The International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. After the very successful previous issues ICMSE'2009 (Zhuhai, China) and ICMSE'2011 (Guilin, China), the ICMSE'2012: 3rd International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering will be held in Xiamen, China. In the previous two issues, all accepted papers were published on Advanced Materials Research journal and have been indexed in EI Compendex, Thomson ISTP and Elsevier SCOPUS databases. All accepted papers from ICMSE'2012 will also be published on international journal Advanced Materials Research and will be indexed in EI Compendex, Thomson ISTP and Elsevier SCOPUS databases. (See TTP's Conference List). Trans Tech Publications will provide online camera-ready paper submission system to save time and decrease the publishing cycle. Selected excellent papers will be published on international reputation journals.