SMC

Industrial Automation · Pneumatics · Chuo, Tokyo

SMC Corporation, established in 1959 and headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo, makes automatic control equipment for industrial automation, including air cylinders, directional control valves, air preparation equipment, electric actuators, vacuum equipment and thermo-chillers. Machine builders and manufacturers use these products to move parts, control compressed air and keep production temperatures stable.

In Japan it has about 50 sales offices and factories in six areas, including Soka, Tsukuba and Kamaishi, with technical development centers in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and China. Overseas it has about 500 sales offices in about 80 countries and regions and factories in about 30. The group had 24,773 consolidated employees at the end of March 2026.