SMC Corporation at its board meeting held on May 21, 2020 approved to propose the retirement of Yoshiyuki Takada as Director and Ikuji Usui as Director and Senior Advisor subject to the approval of AGM to be held on June 26, 2020. The company also approved the proposal of appointment of Susumu Maruyama as Director and Executive Officer (In Charge of Internal Management) and Samuel Neff as Director and Executive Officer (In Charge of Supply Chain Management).
SMC Corporation is specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of automatic control equipment. With 12,000 basic products and more than 700,000 variations available, the group offers solutions ranging from air preparation, to measurement, to valves and cylinders covering almost the entire automation process: actuators, sensors, detectors, controllers, filters, fittings and tubing, etc.
At the end of March 2021, SMC Corporation has 38 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (27.5%), Asia (40.7%), Europe (16.5%), North America (13.5%) and other (1.8%).