Presentation of the company that cooperates with the Mechanical and Chemical Engineering High School in training students:

SMC Industrial automation

Students in Vocational Education and Training are also required to complete practical training with an employer - PST - as part of their curriculum.

The number of hours of PST is determined for each individual course.

SMC - leading experts with a passion for industrial automatisation

SMC supports automation with the latest technologies to the satisfaction of customers worldwide

SMC was founded in 1959 in Tokyo, Japan, under the name Sintered Metal Corporation, as a manufacturer of filter elements. The evolution from tire base to sophisticated automation solutions has taken SMC to 30% of the global market share and 65% in the Japanese market.

With 12,000 basic products and more than 700,000 variations, SMC offers air preparation solutions, measuring devices as well as valves and actuators covering virtually every step in the automation process.