SMC Corp. engages in the manufacture, processing, and sale of automatic control equipment. The company is headquartered in Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo-To and currently employs 23,127 full-time employees. The firm is engaged in the manufacture and sale of automatic control equipment, which is an indispensable elemental equipment for factory automation (FA). Main products include direction control equipment, drive equipment, and air pressure auxiliary equipment, as well as temperature control equipment and sensors. The equipment is used for steel industry, chemical industry, food manufacturing industry, physics, chemistry and medical equipment industry and others.