SMC Ranked in Forbes Top 100 Innovative Companies for the 2nd Consecutive Year

Noblesville, IN, October 13, 2012 --(PR.com)-- SMC was grouped with other globally respected companies such as: Amazon, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Procter & Gamble to succeed in repeating its world renowned innovative ranking. Forbes uses a unique Innovation Premium that frees itself from other previous methods that have become “popularity contests based on past performance or editorial whims. Our method relies on investors, who vote with their wallets, to identify the companies they expect to be innovative today and in the future.”

SMC’s commitment to industrial automation and to innovating automation components for the future of those industries has never been stronger. Its automation components are designed for peak performance with extended cycle-life, integrated with an exacting focus on reducing energy consumption to thus save on ever increasing energy costs.

About SMC

SMC is a leader in manufacturing pneumatic technology, providing industry with technology and products to support automation based on the guiding principle of "contributing to automation labor savings in industry." SMC Corporation of America is part of a global organization that supports customers in every industrialized country, and is the U.S. subsidiary of SMC Corporation based in Japan.