AES Joins Yokogawa: The Beginning of Something Bigger for Biotech
Broader Automation Capabilities, a Stronger Technology Network, and Deeper Support for Bioprocess Projects, From Design to Full-Scale Production
Automated Engineering Services, Inc. (AES) has officially joined the Yokogawa family. Yokogawa is a global leader in industrial automation, measurement, and process control, with a strong track record in life sciences and biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
For years, AES has designed and built bioprocess equipment and automation for biotech and biopharma manufacturers. Joining Yokogawa connects that work to one of the most established automation companies in the world, and gives the clients we serve a wider set of capabilities behind every project.
Who is Yokogawa?
Yokogawa provides advanced solutions in the areas of measurement, control, and information to customers across a broad range of industries, including energy, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, and food. Yokogawa addresses customer issues regarding the optimization of production, assets, and the supply chain with the effective application of digital technologies, enabling the transition to autonomous operations.
Founded in Tokyo in 1915, Yokogawa continues to work toward a sustainable society through its 18,000+ employees in a global network of 136 companies spanning 63 countries.
AES brings process-level knowledge of bioreactors, fluid handling, and skid-based systems. Together, the two cover the full stack, from the equipment on the floor to the control system that runs the plant.
One partner for every layer of a bioprocess facility, from the plant floor to the control room.
Support at every stage of a project
What the partnership adds as a project moves from concept to full-scale production.
Design
Process and automation architecture planned together from day one.
Build
Equipment and control systems engineered to integrate, not retrofitted.
Integrate
Skids and unit operations connected to proven DCS infrastructure.
Scale
A global support network behind full-scale production.
What this means for our clients
Broader Automation
Access to Yokogawa's DCS and process-control expertise alongside AES equipment and integration work.
A Stronger Network
Yokogawa's technology and global service infrastructure behind AES projects, wherever your facility is.
Deeper Project Support
More engineering depth for complex bioprocess projects, from early design through production.
"AES is happy to announce the partnership with Yokogawa, as AES believes in Yokogawa's technology and its ability to provide a much better integrated solution for the biotechnology sector. Yokogawa's full suite of control solutions, based on AI and other advanced analytical tools, combined with AES's experience in the biotech and life science industry, brings the best of both worlds: experience in batch implementation using Yokogawa tools, DCS, MES, LIMS, and QMS, from hardware and instrumentation to cloud-based analytics with a focus on AI. The Yokogawa and AES combination is the force in automation and integration that the biotechnology and pharmaceutical community has been looking for."
Leo Castañeda
CEO and President, Automated Engineering Services, Inc.
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Joining Yokogawa doesn't change what AES is built on: listening first, understanding the whole process, and engineering solutions that grow with our clients. It gives that approach a bigger foundation. This is the beginning of something bigger for biotech.