SMC UK Continuing to Invest in its Business

By SMC Pneumatics (UK) Ltd
schedule15th Jun 20

SMC are recognised as the world leaders in pneumatics and are experts in industrial automation. Established in Japan in 1959, the SMC Corporation continues to pursue its strategy of global growth and currently has a sales presence in 82 countries, with 51 subsidiaries at key locations around the world.

SMC Pneumatics Ltd opened its UK office in 1978, and following the purchase of a 14 acre site in Milton Keynes in 1998, has occupied a purpose-built production, logistics and administration facility.

The UK office is co-located with one of SMC’s two European Technical Centres, where around 70 R&D engineers offer specialist technical support to customers in the UK.

Working in the automotive, electronics, life science and food processing and packaging sectors, SMC’s standard product range exceeds 12,000 items which includes pneumatic, electropneumatic, electrical drives, electronics, vacuum, process and temperature control equipment.

Each year SMC launches between 30-40 new or improved products and this investment in product development is a key factor in driving the business forward.

Prior to Covid-19, SMC substantially increased its UK stockholding of both complete products, component parts and raw materials to ensure continued availability following the Brexit vote.  In addition, UK customers can also benefit from quicker delivery and customised product options where required because many SMC products are finished or assembled by the UK production teams in the Milton Keynes facility.

SMC have recently signed a contract to update their global ERP system. This multi-million pound investment will help deliver the best possible service to all UK customers.

SMC UK has continued to invest in the business, and in the next few weeks it will unveil a new specialist test room in addition to starting the extension and refurbishment of their existing state-of-the-art showroom. These investment total hundreds of thousands of pounds.


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