Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Aurich was elected Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Abrasive Manufacturing Processes of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)

Jan Aurich was elected Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Abrasive Manufacturing Processes at the 64th CIRP General Assembly in Nantes, France, on August 29, 2014. The CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering) is the world's leading scientific association in the field of production engineering. The organization currently has around 600 members from 50 countries. Over the next two years, Prof. Aurich will head the abrasive manufacturing processes section within this organization, which deals with the latest scientific developments in grinding, honing and blasting.