Welcome to the 42^nd Conference of the International Deep Drawing Research Group, IDDRG 2023, held on 19 – 22 June 2023 in Luleå, Sweden.

Fossil-free steel, sustainable/advanced/smart materials, multi-material concepts/solutions, forming/formability, lightweight structures, digital transformation, digitalization, smart plants, smart presshops, cold and hot forming and trimming (incl. single and multi-step forming), tribology, simulations (incl. material models, topology optimization, tribology, springback compensation, and geometry assurance), testing, testbeds, springback, shape accuracy, geometry assurance, surface quality, tools and dies, and additive manufacturing are the topics of this conference.