SMC Corporation

SMC Corporation

Native name	SMC 株式会社
Type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 6273 TOPIX 100 Component
Industry	Machinery
Founded	Tokyo (April 27, 1959)
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	Yoshiyuki Takada (Chairman) 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	17,389 (as of March 31, 2015)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [1][2][3]

SMC Corporation (SMC 株式会社 SMC Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese TOPIX Large 70 company^[4] founded in 1959,^[5] 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 Noblesville, Indiana, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, India, Korea and Australia.^[6]

Market regions

SMC has marketing offices in the following regions and countries:

1. North, Central and South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, U.S.A, 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, Morocco, Nigeria, South, Africa, Tunisia, Kenya

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

References

1. "Corporate Summary". SMC Corp. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
2. "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
3. "Financials". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
4. "TOPIX Large70 (As end of October, 2011" (PDF). Tokyo Stock Exchange. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
5. "SMC celebrates 50 years". SMC Corp. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
6. "SMC Corporate Guide" (PDF). SMC Corp. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

External links

• Official website