by Sergio Milatias 
Editor in Chief of Revista do Parafusos 

One of the most important metallic fastener destinies, the automotive manufacturers of cars, bus and trucks has not been able to recovery performance levels such as occurred in 2019 year, the last cycle of 12 months before the covid 19 effects on the global scenario. 

About the passengers and commercial vehicles, the last year was over with local production with a short rise of 5,4%, totalizing 2.369.659 units produced, a result slightly above the 2.248.253 assembled during 2021. However, the 2022 production represented around 75% in compare the 2.944.988 of 2019. 

Except in 2020 year, with 961,986 units made, the Brazilian motorcycle production has getting continuous positive results. During 2019 the things were not so good, closing with 1,107,758 motorcycles, with the sector still riding off the recession effects 2016-2017 years. The results from 2022 was so good, with 1,413,222, just below the 2014, 1,517,662.