SMC Corporation announced that SMC resolved at the board of directors' Meeting held on May 20, 2015, to change some of the members of its board of directors and board of corporate auditors. The change of the directors and corporate auditors are going to be formally approved at the 56th ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 25, 2015. Katsunori Tomita retires as executive management director, senior general manager of sales headquarters.

Iwao Mogi retires as director, general manager of product development division 6. German Berakoetxea retires as director (in charge of management for European Zone), president, SMC Spain. Lup Yin Chan retires as director (in charge of management for Asian and Oceania Zone), president, SMC Hong Kong. Steve Bangs retires as president, SMC UK.

The company announced Toshiharu Kagawa as new outside director professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary. The company announced change of position of work of Osamu Kuwahara from managing director, senior general manager of marketing headquarters and general manager of sales engineering division to executive managing director, senior general manager of marketing headquarters and general manager of sales engineering division.