MCC was a partner in the Global CAPE-OPEN project and sit on its Steering Committee.
MCC was a founding Full Member of the CAPE-OPEN Laboratories Network at the constitutive assembly held on January 30, 2001. Tetsuo SHIRAO was designated by MCC to represent the company within CO-LaN. He participated to CO-LaN decision process in numerous phone conferences and physical meetings held by CO-LaN Management Board in 2001 and 2002.
He attended the Annual General Meeting of Members held on March 23, 2002 at DECHEMA in Frankfurt, Germany.
Due to a change in strategy, MCC did not renew its membership for year 2003.
CO-LaN thanks MCC and especially Tetsuo SHIRAO for their commitment to CAPE-OPEN over the period from 1999 till 2002.