2050 – 01 – Metal Manufacturing’s History

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The history of making metals follows along closely with the progress of the human race. Beginning with spearheads and progressing all the way to space rockets, humanity has improved its metalworking skills by leaps and bounds.

Even if a product doesn’t contain metal, the machine that made it likely did. A mill cut your hardwood floors and a printing press is responsible for your newspapers and magazines.

This long and fruitful history began more than five thousand years ago. In fact, we still use many of the techniques civilizations in antiquity developed to make tools, weapons, and jewelry. These first developments allowed today’s manufacturers to accomplish the incredible level of expertise associated with metalworking today.