Professor Ferscha was elected as the new president of the ÖWGP – Austrian Scientific Society for Production Technology – at the spring conference on 24 February 2020. The ÖWGP is a platform of researchers from the TU Vienna, TU Graz, Montanuni Leoben and the JKU Linz, which as the Austrian Scientific Society for Production Technology is dedicated to future questions of production. www.oewgp.at