Dear Participants,

Welcome to the Sustainable Manufacturing Session of IPROMS 2006 virtual conference. My name is Adebayo Williams, your co-chairman for this session.

In this session you will find papers dealing with technologies and strategies for creating sustainable manufacturing organisations. Please feel free to download any of the papers and to actively take part in the conference discussions. The authors are eager to get your useful comments.

A big recognition goes to the authors who have taken time out to make their papers available to everyone. Your efforts are appreciated and I hope you will respond promptly to comments raised on your papers so that the conference can be simulating and lively in the quality of discussions as possible. Below are some links that may be useful for you:

• How to prepare video presentation (for authors only)
• How to post a forum question
• Answers to some commonly experience problems
• Other IPROMS support

If you require help please do not hesitate to contact me or use the support page on the website.

Kind regards,

Adebayo Williams
Manufacturing Engineering Centre(MEC)
Cardiff University