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MMC Activities

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Keiichi Aoyagi, Executive Director of Micromachine Center
The Micromachine Center (MMC) is actively promoting technical development projects, sponsored primarily by
the Japanese government and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in aneffort to establish a technical infrastructure in the micronano field that includes micromachines and MEMS. At thesame time, the MMC is also actively involved in activities to improve the environment for the industrialization of
micronano fields, such as policy proposal activities, industrial networking and incubating activities, research projects,
standardization projects, dissemination and publicity activities and so on, in order to promote the dissemination andindustrialization of these basic technologies. Through these activities, the MMC is working to assist in thedevelopment of Japanese industry and to contribute to the international community.
This basic approach will be continued in the new fiscal year as well, and the Micromachine Center will be involvedin a variety of projects.
In terms of national and NEDO projects, the MMC has submitted a proposal for the Bio ElectromechanicalAutonomous Nano Systems (BEANS) Manufacturing Technology Development Project (FY 2008 - 2012). In the eventthat the proposal is accepted, a concentrated research and development organization with several development
centers will be established for industry-academic collaboration, and the focus will be on establishing the technicalinfrastructure for the achievement of the third generation of MEMS (BEANS). In addition, this is the final year for theHighly Integrated / Complex MEMS (Fine MEMS) Manufacturing Technology Development Project (FY 2006 - 2008),
so the Micromachine Center will work to ensure maximum achievements for the project. Moreover, the Micromachine
Center is also concentrating on distribution and dissemination activities for the MEMS Open Network Engineering
System Design Tools (MemsONE) achieved in the MEMS Open Network Engineering System Design Tools Project(nicknamed the MemsONE Project), which concluded development in FY 2007.
In terms of activities to improve the environment for industrialization in the micronano field, the MEMS Industry
Forum established to conduct various activities to support industrial development has begun its third year. The
number of participating members continues to grow steadily, and the content of its activities continues to be more
fully developed. Exhibition Micromachine/MEMS is attracting more and more attendees each year. The Exhibition will
be held again this year at the end of July at Tokyo Big Sight, as part of MicroNano 2008 which also includes variousconferences. In addition, the Micromachine Center will promote many other activities this year, including theMicromachine Summit, various international interchanges, research activities that include MEMS market researchand technical trend surveys both at home and abroad, international standardization activities for the MEMS materials
and devices that are playing a leading role in various countries, and industrialization promotion activities that include
operation of the MEMS Foundry Network and opening of the MEMS Mall.
We are grateful for your continued understanding and support.

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