The Motion Control Association (MCA) is a global not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting the understanding and use of motion control technologies and developing business opportunities for mechanical and electronic (mechatronics) motion control companies.
Their industry members include manufacturers of complete motion control systems, component manufacturers, system integrators, distributors, end users, consulting firms, academic institutions and research groups directly involved with mechanical and electronic (mechatronics) motion control around the world.
MCA is part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), an umbrella group founded to serve the global automation companies involved in robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and related automation. Members of this group benefit from the prolific networking opportunities and the synergy between MCA and its sister associations, Robotic Industries Association (RIA) and AIA (vision and imaging).
Together with the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) and AIA they organize the Robotics event: Automate