Founded in April 1959 in Tokyo, Japan, SMC Corporation today employs over 23,000 talented employees in over 80 countries worldwide. The SMC Group entered the pneumatics market back in 1959 and, since then, we have evolved, together with our customers’ requirements, to build a comprehensive automated control equipment portfolio. 12,000 basic models with over 700,000 variations, designed to provide you with greater competitiveness. Although listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 1989, our most important asset resides in our strong technical expertise. Five technical centres, 2 of them located in Europe (UK & Germany) staffed with 1,700 dedicated engineers, vouch for our technical drive. Technical support that translates into the development of ad-hoc solutions to help tackle your challenges. Customer satisfaction is at the heart of our mission; constant communication with our market is the mechanism. 7,900 sales engineers comprise a highly trained sales team that supports and strives to find the best to solution for you.