SmC Completes 600,000 Square-Foot Expansion to Its North American Headquarters

Noblesville, IN, November 02, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The latest 600,000 square-foot expansion was constructed outward from the east and west sides of the current building, increasing production floor space by approximately 360,000 square feet and in turn increasing warehouse storage space by an additional 240,000 square feet. The estimated $19 million capital expansion project brings the total overall facility floor space to 1.5 million square feet, creating the largest SMC worksite outside of Japan.

The new consolidated facility will now serve as the primary North American engineering, manufacturing and distribution center for SMC’s vast offerings of industrial automation components such as: pneumatic valves, actuators, filters, fittings and tubing as well as electrical pressure/flow sensors, actuators and thermal control products.

The completion of the most recent construction marks the second time in just five years that SMC has undertaken an expansion project at the Noblesville worksite and will add a forecasted 163 new jobs by 2017. Back in the spring of 2009 was the first expansion, when it moved its U.S. corporate headquarters from Indianapolis to Noblesville.

About SMC Corporation
SMC Corporation has its global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and manufactures, distributes and sells its industrial automation components in 49 countries, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 38 of those countries: eight locations in North and South America, 19 in Europe, 9 in Asia and 2 in Oceania.