Title -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Sustainability as New Paradigm in Manufacturing -- Motivation -- Objectives and Work Structure -- Theoretical Background -- Production and Production Management -- Energy and Energy Supply -- Energy Consumption in Manufacturing -- Forms of Energy...

We present in two parts an assessment of global manufacturing. In the first part, we review economic development, pollution, and carbon emissions from a country perspective, tracking the rise of China and other developing countries. The results show not only a rise in the economic fortunes of...