CIRP is the world leading organization in production engineering research and is at the forefront of design, optimization, control and management of processes, machines and systems.The Academy has restricted membership based on demonstrated excellence in research and has some 600 academic and industrial members from 50 industrialized countries.

CIRP publicate Journals and Books in cooperation with other publishers. On ScienceDirect website: access the Journals《CIRP Annals》、《CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology》、《Procedia-CIRP》（Open Access）. On Springer-Verlag's website: access the Books《CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering》、《CIRP Dictionary of Production Engineering》.