Yokogawa America, a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, has  signed a partnership agreement with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), a major oil company, on the evaluation of field wireless technology.

Through this partnership, Yokogawa will provide Petrobras technical support on the use of field wireless communications based on the ISA100.11a*1, the industrial automation wireless communications standard and have the opportunity to demonstrate its field wireless products at the company’s test plant.

Yokogawa will utilise this partnership with Petrobras to expand its provision of field wireless technology solutions to production plant operators around the world, a statement said. - TradeArabia News Service