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Celebrating the all-time greatest minds in manufacturing

What better way to celebrate Manufacturing Day than by highlighting

the best minds in manufacturing?

These folks are the people you would want on your personal all-star team.

Most importantly, they had a profound and lasting impact on the manufacturing industry.

Well, what are we waiting for?

It’s time to announce the starting lineup for the Manufacturing Dream Team!

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Back row (L to R): Thomas Newcomen, Eli Whitney, John T. Parsons, Taiichi Ohno, Oliver Evans, Henry Ford, Leroy Hood

Front row (L to R): Richard Arkwright, Charles Walton, Chuck Hull, James Watt, Thomas Savery, Patrick Hanratty

T H O M A S N E W C O M E N (aka The OG)

Born: February, 1664

Country: England

Notable Achievements: Designed and installed the first successful steam engine, used for pumping water out of coal mines. This paved the way for the Watt steam engine and Britain’s Industrial Revolution.

E L I W H I T N E Y (aka Mix ‘n’ Match)

Born: December 8, 1765

Country: USA

Company: Whitney Arms

Notable Achievements: Invented the cotton gin. Popularized interchangeable parts in manufacturing.

J O H N T. PA R S O N S (aka Servo)

Born: October 11, 1913

Country: USA

Company: Parsons Corporation

Notable Achievements: Pioneered automated, numerically controlled machine tools, paving the way for CNC machines.

TA I I C H I O H N O (aka Mr. Lean)

Born: February 29, 1912

Country: China

Company: Toyota

Notable Achievements: Father of the Toyota Production System (later known as Lean Manufacturing).

O L I V E R E VA N S (aka Auto)

Born: September 13, 1755

Country: USA

Notable Achievements: Pioneered the first fully automated industrial process, paving the way for continuous production. Invented the first amphibious vehicle. Proposed the concept of the refrigerator.

H E N RY F O R D (aka Tin Lizzie)

Born: July 30, 1863

Country: USA

Company: Ford Motor Company

Notable Achievements: Brought assembly line production and automobiles to the masses.

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT (aka Cotton)

Born: December 23, 1732

Country: England

Notable Achievements: Created the modern factory system, the “Father of the Industrial Revolution.” Combined power, machinery, labor and raw materials to create mass-produced textiles.

C H A R L E S WA LT O N (aka Tracker)

Born: 1921

Country: USA

Notable Achievements: Invented RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology.

Company: IBM, US Army Signal Corps, Proximity Devices

C H U C K H U L L (aka Mini Me)

Born: May 12, 1939

Country: USA

Company: 3D Systems

Notable Achievements: Invented stereolithography (aka 3D printing), commercial rapid prototyping technology, and the STL file format.

J A M E S WAT T (aka Horsepower)

Born: January 19, 1736

Country: Scotland

Company: Boulton and Watt

Notable Achievements: Invented the Watt steam engine (which powered machines, locomotives and ships during Britain’s Industrial Revolution).

Country: USA

Company: General Electric, General Motors

Notable Achievements: The “Father of CAD/CAM.” Created PRONTO, the first commercial numerical-control programming system.

PATRICK J. HANRAT T Y (aka Pronto)

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Back row (L to R): Thomas Newcomen, Eli Whitney, John T. Parsons, Taiichi Ohno, Oliver Evans, Henry Ford, Leroy Hood

Front row (L to R): Richard Arkwright, Charles Walton, Chuck Hull, James Watt, Thomas Savery, Patrick Hanratty

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arkwright

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_J._Hanratty

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Evans

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Walton_(inventor)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hull

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Parsons