MMC Activities

The 12th Micromachine Exhibition "Micromachine 2001"
The 12th Micromachine Exhibition "Micromachine 2001" washeld in conjunction with The 7th International Micromachine
Symposium at the Science Museum in Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo, for
3 days from October 31 to November 2, 2001. The exhibition wasreceived enthusiastically.
Exhibitors included the Micromachine Center and 10 of thecenter's supporting member companies. Altogether, a record
number of 111 companies, organizations, universities, and research
institutes from Japan and overseas joined the exhibition program.
With a total of 164 booths, this year's event occupied 5 exhibition
halls - one hall more than last year. The exhibition covered such
topics as state-of-the-art micromachine technology and the latest
research results. Because of its size and contents, this exhibition ishighly regarded year after year as an exhibition specializing in
micromachine technology.
The 10-year "Micromachine Technology" project - part of theIndustrial Science and Technology Frontier Program promoted by
the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministryof Economy, Trade and Industry) - was completed last year andachieved tremendous results. Because of the growing interest in
micromachines, a particular feature of this exhibition was the large
number of newly exhibiting companies (nearly half) representing
micromachine-related industries, such as production equipment
manufacturers, measuring instrument manufacturers, andsemiconductor production equipment manufacturers.
The exhibition welcomed a record number of approximately
7,460 visitors (including 359 elementary school children). Exhibition

floors were crowded with the enthusiastic visitors, who spent a longtime looking at the exhibited items and asking questions to boothattendants.

The schedule for the next exhibition, "Micromachine
2002," is shown below.
Period: November 13 (Wed.) to November 15 (Fri.), 2002
Place: The Science Museum, Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo
Inquiries: Mesago Messe Frankfurt Corporation
Tel.: +81(0)3-3262-8441
E-mail: micro@mesago-messefrankfurt.com
URL: http://www.mesago-messefrankfurt.com/micro

Preliminary Announcement
The 8th International Micromachine Symposium
November 14, 2002
at Science Hall, Science Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN
Exhibition

MICROMACHINE 2002
Novemver 13-15, 2002
at Science Museum, Tokyo, JAPANThe Detail will be announced later.
Pictures on the cover : Winning artworks in the Micromachine Drawing Contests : Micro-Volcanic-Eruption-Predictor,
Walking Flowers, Shizu: The Rainbow-Making Machine, Repair/Rescue Robot Centipede

MICROMACHINE No. 38
MICROMACHINE is published quarterly by Micromachine Center (MMC) to promote the international
exchange of information related to micromachines, R&D and other technical topics, and is circulated free ofchange. Please send your comments about MICROMACHINE to the publisher :Takayuki Hirano, Executive Director, Micromachine Center (MMC)
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Date of Issue : February 4, 2002

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