Jul.15, 2008
Report on 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.
Details of the General Meeting
| Date | Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 13:00 to 18:30 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Tokyo Garden Palace |
| Number of Participants | 54 companies (91 people) |
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)Further promote MECHATROLINK further in Asia through activities such as exhibitions in Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan, and articles introducing MECHATROLINK in trade publications.
- 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-Ⅲas high-end application.
- 7) Improve coordination with host networks as well as connectivity between masters and slaves.
General Meeting
General Meeting
・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.
