Inaugural editorial

It is our privilege to start the first issue of our new Journal “Smart Materials in Manufacturing” (SMMF). Owing to their ability to transform and react over time due to a controlled response to an external stimulus, smart materials are becoming mainstream in several fields of research for advanced applications in biomedicine, robotics, transportation, and defense. SMMF aims to explore how smart materials can be successfully manufactured into actuating structures capable of real-word functionality. New submissions are welcome that investigate and discuss existing and emerging methods for processing novel smart materials and systems, for characterising such constructs, and for assessing their morphing ability.