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Ultimate Factories
2006 · TV series · documentary · 60 min episodes · 8 seasons
Ultimate Factories also known as Megafactories is an American documentary television series that premiered in 2006 on the National Geographic Channel. The program explores the inner workings of factories worldwide. Each episode profiles the machinery and manpower behind each factory's main product, featuring close-ups, breakdowns, interviews, and side stories to show the sequence of events to produce the product in the factory. Hoff Productions was one of the principal producers of this highly successful series. It also airs in non-US markets as Megafactories.
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When I ordered my bike from UK (Evans cycles is awesome), it shipped via DHL. They're pretty high on the meh scale. The box had double corregated cardboard and the bike was packed for war. I'm sure it wasn't handled gently. That seems like the expectation with shipping. Super cool this hack is! Maybe one day they'll try a picture of a glass chandailer too.
This all said, 90% of the boxes I get from Amazon via UPS are in perfect condition - it's remarkable how well they handle small packages.
There's a national geographic show called "ultimate factories" that has an episode called "ups worldport". Super fascinating. I recommend it!
If you are interested in Porsche and auto-manufacturing, then you will enjoy this episode of National Geographic Channel's Ultimate Factories [1] that features the manufacturing of the Porsche 911 GT3 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRwsKfQW7F0
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Factories
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911_GT3
There's a really excellent hour-long show on NatGeo called Ultimate Factories that did a great episode on the UPS Worldport.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/ultimate-factories/3330/Overview
Check your local listings, it's been playing recently.