Production at the Leading Edge of Technology: Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP), Fre [Hardcover]

The German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP) annually invites researchers coming from its institutes and from industry to contribute peer reviewed papers in the field of production technology. This congress proceedings provides recent research results and findings on leading-edge manufacturing processes. Main aim of this scientific congress is to push forward existing borders in production and to provide novel solutions of Production at the Leading Edge of Manufacturing Technology.

The subtitle Technology-Based Sustainable Production for Circular Economy of this years congress emphasizes challenges for global productions in the light of climate change and resource scarcity. Different sessions were held on the topics

• Environmentally neutral production (e.g. energy and material efficiency)
• Resilient Value Creation Systems
• Biointelligence
• Digitization as an Enabler for Sustainable Production
• ProductionTechnologies for a Circular Economy

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bauernhansl has held his current position as Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart, Germany since September 2011. He also serves as Director of the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management (IFF) at the University of Stuttgart. His scientific focus is on production organization, factory planning, energy efficient production, surface engineering, automation and process engineering. Bauernhansl studied mechanical enló#