Ultimate Factories Season 5
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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The construction of the Eurofighter Typhoon, an advanced multi-role combat aircraft, is chronicled in three factories across three countries.
A tour of Heineken's 250-acre flagship brewery in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands
A Ducati factory in Italy is visited for a look at the making of the Multistrada 1200 sport bike
The making of Bacardi rum is observed at a distillery in San Juan
The building of a Ford F-150 is documented at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan, which churns out more than 1200 trucks a day
A Frito-Lay factory in Perry, Ga., is visited for a look at the making and distribution of potato chips, cheese puffs and tortilla chips.
As simple as it is successful, LEGO is without doubt one of the most popular toys of all time. This eye-opening trip to the company's high-tech factory reveals how robots and tricky test markets are behind the company's ever-popular police station set.
A Mack Truck factory in Macungie, Pa., is visited for a look at the making of the Titan, which features a high level of customization, making automating the production process nearly impossible
A Porsche factory in Leipzig, Germany, is visited for a look at the making of the Panamera, the company's first four-dour high-performance sports sedan.
A BMW plant in South Carolina is visited for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the X3 in the Season 5 opener.
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