SMC supplies pneumatic and automatic-control components for industrial robots, including cylinders, valves, fieldbus equipment and magnetless rodless cylinders.
Japan-based SMC is a global-scale manufacturer of pneumatic and electric actuation, control and robotic end-of-arm components, with company-reported 36% global pneumatic-equipment share. On Mar-04-26 its U.S. subsidiary released an expanded ZGP/ZGS vacuum-gripper system for cobot palletizing, and on Mar-23-26 it opened the Japan Technical Center for approximately 1,300 engineers; its FY ended Mar-31-26 filing reported ¥842.541 billion group automatic-control-equipment sales and ¥150.254 billion capital expenditure. Its manufacturing depth and certified FANUC integration distinguish it, although robotics-specific revenue and deployed-unit counts are not disclosed.
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SMC supplies pneumatic and automatic-control components for industrial robots, including cylinders, valves, fieldbus equipment and magnetless rodless cylinders. Japan-based SMC is a global-scale manufacturer of pneumatic and electric actuation, control and robotic end-of-arm components, with company-reported 36% global pneumatic-equipment share. On Mar-04-26 its U.S. subsidiary released an expanded ZGP/ZGS vacuum-gripper system for cobot palletizing, and on Mar-23-26 it opened the Japan Technical Center for approximately 1,300 engineers; its FY ended Mar-
SMC ranks 15 of 100 on the Robotics 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 90 out of 100, in Actuation (Components). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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SMC is based in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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