The MECHATROLINK Members Association Shanghai office (MMA-SH) participated for the first time in the 2011 Industrial Ethernet Technology Forum took place in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2011.
Despite the typically overcast rainy season, the Forum welcomed more than 300 people, and the MMA greatly promoted the use of MECHATROLINK during the forum.

During the forum, Takeshi Tanaka, the General Secretary of the MMA introduced the MMA, and then Q. M. Gao of the MMA-SH, presented the MECHATROLINK technology and reported on the future trends. An entire system of MECHATROLINK network with MECHATROLINK compliant products connected for demonstration was displayed in the MMA booth.