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| April 2010: New CC-Link European News website launched |
| In April 2010 the CC-Link Partner Association launched a new blog to provide faster access to new information for members and interested companies. The easy to use web site will make it simple to select items by date, by prodict, new technology and other useful categories.
Go to the site below and sign up |
http://www.cc-link-news.eu
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| December 2009. European membership tops 120 |
| Membership of the European CC-link organisation has exceeded 120 following a successful exhibition at the SPS/IPC/Drives fair in Nuremberg, Germany during November 2009.
Of these companies, around 25% are either developing or are already manufacturing CC-link compatible devices for sale. Overall over 1000 CC-Link compatible products are avaialble from 200+ companies worldwide. |
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| December 2009 CC-Link and HMS cooperation agreement signed |
| CLPA-Europe and HMS have developed a joint
programme of incentives exclusively for HMS
users to join CLPA-Europe and test products that use HMS embedded devices to connect to
CC-Link network products. Follow the link or contact david.folley@clpa-europe.com |
http://www.anybus.com/readnews.asp?NID=111
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| December 2009 Winter Newsletter |
| CLPA has released its Winter 2009 Newsletter in English, German and Italian. It contains a preview of the expanded CC-link IE Field level 1Gbps Industrial Ethernet. For the German and Italian versions go to Downloads > News > Newsletters |
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| November 2009 Release of extended Industrial Ethernet protocol |
| At the SPS/IPC/Drives fair in Nuremberg, CLPA will hold a press conference to outline details of their CC-Link IE Industrial Ethernet, which has extended it's coverage to include new intelligent devices at field level. |
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| July 2009 New technology & implementation seminar 20 October 2009 in Frankfurt |
| On 20 October CLPA Europe will be hosting a one-day CC-Link implementation seminar in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. This day will be of great value to any company thinking of making a CC-Link connection, and for end users who wish to understand more about what actually lies behind the network technology.
Click on the PDF links below for an invitation/programme and booking forms |
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| 26 June 2009 CC-Link specifications updated |
| CLPA has released one new specification, updated four others and deleted one other. See attached document for full details.
Members should request updates by sending membership number and documents required to partners@clpa-europe.com |
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http://www.cc-link.org/eng/t_html/material/index.html
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| June 2009 New European conformance test centre for CC-Link |
| The increased uptake of companies in Europe adopting CC-Link, or implementing it into their products has encouraged the CC-Link Partner Association Europe to accelerate its activities here. At present vendor partners must send their new products either to Japan or the USA for conformance testing, but this will change. |
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| June 2009 Improved access to CC-Link documentation |
| Under current CLPA rules the CC-Link specification documents are available free
of charge to members but only as printed documents. From 2009 members will continue to be able to request printed documents but electronic versions using a PDF format will also be available. The documents will be
password protected. Members requiring documents should contact
partners@clpa-europe.com with their document number and preferred formats |
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| May 2009 CLPA commences new advertising programme in Europe |
| Continuing its theme of Gateway to Asia, CLPA Europe has commenced advertising in Germany, Italy and UK. The campaign isaimed at increasing awareness of CC-Link's positions as the leading open network provider in Asia and how impelementing the technology can help European companies increase sales there |
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| April 2009. CLPA opens conformance pre-test centre in Europe |
| The increased uptake of companies in Europe adopting CC-Link, or implementing it into their products has encouraged the CC-Link Partner Association Europe to accelerate its activities here.
In April 2009 CLPA Europe opened its new European Conformance Pre-Test Centre for CC-Link compatible products in Düsseldorf,
Germany to help European vendors confirm their products’ compatibility.
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| November 2008 CC-Link Industrial Ethernet explained |
| In conjunction with the Industrial Ethernet Book, CLPA-Europe has produced a detailed article expaining the workings of CC-Link IE the new 1Gbps Open Industrial Ethernet. The document is available online or as a PDF downolad. |
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| October 2008 New advertising programme |
| From October, CLPA-Europe has started a new advertising campaign in Germany, Italy and UK to highlight the benefits to exporteds of integrating CC-Link technology into their products |
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| May 2008 CLPA to help European vendors in Asia |
| As the strongest fieldbus protocol in Asia, CC-Link has over 850 compatible products made by partner companies, and more than 4,500,000 installed nodes. European control companies, OEMs and machine builders need to have CC-Link capabilities if they are serious about exporting to the world’s fastest growing manufacturing region. |
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| April 2008 Newsletter |
| The latest newsletter published by CLPA-Europe is now availabe in A3 format. Refer to the download section of this site for versions in German and English |
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| February 2008. Start of new pan-European advertising campaign " Your Gateway to Asia" |
| The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) is offering to support European OEMs who are operating in Asian markets by providing assistance with the integration of CC-Link network technologies into their systems, and even by providing marketing support via CLPA branches throughout the region.
CC-Link is the dominant open networking technology in Asia, and is growing quickly across the rest of the world, with an installed base of over 4 million nodes. But CLPA recognises that many European OEMs are not as familiar with CC-Link as they are with other open networks, and that this lack of familiarity may well be costing companies lost sales in Japan and Asia.
CLPA-Europe is confident that European OEMs are developing products that rival anything being developed in Asia, and by providing these companies with additional support in integrating CC-Link into their products, and help with marketing those products to the Asian audience, we can help enhance their competitive advantage and enable OEMs to deliver solutions which are absolutely compelling.
For more information refer to PDF |
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| February 2008 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Network |
| Mitsubishi Electric raised the issue networking with its CC-Link IE (Industrial Ethernet), which according to Mitsubishi Electric is the first application of gigabit Ethernet technology applied to the industrial automation market.
CC-Link IE was discussed as part of an ARC White Paper entitled “CC-Link IE: Gigabit Ethernet Performance for Today’s Controller Networks” which was distributed at the ARC Forum.
This White Paper is available from the Download section of this website
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| December 2007. New office in Turkey |
| The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) opened a regional office in Turkey in conjunction with major local automation supplier GTS, complementing those opened in Poland and the Ukraine in late 2007 |
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| December 2007. CLPA announces new 1Gbps open Ethernet network at SPS fair in Nürnberg |
| Industrial Ethernet is about to take a paradigm leap forward with a ten-fold increase in communications rates to 1Gbps(gigabit per second) with the release of a new open communication standard by the CC-Link Partners Association. |
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| Oktober 2007. Europapremiere für den neuen Kommunikationsstandard CC-Link IE |
| Die CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) präsentiert sich auf der diesjährigen SPS/IPC/Drives mit ihrem bisher größten Messestand. In Nürnberg zeigt die CLPA vom 27. bis 29. November 2007 die Vorteile einer offenen Kommunikation in industriellen Steuerungssystemen. Höhepunkt des Messeauftritts ist die Europapremiere des Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetzwerks CC-Link IE (Control and Communication Link Industrial Ethernet). Das industrielle Ethernet-Netzwerk überträgt Daten mit einer Geschwindigkeit von einem Gigabit pro Sekunde und unterstützt einen deterministischen Datenaustausch. Die vollständige Einführung des optischen Glasfasernetzwerks ist für Anfang 2008 geplant. |
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| August 2007. New CLPA Promotion Partner in Ukraine |
| A new CLPA centre was officially opened at company CSC in Kiev with presentations from CLPA-Europe who outlined CLPA’s visions for the future, and from Mitsubishi Electric Europe which is a major backer of CLPA. They presented information to the invited guests explaining the importance of CC-Link as a global networking strategy for companies like Mitsubishi, and for vendors wishing to export their equipment to Japan and Asia.
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| July 2007. Steve Jones takes over as head of CLPA Europe |
| Steve Jones has been appointed as the new General Manager of the CC-Link Partners’ Association (CLPA) in Europe, succeeding Malcolm Robbins who is retiring. Jones, who used to be Divisional Manager of Mitsubishi’s Automation Division in the UK, has spent the past four years in Germany where he led Mitsubishi’s push into central and Eastern Europe. |
http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2060
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| June 2007. CC-Link Product Development guidebook |
| The new Product Development Guidebook is the essential first step on the way to integrating your product into the Global CC-Link family. It outlines the recommended path for developing compatible products, and is published by Mitsubishi Electric. Copies are also available from CLPA. (4MB download) |
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| June 2007. CC-Link wins ‘Network Product of the Year’ award |
| CC-Link has been awarded the prestigious “Network product of the year” by Polish magazine Napedy I Sterowanie (Drives and controls) which is the country’s largest and most respected automation magazine. The award recognises both the technical achievements of CC-Link, and its popularity with users, and reflects the rapid growth in the adoption of CC-Link across Europe.
The award was made by a panel of illustrious leaders in the field of automation technology in Poland, which included professors from the best technical universities in Poland and the magazine’s technical editor. The award also took into account the results of a poll of magazine readers. The criteria against which the networks were judged included the use of innovative technologies, the functionality and usability of the network, the potential for creating material and energy savings, and overall quality. CC-Link was judged to have excelled in all areas.
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| May 2007. CLPA-Europe opens first regional centre in Poland |
| CLPA-Europe has responded to the rapid take-up of the technology across Europe with the opening of its first regional facility in Krakow, Poland. The new centre will provide the model for a number of Promotion Partners within Eastern Europe which will quickly follow.
MPL Technology, Polish Promotion Partner will provide a direct link for customers and potential vendors of CC-Link products, dealing with them in their local language and in a cultural business manner that they are comfortable with. The new centre is able to offer commercial and technical advice on CC-Link, offers support to automation product manufacturers on how they can implement CC-link connectivity, co-ordinate local CLPA member activities and conduct localised CC-Link marketing activities such as PR, advertising, road shows and exhibitions in Poland.
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| April 2007. CLPA introduces CC-Link Safety |
| CC-Link Safety is a network with high reliability in data transmission suitable for use in safety applications that require compliance with IEC61508 SIL3 and EN954-1/ISO13849-1 Category 4.
CC-Link Safety is compatible with standard CC-Link. It allows the use of existing investments in network cable, other compatible products, and existing engineering effort. Safety devices and non-safety devices can reside on the same network. It also provides the same high-speed communication and high-speed response for safety communication as standard CC-Link communication.
CC-Link Safety will detect communication failures such as unexpected delay of communication or erroneous data that may cause malfunction of the emergency stop operation. This fail-safe function will bring machinery into a safe condition quickly if a communication failure is detected. Safety master station maintains error and failure histories of the safety remote stations. This function works effectively in troubleshooting
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http://www.cc-link.org/eng/t_html/safety.html
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| April 2007. CLPA releases new white paper on CC-Link Safety |
| In the ever expanding world of automation new developments into new application areas are constantly being made. CC-Link and CLPA are no exception to this. Following the demand from manufacturers and users to combine the important requirements of Safety and Automation control CLPA has released it's vision of CC-Link/Safety in the form of a technical white paper.
Contact CC-Link Partner Association to request a copy.
E-mail address: partners@clpa-europe.com |
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| March 2007. English language version of Partner Products Catalogue is updated |
| CC-Link Partner Association has been performing promotion activities together with our partners since it was established in November 2000 with 134 member companies. Thanks to these activities, the number of partner companies exceeded 700 in October 2005. Overall, due to recent globalisation, CC-Link has grown with more than half of the partner companies being based outside of Japan, the birthplace of CLPA and CC-Link. As globalisation and partner membership numbers accelerate, we have revised our partner product catalogue.
Contact CC-Link Partner Association to request printed copy or CD.
E-mail address: partners@clpa-europe.com |
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| November 2005. CLPA 5th Anniversary Since Its Foundation |
| CC-Link enables communication and control of various multi-vendor devices anytime and anywhere. On November 11, 2000, CLPA was launched with a firm resolve to make CC-Link -- the first open field network originating in Japan -- a global standard. At the end of 2005, CLPA celebrated its fifth anniversary, a meaningful transition point for the association.
CC-Link and CLPA have demonstrated impressive global expansion of over the past five years culminating in over 700 partner companies who are producing CC-Link enabled products.
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