The Romanian Association for the Mechanisms and Machines Science ARoTMM celebrates in 2010 40 years of activity. Developed with the contribution of the Romanian academic groups working in the field, it represented a forum for joint cooperation supporting high level research and education. The leading names that founded and contributed to the development are presented in this paper along with the significant outcomes: scientific publications international networking. The future targeting intra-and transdisciplinary integration of mechanisms science into high-tech product design and development is also discussed.
