CIRP, The International Academy for Production Engineering, was founded in 1951 to promote, by scientific research, the development of all aspects of manufacturing technology covering the optimization, control and management of processes, machines and systems. 

This biannual ISI cited journal contains approximately 140 refereed technical and keynote papers. Subject areas covered include: 

Assembly, Cutting, Design, Electro-Physical and Chemical Processes, Forming, Abrasive processes, Surfaces, Machines, Production Systems and Organizations, Precision Engineering and Metrology, Life-Cycle Engineering, Microsystems Technology (MST), Nanotechnology. 

Editorial Committee
Dr. D.K. Aspinwall
University of Birmingham, UK
Professor D. Brissaud
INPG-TIRF, France
Professor M. Davies
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Professor J. Duflou
KU Leuven, Belgium
Assoc. Professor K. Erkorkmaz
University of Waterloo, Canada
Dr. X Jiang
University of Huddersfield, UK
Professor S. Kara
UNSW Australia, Australia
Professor R. M'Saoubi
Seco Tools AB, Sweden
Dr. M. Nakao
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. K. Rajurkar
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, USA
Professor R. Roy
University of London, UK
Professor A.E. Tekkaya
Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Professor T. Tolio
CNR ITIA, Italy
Professor D. Y. Yang
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), The Republic of Korea