Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Fritz Klocke began his distinguished career (1970-1973) as an apprenticed toolmaker while at the same time pursuing his production engineering studies at Lemgo/Lippe Polytechnic, and later (1973-1976) at Technical University Berlin. He then (1977-1981) went on to serve as Assistant at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Engineering, Technical University Berlin. Starting in 1981, Klocke achieved or received the following academic credentials and awards: Chief Engineer; (1982) Doctorate in engineering; (1984-1994) employed at Ernst Winter & Sohn GmbH & Co., Norderstedt; (1984) Head of Process Monitoring; (1985) Technical Director, Mechanical Engineering Department; (1985) Awarded Otto Kienzle Medal by the Universities Production Engineering Group; (1995) Director of the Chair of Manufacturing Technology at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of the RWTH Aachen, and director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology, Aachen; (2001-2002) Dean of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering; (2006) Honorary Ph.D. by the University of Hannover; (2007-2008) President of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP); (2009) Honorary Ph.D. by the University of Thessaloniki; (2010) Honorary Ph.D. by the Keio University; Award of Fraunhofer Medal; (2012) Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME); (2014) Eli Whitney Productivity Award (SME); and (2014) hobbing Fellow of RWTH Aachen University.