The 16th Micromachine Exhibition
The 16 t h Micromachine Exhibition was held inconjunction
withThe11 t hInternational
Micromachine/Nanotech Symposium at the Science
Museum in Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo, over 3 days from
November 9 to 11, 2005, and was a resounding success.
The theme for this year’s exhibition was “Fields in theSpotlight - Micro/Nano Technologies Open up Next
Generation Business: International Exhibition on MicroUltraprecision/Microfabrication, MEMS, Nanotechnology,and Biotechnology”.
In addition to the Micromachine Center and 10 of its
supporting member organizations, willing and generous
cooperation in the arrangement of exhibitions was also
provided by private businesses, universities, andindependent public organizations. A total of 259 displays(362 booths) were exhibited by businesses, organizations,universities, and research organizations. France’s National
Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de laRecherche Scientifique) and 15 other organizations fromabroad also presented exhibits.
As with the previous year’s exhibition, Micromachine2005 occupied the Science Museum’s entire first floor hall
space and preparation room, a part of the lounge, and apart of the second floor in keeping with the increased
number of exhibitors.
Furthermore, with 38 companies (3 from overseas)
and groups participating for the first time, the exhibition
presented a wide range of new micromachine- andnanotechnology-related technologies and products.
Thanks in part to the exhibition being held
simultaneously with the 11th International
Micromachine/Nanotech Symposium and the MEMS-ONE
Project Interim Report Presentation, a record attendanceof more than 9,098 people was achieved over the threedays of the event. With researchers, engineers, andadministrators from the frontlines of diverse technologicalfields accounting for a large number of these attendees,
another factor in the exhibition’s huge success was its roleas venue for the exchange of ideas and sharing of research
information between researchers in different fields,

providing an ideal opportunity for the discovery of new
possibilities for technologies and solutions to a wide range
of issues concerning technological development.
The main products displayed at the exhibition
included micromachines, their associated components andapplication systems, MEMS (micro-electromechanicalsystems), MEMS manufacturing equipment/design tools,
nano-technologies and materials, other materials,
biotechnology and medical systems, evaluation andmeasuring instruments. In this regard, the micromachine
exhibitions are becoming specialized events ideally suitedfor people working in R&D, technology, design,production/manufacturing, or management/administration
in a diversity of fields, including mechanisms andprecision machinery; electrical devices and electronics,medicine; information technology; automobiles andtransportation; biology, physics, and chemistry;architecture; steel; space aviation; and shipping andoceanography.
Furthermore, the exhibition provided an excellent
opportunity for the promotion of technologies, devices,and products by businesses in the field of micromachine
R&D; for the presentation of the results of research byuniversities and other research organizations; and for theannouncement of products and technologies by other
newly participating businesses.

The exhibition hall, busy with attendees

The post-exhibition reception

The 16th Micromachine Exhibition is to be held:
Dates: Nov. 7 (Tues.) – Nov. 9 (Thurs.), 2006
Venue: Tokyo International Forum(Yurakucho, Tokyo)
Inquiries: Mesago Messe Frankfurt Corporation
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