Report of 2008 MECHATROLINK Members
Association General Meeting
The MECHATROLINK Members Association
General Meeting was held at Tokyo Garden Palace, on Tuesday
June 24.
We were lucky enough to have a break in the rainy season
and the weather tuned out nicely that day. Many members
attended the meeting, and the general meeting, lectures
and reception were all very successful.
The meeting started with a welcome speech by Hiroshi Ogasawara,
the President of the Executive Committee of the MMA. Takeshi
Tanaka, the General Secretary of the MMA, then reported
on the Results of FY 2007 and the plans for the FY 2008.
This was followed by a financial report for FY2007.
Guest speakers were invited from Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
and Shinkawa Ltd. and they gave thoughts provoking speeches
on trends and issues related to network and control equipment,
as well as on semiconductors in the automobile industry.
After the lectures, the FDT/DTM subcommittee reported on
its activities, and new MECHATROLINK products from member
companies were introduced. Finally, the release of MECHATROLINK-III
was discussed before concluding the general meeting and
lectures.
The reception afterwards provided members with the time
to get to know each other in casual setting.
Please refer Detailed Report of the contents of the general
meeting.
The MMA will continue to promote activities in pursuit of
making MECHATROLINK a defacto global standard.
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** Details of the General Meeting
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Date
: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 13:00 to 18:30
Venue
: Tokyo Garden Palace
Number of Participants
: 54 companies (91 people)
FY 2008 Plan:
Goals of MECHATROLINK Members Association for FY 2008
are
1)
Increase the number of members
from 264 to 400 companies.
2)
Increase network
servo ownership ratio to 30%“.
3)
Further promote MECHATROLINK
further in Asia through activities such as exhibitions
in Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan, and articles introducing
MECHATROLINK in trade publications.
4)
Establish a marketing group,
to promote MECHATROLINK with a market-oriented approach.
5)
Globalization, to respond
to the needs of customers by providing catalogues,
manuals and websites in various languages (Japanese,
English, simple and traditional Chinese, and Korean).
6)
Release the ASIC for MECHATROLINK-III
with greatly improved performance, including faster
communication speeds, more slave channels, and increased
transmission data capacity. Promote MECHATROLINK-III
as high-end application.
7)
Improve coordination with
host networks as well as connectivity between masters
and slaves.
General Meeting
Welcome speech by Hiroshi Ogasawara, President of
the Executive
Committee of the MECHATROLINK Members Association
"Results of FY2007 and Plans for FY2008"
by Takeshi Tanaka,
the General Secretary of the MECHATROLINK Members Association
"Financial Report for FY2007 and the budget for
FY2008" by Yoshie Itaya of the MMA Secretariat.
Hiroshi Ogasawara
the President of the Executive
Committee of MMA
Lecture by Guest Speaker 1
Masamichi Sakaino,
of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., delivered a speech entitled "Trends
and Challenges for Network and Control Equipment in the
Automobile Industry."
Masamichi Sakaino
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Lecture by Guest Speaker 2
Takashi Nobe, of
Shinkawa Ltd., gave a speech entitled "Trends in Semiconductor
Manufacturing Equipment and Electric Component Needs."
Takashi Nobe
Shinkawa Ltd.
FDT/DTM Subcommittee Report
Hideki Kuribayashi,
of Digital Electronics Corporation, talked about the merit
and issues of introducing an open FDT/DTM that realizes
a multi-vender multi-network, and reported on recent and
future activities of the subcommittee.
Hideki Kuribayashi
Digital Electronics Corporation
MECHATROLINK
New Product Introduction
ACON/PCON controllers for
sliders by IAI Corporation
Integrated and compact remote I/O R7 series by M-System
Co., Ltd.
DYNASERV DrvG III by Yokogawa Electric Corporation
MLN50-series Stepping motor driver by MYCOM, INC.
MECHATROLINK-III starter kit by Sky Link Corporation
Report
" MECHATROLINK-III Release"
by Hironobu Shimobatake from MMA Secretariat.
Reception
In the reception, members actively exchanged information
and promoted their products. In member's greeting speeches,
they expressed their hopes and desires for MECHATROLINK.
