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The Issue of First U.S patent
President George Washington signed the first U.S Patent on JUl;y 31 1790 -
Coal power and machine production begin
This impacts the manufacturing World -
Sherman Antitrust ACt
Outlawed practices deemed monopolistic and thus harmful to consumers and the market economy. -
Henry ford
Invents the Assembly line -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford invents the first moving assembly line. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
The act built on the Sherman Antitrust Act by now enabling the federal government to outlaw practices that it foresaw as potentially damaging to consumers and the competitive market -
Ella May Wiggins
In a time of racial tension, Wiggins believed in organizing African-Americans along with white. She was able to influence her local NTWU branch to vote to admit African-Americans to the union. -
The fair labor Standards Act becomes law
In 1938, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which mandated standards like the 40-hour workweek, the minimum wage, and child labor restrictions. It remains the bedrock of American labor law today. -
Fair labor Standards act
The act established minimum wage, required overtime pay, and abolished child labor. -
America goes to War
When the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, America mobilized for war—and the charge was led by the country’s massive manufacturing industry. -
International Organization for Standardization Founded
ISO id founded to develop international standards for business and technology -
Lean Manufacturing was created
The process was developed in order to improve the flow of production by identifying and eliminating waste. -
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Cad merges computers and manufacturing
The emergence of computer-aided design (CAD) in the 1950s and 1960s allowed machine tools to make precise and consistent cuts not through the skill of talented tradespeople, but by direction received from computer software programs. -
Integrated Circuits or Chips Developed
IN 1985 the introduction of integrated circuits allowed a higher level of processing paying the groundwork for more industrial -
O.S.H.A is enacted
For American workers, 1970 represented the greatest leap forward in labor protections since the FLSA in 1938. -
Environmental Protection Agency
Limits some manufacturing events -
IACs helps Boost efficiency for small and medium Manufactures
Industrial Assessment Centers IAC were created by the Department Of Commerce in 1976. Helper increase the energy efficiency. -
Department of Energy was founded
IN 1977 President Jimmy cater signed the department of energy Organization act of 1977 -
Industrial Robots introduced
ABB robotics and KUKA robotics introduce industrial robots to European market and they are quickly adopted in the US YOu can read more detailed timeline of the history of. Robotics here. -
IBM unveils the first PC
IBM began marketing the first practical personal computer in 1981. The moment signaled the greatest transformation in front-office management in the history of manufacturing. -
3D printing comes of age
For generations, traditional processes of casting, forging, tooling, and machining—the heart of manufacturing—were achieved by removing layers of raw materials, like steel, until the desired cut or shape was achieved. -
Robotics Use Increases in Manufacturing
Robotics use has become more advanced and sophisticated in the 21 century -
Enterprise Integration Act
At the dawn of the new millennium, the Enterprise Integration Act laid the groundwork for the era of smart manufacturing that drives the sector today. -
The first IPHone is released BY apple
With the introduction of the first iPhone the era of mobility in manufacturing begins allowing for more efficient communication on plant flaps and laying the ground work -
NNMI was created
Manufacturing USA consistes of multiple linked Manufacturing INnovation Institutes.