| Year | Detail |
| 1915 |
Yokogawa Electric Corp. was established as electric meter research institute. |
| 1917 |
First company to produce and sell electric meters in Japan. |
| 1920 |
Incorporated as Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd. |
| 1933 |
Started research and manufacture of aircraft instruments and flow, temperature, and pressure controllers. |
| 1950 |
Developed Japan's first electronic recorder. |
| 1957 |
Established North American sales office. |
| 1964 |
Entered into the industrial analyzer market. |
| 1974 |
Established Yokogawa Electric Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| 1983 |
Formed Yokogawa Hokushin Electric Corp. through merger with Hokushin Electric Works Ltd. |
| 1988 |
Entered the high- frequency measuring instrument business. |
| 1990 |
Established Yokogawa Middle East. |
| 2002 |
Acquired Ando Electric. |
| 2008 |
Entered the drug discovery support market. |
| 2013 |
Formed Yokogawa Solution Service Corp. |
| 2016 |
Acquired KBC Advanced Technologies plc. |