnessed advances in hardware and software to deliver a brighter future. This future is under-pinned by a commitment placing … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nYokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kevin McMillen Promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer to Drive Sustainability Agenda PR Newswire HOUSTON, March 24, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Yokogawa announces today that industrial automation leader, Kevin McMillen, has been promoted to head its North American business. McMillen will strategically align efforts to drive a stronger sustainability focus, working with a range of industries toward the company’s goals of achieving net zero emissions, ensuring well-being of people, and transitioning to a circular economy. McMillen brings deep experience in industrial automation, control, and digital transformation to further develop Yokogawa’s 60-year old North American business. For many years, Yokogawa’s pioneering spirit has harnessed advances in hardware and software to deliver a brighter future. This future is under-pinned by a commitment placing … Continue reading "Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T18:31:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1473179\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"headline\":\"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T18:31:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":500,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mma.prnewswire.com\\\/media\\\/1473179\\\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America - Market Newsdesk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mma.prnewswire.com\\\/media\\\/1473179\\\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T18:31:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mma.prnewswire.com\\\/media\\\/1473179\\\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mma.prnewswire.com\\\/media\\\/1473179\\\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Market Newsdesk\",\"description\":\"Latest Business News in Real Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\",\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Newsdesk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/newsdesk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America - Market Newsdesk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America - Market Newsdesk","og_description":"Kevin McMillen Promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer to Drive Sustainability Agenda PR Newswire HOUSTON, March 24, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Yokogawa announces today that industrial automation leader, Kevin McMillen, has been promoted to head its North American business. McMillen will strategically align efforts to drive a stronger sustainability focus, working with a range of industries toward the company’s goals of achieving net zero emissions, ensuring well-being of people, and transitioning to a circular economy. McMillen brings deep experience in industrial automation, control, and digital transformation to further develop Yokogawa’s 60-year old North American business. For many years, Yokogawa’s pioneering spirit has harnessed advances in hardware and software to deliver a brighter future. This future is under-pinned by a commitment placing … Continue reading \"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/","og_site_name":"Market Newsdesk","article_published_time":"2021-03-24T18:31:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1473179\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsdesk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsdesk","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"headline":"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America","datePublished":"2021-03-24T18:31:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/"},"wordCount":500,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1473179\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/","name":"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America - Market Newsdesk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1473179\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-24T18:31:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1473179\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1473179\/Kevin_McMillen.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/yokogawa-appoints-new-leadership-in-north-america\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yokogawa Appoints New Leadership in North America"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/","name":"Market Newsdesk","description":"Latest Business News in Real Time","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979","name":"Newsdesk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Newsdesk"},"url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/author\/newsdesk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}