Assembly Line Adoption in the Global Auto Industry (1908–1930)

1. General Motors is incorporated

   Sep 16, 1908Labels: General Motors, Holding company

   • HISTORY
   • GM News

2. Ford Model T enters production

   Sep 27, 1908Labels: Ford Model, Ford Motor

   • Assembly Mag
   • HISTORY

3. Ford opens Trafford Park assembly plant

   Jan 1, 1911Labels: Trafford Park, Ford Motor

   • Ford Britain
   • Guardian

4. Labor conflict highlights “scientific management” tensions

   Feb 10, 1913Labels: Renault Billancourt, Scientific management

   • Billancourt

5. Ford pilots a moving line for magnetos

   Apr 1, 1913Labels: Ford Motor, Magneto line

   • Henry Ford
   • HISTORY

6. Moving chassis line begins at Highland Park

   Oct 7, 1913Labels: Highland Park, Moving assembly

   • HISTORY
   • Highland Park

7. Ford’s wage policy stabilizes assembly-line workforce

   Jan 5, 1914Labels: Ford Motor, 5 day

   • Highland Park
   • IEEE Spectrum

8. Citroën launches mass-production car in France

   May 31, 1919Labels: Citro n, Quai de

   • Citro n
   • Citro n Origins

9. Fiat completes Lingotto factory complex

   May 22, 1923Labels: Fiat Lingotto, Lingotto factory

   • Lingotto
   • Hemmings

10. GM acquires Vauxhall to expand European production

    Nov 16, 1925Labels: General Motors, Vauxhall

    • Vauxhall

11. Lingotto becomes fully operational as a major auto plant

    Jan 1, 1928Labels: Lingotto factory, Fiat

    • Lingotto
    • Hemmings

12. By 1930, assembly-line mass production dominates auto competition

    Jan 1, 1930Labels: Assembly-line mass, Auto industry

    • HISTORY
    • HISTORY