SMC Corporation

SMC Corporation
Native name	SMC 株式会社
Company type	Public (K.K)
Traded as	TYO: 6273; TOPIX 100 Component
Industry	Machinery
Founded	Tokyo (April 27, 1959; 65 years ago)
Headquarters	Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan
Number of locations	Factories in 28 countries; Subsidiaries in 50 countries; Sales offices in 82 countries
Key people	Yoshiki Takada; Representative Director and Vice President Yoshiyuki Takada; (1928-2024); Founder Katsunori Maruyama; (President)
Products	Automatic control equipment; Sintered filters; Filtration equipment;
Revenue	JP¥ 458 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 3.82 billion) (FY 2014)
Net income	JP¥ 109.5 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 913 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	20,853 (2020)
Website	Official website
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SMC Corporation (SMC 株式会社, SMC Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese TOPIX Large 70 company^[5] founded in 1959^[6] as Sintered Metal Corporation,^[7] which specializes in pneumatic control engineering to support industrial automation. SMC develops a broad range of control systems and equipment, such as directional control valves, actuators, and air line equipment, to support diverse applications. SMC's head office is located in Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The company has a global engineering network, with technical facilities in the United States, Europe, and China, as well as Japan. Key production facilities are located in China and Singapore, and local production facilities are in United States, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, India, South Korea, and Australia.^[8]

Market regions

SMC has 400 marketing and sales offices in 81 countries worldwide.

1. North, Central and South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, United States, Venezuela, Costa Rica.

2. Europe

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, U.K., Ukraine

3. Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia

4. Asia/Oceania

Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam