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Motorized Vehicle Manufacturing Yearbook 2019

The 2019 edition of the Motorized Vehicle Manufacturing Yearbook is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
Mark L. Michalski

On Verge of Structural Changes, Industry Still Strongly Performs

June 14, 2019
As the second-largest producer of automobiles in the world, second to China, we saw the U.S. auto industry post the “…fourth-biggest year on record thanks to December gains” (rubbernews.com); worldwide, there were some 70.5 million cars produced (statista.com).
Mark L. Michalski
By Mark L. Michalski 2019 SME President, SME Member Since 1992
Auto's Big Changes

Auto's Big Changes

June 11, 2019
The perception of the global automobile manufacturing landscape is of one on the verge of structural change, driven in the near term by battery-electric vehicles and Level 5 fully self-driving cars over a much longer time horizon.
By Kevin Tynan Senior Analyst - New Vehicle and Auto Part Manufacturing, Bloomberg Intelligence

Outlook

  • NEWS DESK

    Cybersecurity Gap Puts Small and Midsize Manufacturers at Risk

    Amy Bryson September 16, 2026
    Small and midsize manufacturers (SMMs) face a dangerous gap between cybersecurity confidence and preparedness. The 2026 Small Business Cybersecurity Awareness & Practices Survey, developed by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), reveals that 58% of SMMs say they cannot confirm a clean security record over the past 12 months.
  • PRESS RELEASES

    Rockwell Automation Joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing

    PRESS RELEASE: Rockwell Automation September 16, 2026
    Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced it has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a global initiative designed to help secure the world’s most critical software and strengthen cyber resilience across critical infrastructure.
  • PRESS RELEASES

    CADDi Raises Funds in Series D at $1.2 Billion Valuation

    PRESS RELEASE: CADDi September 16, 2026
    CADDi, the global technology company that develops the CADDi Manufacturing AI Data Platform, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for $114 million at a $1.2 billion valuation in Series D funding, with eight new and existing investors participating, including Moore Strategic Ventures and Coreline Ventures. This funding brings CADDi's total funding to $234 million.

Workforce

  • NEWS DESK

    Cybersecurity Gap Puts Small and Midsize Manufacturers at Risk

    Amy Bryson September 16, 2026
    Small and midsize manufacturers (SMMs) face a dangerous gap between cybersecurity confidence and preparedness. The 2026 Small Business Cybersecurity Awareness & Practices Survey, developed by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), reveals that 58% of SMMs say they cannot confirm a clean security record over the past 12 months.
  • PRESS RELEASES

    Rockwell Automation Joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing

    PRESS RELEASE: Rockwell Automation September 16, 2026
    Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced it has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a global initiative designed to help secure the world’s most critical software and strengthen cyber resilience across critical infrastructure.
  • PRESS RELEASES

    CADDi Raises Funds in Series D at $1.2 Billion Valuation

    PRESS RELEASE: CADDi September 16, 2026
    CADDi, the global technology company that develops the CADDi Manufacturing AI Data Platform, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for $114 million at a $1.2 billion valuation in Series D funding, with eight new and existing investors participating, including Moore Strategic Ventures and Coreline Ventures. This funding brings CADDi's total funding to $234 million.

Online Extra

  • NEWS DESK

    Cybersecurity Gap Puts Small and Midsize Manufacturers at Risk

    Amy Bryson September 16, 2026
    Small and midsize manufacturers (SMMs) face a dangerous gap between cybersecurity confidence and preparedness. The 2026 Small Business Cybersecurity Awareness & Practices Survey, developed by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), reveals that 58% of SMMs say they cannot confirm a clean security record over the past 12 months.
  • PRESS RELEASES

    Rockwell Automation Joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing

    PRESS RELEASE: Rockwell Automation September 16, 2026
    Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced it has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a global initiative designed to help secure the world’s most critical software and strengthen cyber resilience across critical infrastructure.
  • PRESS RELEASES

    CADDi Raises Funds in Series D at $1.2 Billion Valuation

    PRESS RELEASE: CADDi September 16, 2026
    CADDi, the global technology company that develops the CADDi Manufacturing AI Data Platform, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for $114 million at a $1.2 billion valuation in Series D funding, with eight new and existing investors participating, including Moore Strategic Ventures and Coreline Ventures. This funding brings CADDi's total funding to $234 million.