SMC has been ranked among the “World's Best Employers 2024” by Forbes, a leading U.S. business magazine.

In a move set to help shape the future of Industry 4.0, SMC is launching Smart Assets, a progressive project which will make the asset management requirements of both machine builders and end users fit for the digital age. With collaboration from leading academic and industrial partners, Smart Assets will ultimately lead to the automatic generation of dynamic and data-rich digital representations of all 700,000+ SMC products, helping companies to boost efficiency, interoperability and sustainability. The project will run until 2026.

In July 2024, global automation product specialist SMC became a member of the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA). Joining such a powerful community will reap great advantages for the ongoing digital future of the company and its customers. In particular, IDTA membership will ensure SMC always remains abreast of the latest digital twin advances, while simultaneously allowing the company to help shape digital-twin developments in support of Industry 4.0 success.

We hereby would like to announce a remembrance event for our esteemed Honorary Chairman, Yoshiyuki Takada, who passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024 (JST), at the age of 97.

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our esteemed Honorary Chairman, Yoshiyuki Takada. Mr. Takada passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at the hour of 4:00am, while under medical care.

Today, SMC CORPORATION is pleased to announce that we have signed the United Nations Global Compact Initiative – a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.

We would like to extend our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the Earthquakes off the east coast of Taiwan on April 3, 2024, and our heartfelt sympathy to all those affected by the disaster.

SMC received the “Supplier Excellence Awards 2024” from Applied Materials, Inc. (herein after “AMAT”), one of the largest semiconductor and display equipment company.

SMC is introducing the new EXW1 Series Compact Wireless System with an increased range of up to 100 m. Similar in technology to the current EX600-W, the EXW1 is smaller, lighter and fieldbus compatible, and with improved features that augment the current portfolio.

The new SMC CRP series compact compressor allows design engineers to take advantage of an innovative product that allows the use of pneumatic components in areas without air source, making it perfect for use in mobile applications. Moreover, designers have the option of using the versatile CRP series as a compressor (positive pressure) or vacuum pump (negative pressure), simply by connecting the pipes in the corresponding way.