Minaki comes onboard

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jan 14, 2005

Teruyoshi Minaki, Director and Executive Vice President of Industrial Automation Business for Yokogawa Electric Corp, has been named to the Fieldbus Foundation board of directors.

Teruyoshi Minaki, Director and Executive Vice President of Industrial Automation Business for Yokogawa Electric Corp, has been named to the Fieldbus Foundation board of directors.

Minaki replaces board member Akira Nagashima, who has served on the foundation's board for the past four years.

Minaki joins other automation industry leaders serving on the Fieldbus Foundation board.

In addition to Chairman John Berra of Emerson Process Management, current members include: Kenneth Deken, Rockwell Automation; David Eisner, Honeywell; Motofumi Matsumura, Fuji; Teruyoshi Minaki, Yokogawa; Jim Porter, Dupont; Claude Ricaud, Schneider Electric; Ron Szanyi, ExxonMobil; Mark Taft, ABB; Hirozumi Sone, Yamatake Corp; and John Eva, Invensys.

As the Fieldbus Foundation's newest director, Minaki looks forward to taking an active role in the future direction of Foundation fieldbus.

"I am pleased and honoured to have an opportunity to serve on the foundation board", said Minaki.

"Foundation fieldbus is recognised as a worldwide automation standard for both new plant construction and plant modernisations, and I am looking forward to working with my industry colleagues to help keep the technology beneficial to end users".

Fieldbus Foundation President and CEO Richard Timoney welcomed Minaki to the board of directors.

"Teruyoshi Minaki will be a valuable contributor to our organisation".

"He has extensive knowledge of field instrumentation and is an enthusiastic and hard-working executive".

Minaki has had a lengthy career with Yokogawa Electric Corp.

In addition to serving on its board of directors, he is the company's Executive Vice President and Director of Industrial Automation Business Headquarters for Yokogawa Electric Corp, Japan.