Manufacturing By Unknown88 1908 First car manufacturing in the U.S 1908 Lewis Hine American sociologist and muckraker photographer- his photographs were instrumental in bringing the first child labor laws in the United States 1913 1st moving line assembly 1929 Ella May Wiggins Union Organizer 1930 Lean Manufacturing 1942 Jet engines developed 1953 First CAD software created 1954 first programming language 1958 "chips" developed 1960 The development and use of overall equipment effectiveness 1963 Ideal Toy Co. becomes the first manufacturer to use ultrasonic plastic welding 1970 The occupational safety and health act introduced 1973 industrial robots introduced 1979 The peak of American Manufacturing industry employment 1980 Smart cameras are developed 1981 the first PC introduced 2000 Skid mounted design of process systems becomes popular 2002 U.S manufacturing enterprise intergration act 2002 2007 The first iPhone released by Apple 2012 The rise of robotics use in manufacturing 2013 3D printing taking hold in manufacturing