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| When SMC was established, it consisted of 8 employees that were mostly part timers. We didn’t have a phone of our own so, whenever required, we would use the phone of the small printing company next door. At that time, I had no idea that SMC would become a world leader. I was extremely busy and had no time to dream about such things. Since our founding in 1959, SMC has grown as a comprehensive manufacturer of automatic control equipment, including pneumatic equipment, with the goal of “meeting all of our customer requests”. At this time, SMC has more than 500 offices in more than 80 countries around the world with 20,000 employees including 6,600 sales staff and 1,600 engineers with abundant knowhow and 700,000 product variations. (...) We are confident that we can provide positive contributions in solving our customers’ issues regarding the reduction of CO2 emissions, energy and resource savings. Read more |
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1959 –Company starts trading under the denomination Shoketsu Kogo Co Ltd, the Sintered Metal Corporation
1961 – First manufacture and sale of pneumatic air line equipment (air F.R.L. units)
1964 – First manufacture and sale of automatic control equipment
1967 – First overseas subsidiary is set up in Australia
1970 – First manufacture and sale of actuators (air cylinders)
1971 - First manufacture and sale of directional control equipment (direct operated solenoid valves)
1976 – First subsidiary in Europe is set up in Switzerland
Establishment of European subsidiaries
1978 – UK & Germany
1986 – Company is renamed SMC Corporation
1987 – Company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Establishment of European subsidiaries
1981 – Italy, Netherlands & Belgium
1986 – Sweden
1988 – France
1991 – Japan Technical Centre completed
Establishment of European subsidiaries
1990 – Austria, Ireland, Spain & Portugal
1991 – Hungary
1996 – Russia
1998 - Denmark
2000 - SMC International Training. División didáctica de la Corporación
2000 – European Technical Centre is completed
2002 – US Technical Centre is completed
2002 – European Marketing Centre is completed
2004 – European Central Warehouse is completed
2007 – China Technical Centre is completed
2008 – German Technical Centre is completed
Establishment of European subsidiaries
2000 – Poland
2001 – Finland, Estonia & Latvia
2004 – Bulgaria
2005 – Lithuania & Croatia
2011 – Russian production plant starts manufacturing
2012 – Czech Republic production plant starts manufacturing
2013 – Shimotsuma factory, in Japan, completed
2014 – SMC Vietnam is established
2016 – SMC Tianjin, China, is established
2017 – The Yamatsuri 2nd Factory completed
2018 – First factory in Vietnam
Establishment of European subsidiaries
2010 – Turkey
2021 – Israel
