Secrets of the Superfactories

Behind the scene at green, hyper-efficient and flexible factories in Europe, America and Asia, beginning by looking at the production of Heinz baked beans on one of the fastest production lines in the world. Plus, the KitKat, the Victorinox Swiss Army knife and Nasa's space launch system.

The edition follows the processing of Amazon parcels in Bolton, visits the world's largest steel plant and finds out how tabasco hot sauce and Kia cars are made.

A look at McLaren's UK supercar production, the German factory making 500,000 Faber-Castell pencils a day, US STIHL chainsaws, and Japan's Shoda Shoyu soy sauce.

A state-of-the-art Volkswagen factory uses cutting-edge robot technology to produce 750 vehicles every day, & special behind-the-scenes access to the factory floor reval how this facility is one of the most advanced in the world.

Maserati takes production of their luxury automotive brand to another level at the Mirafiori facility in Turrin, italy, where the highest standard of materials & manufacturing result in handcrafted cars built on a cutting-edge assembly line.

The UPS Worldport is a distribution powerhouse that connects the world and special access reveals what happens in the largest automated sorting hub on the planet; with its own fleet of 550 aircraft, it servers more destinations than any other airline.

Legendary automotive brand Rolls-Royce is also one of the largest manufacturers of aircraft engines & produces the legendary Trent XWB, one of the world's most powerful, efficient, & eco-friendly jet engines.

The largest steel plant in the world is a high-tech super factory that takes production to astonishing levels, turning out 21 million tons of steel every year...