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May 2013 saw further CC-Link open network technologies achieve certification for Japanese and Chinese national standards, in addition to semiconductor industry certifications.
The standards are those of the world's second and third largest economies, plus one of the world's leading industries, and their influence is expected to accelerate the global acceptance of the CC-Link open network technologies. The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA, Chairman: Emeritus Professor Takashi Sekiguchi of Yokohama National University, Board of directors: IDEC Corporation, Digital Electronics Corporation, NEC Corporation, Sumitomo 3M Limited, Cognex K.K., Shanghai Electric Ryoden Energy Saving and Control Technology Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation), was responsible for the successful management of the certification process.

In early May 2013, "CC-Link Safety", the safety communication function of CC-Link, was certified as meeting the National Guiding Technical Documents "GB/Z" by the Standardization Administration of China (SAC). This is the second Chinese certification received by CC-Link technologies following the "GB/T" (voluntary standards) approval of CC-Link received in December, 2005.

In China, industries such as automotive, semiconductor, and liquid crystal displays have increasingly been demanding improvements in safety. We believe that CC-Link Safety being certified to meet the national standards ahead of all other types of industrial networks will lead to increased adoption of CC-Link and CC-Link Safety. Both CLPA partners and end users of CC-Link expect that the GB/Z-approval will further increase their business in China.

In early May 2013, CC-Link was certified as meeting the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee. Although CC-Link has already been a de facto standard network in Japan for some time, the approval from JIS is expected to secure its position further.
The fact that CC-Link was certified to meet these standards will make it known within Japan that CC-Link complies with IEC 61158, an international field bus standard, and is expected to further accelerate the adoption of CC-Link.

In late May 2013, the field level industrial Ethernet network "CC-Link IE Field" was certified to meet the standard "SEMI E54" by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the global semiconductor industry association. Although CC-Link has already achieved a de facto standard position in the field of liquid crystal manufacturing equipment, CLPA expects the approval from SEMI will further stimulate the adoption of CC-Link IE Field not only in Japan but on a global scale.