VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1 | FEBRUARY/MARCH 1999 Editor's Note: "Shaping the ICT — Solutions for the Next Century," edited by N. Mårtensson, R. Mackay and S. Björgvinsson, is available for purchase for EUR90.75 ($98). It disseminates information from the research and development carried out under ESPRIT's Integration in Manufacturing program and provides an overview of work undertaken in the Third and Fourth Research Framework Programs. For more information, contact [email protected]