HOUSTON, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via IBN — Frontieras North America (“Frontieras”) and Yokogawa Corporation of America (“Yokogawa”), a subsidiary of global industrial automation leader Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announce the selection of Yokogawa as the main automation contractor (MAC) for Frontieras’ first commercial-scale FASform™ Solid Carbon Fractionation facility in Mason County, West Virginia.

The designation formalizes an engineering relationship developed directly between Frontieras’ technical leadership and Yokogawa’s project team. As MAC, Yokogawa will assume full accountability for the facility’s automation and control infrastructure, encompassing process control systems, safety instrumented systems, analytical instrumentation, cybersecurity architecture, and advanced digital operations solutions across the plant lifecycle.