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SMC Corporation of Japan
Founded in 1959, the SMC Corporation has won worldwide acclaim for innovation and quality. SMC’s finely designed products are developed on foundations of close contact with customers.

13,000 basic products and over 600,000 variations are available to satisfy customers’ requirements.
SMC factories achieve world class quality standards, having ISO9001 and 14001 certifications.

Product development gives serious considerarion to the reduction of electricity consumption, miniaturisation, use of light weight materials and the simplification of design in order to achieve energy saving outcomes for the End Users.

World Market Leader
SMC now has subsidiaries and affiliates in 50 countries and operates major production plants in 9 countries, three of which are in Europe. The group's distribution and service network practically covers all industrialised countries and newly emerging economies of the world.

In Europe, SMC's Central Warehouse stores an ever increasing range of products to support the fast response offered by the subsidiary companies.

New Technology
The Corporation’s Technical Centres in Europe, Japan and America have firmly established SMC technology in the vanguard of modern industry. Recent research projects include the development of equipment for computer integrated manufacturing, high vacuum equipment and precision temperature control equipment.

Regular and substantial investments in Research and Development give evidence of SMC’s ongoing commitment to the introduction of new products.