SMC was established in 1959, in Tokyo, Japan, as a Sintered Metal Filters and filtration systems manufacturer. The evolution from basic pneumatics to more sophisticated automation solutions has granted SMC a global market share of 38%, and 65% in the Japanese market.

With 12,000 basic products and over 700,000 variations, SMC offers solutions from air preparation, instrumentation, through to valves, and actuators covering practically every single step in the automation process.

The Austrian headquarter in Korneuburg is also the headquarter for 14 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Here in our approximately 37,000 m2 premises, we drive the domestic economy. Our employees within the CEE Group work for you in the areas of sales, technology, administration, production and in the CEE central warehouse.

Individual components, applications and system solutions are produced locally. The site is also home to our state-of-the-art Technology Centre, which houses engineering, prototype construction, test laboratories and endurance testing facilities.