The Motion Control Association (MCA), the global trade group representing the motion control industry, announced that it has reached a milestone of surpassing 100 member companies. This reflects a strong momentum of recent growth for the association that was founded in late 2006 with just a handful of leading motion control industry suppliers. Members now include manufacturers of motion control components and systems, distributors, system integrators, consulting firms, and research groups directly involved with mechanical and electronic (mechatronics) motion control all around the world.
根据MCA的说法，这一新的成员公司基础将使他们能够完善他们目前为行业提供的服务，并为产品增加更多。“我们最受欢迎的会员福利之一是我们所有成员收到的季度市场统计报告。随着我们增加会员资格并参与此值得信赖的数据收集计划，统计数据报告变得更好，可以以新的和有用的方式详细介绍分析。” MCA副总裁Dana Whalls解释说。“我们将继续建立成功的网络研讨会系列 - 将有用的教育权带到人们的桌面上，我们计划通过制定基本运动控制技术的培训和认证计划来增加教育外展。
We’ll also invest in our industry portal website (www.motioncontrolonline.org) which provides great articles, news, company profiles and products. We’ll enhance the site with more video and social media elements and useful member tools within the site,” added Ms. Whalls.
MCA is governed by a Board of Directors made up of key industry professionals. John Hegel, CEO of American Control Electronics is the current Chairman of the Board and has been active in the membership building efforts of MCA. “In 2013 alone we’ve had a 40% increase in our membership and we see that as the tipping point for continued rapid growth of the association,” said John Hegel. The popular members-only MCA Business Conference, which is held in January each year, continues to drive membership increases. “Most associations offer annual meetings featuring high-quality speakers, and MCA does as well. The MCA difference is two-fold; first, most of our attendees are owners, presidents or vice-presidents of their organizations. They are the key decision makers from our member companies, the folks that make things happen and are often hard to find at other events. And second, we co-locate with our two sister associations, the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) and AIA – the global trade group for vision and imaging. Attendees are able to network and do business with the leaders in robotics and vision, two industries that drive many technological advances. Our members find this a highly tangible benefit and just one of many solid reasons to join MCA. The upcoming conference already has 400 pre-registered attendees and that number will grow,” explained Mr. Hegel.
MCA与整个A3组一起制作了两年一次的贸易展览，称为Automate。这项广泛的自动化技术显示将于2015年3月23日至26日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥的麦考密克广场举行。MCA的增长反映在2015年展览的参展商群中，运动控制技术公司已经超过了2013年的展览空间，并且展览仍在一年半之内。
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