SMC Corporation

SMC Corporation manufactures, processes, and sells automatic control equipment worldwide. Its product lineup includes air management systems, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotary actuators, air grippers, electric actuators, vacuum equipment, air preparation equipment, pressure control equipment, lubrication equipment, fittings and tubing, flow control equipment, switches and sensors, static neutralization equipment, process valves, process pumps, temperature control equipment, high vacuum equipment, industrial filters, pneumatic instrumentation, and hydraulic equipment. The company serves industries such as automobiles, semiconductors and liquid crystal displays, machine tools, food and beverages, physicochemical and medical and pharmaceutical, agriculture, energy, and production facilities. Formerly known as Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd., it changed its name to SMC Corporation in April 1986 and was incorporated in 1959, with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.