1. Editorial

   • Kin-ichi Matsuyama

   EditorialNotes 07 February 2013 Pages: 3 - 3

2. 61^st Annual Assembly of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) 2008, Graz, Austria

   Institute News 07 February 2013 Pages: 4 - 8

3. 2008 IIW Welding Awards

   Institute News 07 February 2013 Pages: 9 - 11

4. Recent Developments in the Friction Stir Welding of Titanium Alloys

   • M. J. Russell
   • C. Blignault
   • C. S. Wiesner

   Technical Paper 07 February 2013 Pages: 12 - 15

5. The 6^th Asian Pacific IIW International Congress “Change, Chance and Challenge in Welding Technology” 10–13 October 2008 Tianjin, China

   Announcements 07 February 2013 Pages: 16 - 18

6. Research Supplement

   OriginalPaper 07 February 2013 Pages: 19 - 19

7. Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium High Pressure Die Castings: Parameter Optimisation and Gap Bridgeability

   • W. Van Haver
   • X. Stassart
   • A. Dhooge

   Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 20 - 29

8. Developments in NDT for Detecting Imperfections in Friction Stir Welds in Aluminium Alloys

   • T. Santos
   • P. Vilaça
   • L. Quintino

   Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 30 - 37

9. Cracking and Local Melting in Mg-Alloy and Al-Alloy During Friction Stir Spot Welding

   • M. Yamamoto
   • A. Gerlich
   • K. Shinozaki

   Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 38 - 46

10. Monitoring of the Friction Stir Welding Process to Describe Parameter Effects on Joint Quality

    • T. Jene
    • G. Dobmann
    • D. Eifler

    Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 47 - 53

11. Towards Multidimensionality and Flexibility in FSW using an Industrial Robot System

    • M. Soron

    Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 54 - 59

12. A Comparison of Friction Stir Processing of Mill Annealed and Investment Cast Ti-6Al-4V

    • A. L. Pilchak
    • M. C. Juhas
    • J. C. Williams

    Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 60 - 68

13. The Fatigue Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded Aluminium Joints

    • M. Gutensohn
    • G. Wagner
    • D. Eifler

    Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 69 - 74

14. Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Carbon Steel Joints — Friction Stir Welding with and without Transformation

    • H. Fujii
    • L. Cui
    • K. Nogi

    Research Supplement 07 February 2013 Pages: 75 - 81