STCs are invited to initiate Collaborative Working-Groups (CWG) on the basis of common interests in a particular subject.

New CWG initiatives should be forwarded with the Checklist (available in the members' Dashboard) to the Cross-STC Chairs (presently Profs. D. Biermann and E. Lutters) who will submit them to the Cross-STC Group meeting (for Members only) during the CIRP meetings twice a year.

The current Collaborative Working-Groups are:

Production Technologies and Systems for E-Mobility

Duration: Aug.2021 - Feb.2024
Chair: Prof. Jörg Franke
Vice-Chair: Prof. Jürgen Fleischer
Secretary: Prof. Darek Ceglarek

Semiconductor and Microelectronic Manufacturing

Duration: Feb.2023 - Aug.2025
Chair: Prof. Albert Shih 
Vice-Chair: Dr. Gregory Vogl
Secretary: Prof. Wei Gao

Manufacturing for Sustainability

Duration: Aug.2023 - Feb.2026
Chair: Prof. Michael Hauschild
Vice-Chair: Prof. Sami Kara
Secretary: Prof. Sebastian Thiede

Ethics in Manufacturing 

Duration: Feb.2024 - Aug.2026
Chair: Prof. Rajkumar Roy

Past Collaborative Working-Groups with Minutes online (Access)

Technical reports from CWGs (for Members only)

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