On September 24th, 2014, Professor Hong-jie Luo, President of Shanghai University, Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Manufacturing (hereinafter referred to as “AiM”), extended a warm welcome to personnel attending the AiM overseas editorial board meeting. Attendees included Associate Editor-in-Chief Professor Andrew YC Nee ( National University of Singapore), Professor Jin-wu Qian (Shanghai University). Also editorial board members in attendance were Professor Uday B. Pal (Boston University), Professor Erhan 2014-10-20 Visited: 12453