SMC Corporation manufactures and sells automatic control equipment in Japan, the United States, China, rest of Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company offers air management system, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotary actuators/air grippers/magnet grippers, electric actuators/cylinders, vacuum equipment, air grippers for collaborative robots, compact compressor, air preparation equipment, modular F.R.L., pressure control equipment, booster regulators, lubrication equipment, gas generator, fittings and tubing, flow control equipment, speed controllers, silencers/exhaust cleaners/pressure gauges, and air blowing equipment. It also provides switches/sensors/controllers, static neutralization equipment/ionizers, industrial device communication equipment/wireless system, process valves, chemical valves/fittings and tubing/needle valves, process pumps/diaphragm pumps, temperature control equipment, process gas equipment AP tech, high vacuum equipment, industrial filters/sintered metal elements, pneumatic instrumentation equipment, hydraulic equipment, and specialized products for general use. In addition, the company offers clean series/low-particle generation, fluoropolymer equipment PVC equipment, series compatible with secondary batteries series 25A-, and copper, fluorine-free equipment series 20-; ISO, IO-link compatible, and ATEX compliant products; arc welding process and grease-free nitrogen (N2) compatible equipment; equipment for food manufacturing and semiconductor industries; and pickup contents. It serves automobiles, semiconductor/liquid crystal/electric, machine tool, food/beverages, physicochemical/medical/pharmaceutical, agriculture, energy, production facility, and other industries. The company was formerly known as Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SMC Corporation in April 1986. SMC Corporation was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Chuo, Japan.