We are accustomed to seeing a huge number of cars on the roads every day and do not even think about how difficult and diverse their production is. And every year, about 60 million cars come off the conveyors of automobile enterprises. And many of these enterprises can surprise. Let's be surprised together!
1.The Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg and the poultry in Wolfsburg and the poultry
Volkswagen has its main enterprise in Wolfsburg. And it is not just a factory, but a whole automobile city, which is called Autostadt (city of cars) in German. Its hallmark are two glass towers, in which cars of the brand are exhibited. Some cars get there by the conveyor line directly from the factory.
Impressive buildings, but they have one problem - they are glass, because of this unlucky birds regularly crash into them. You should agree that it is a pity for the birds, and it would be unpleasant for tourists to see the remains of birds on the glass. In this case, these towers could become a wonderful symbol of human vanity, showing how modern technology destroys nature. But the Germans found a way out of this situation and installed special loudspeakers that scare away birds.
By the way, the factory in Wolfsburg is the largest automobile enterprise in the world. Its area is 4924 square kilometers. A day 3800 cars are rolled out of the factory gates, which means that up to 1 300 000 cars can be driven out of the Wolfsburg conveyor belt annually.
2. Tracking from Ford
Imagine a factory where investigators work to monitor the lives of workers. It seems that this idea is taken from the pages of novels by George Orwell, but no. It's not a fantasy, but a reality that existed long before the great 1984.
Henry Ford dreamed of seeing his factory workers as exemplary citizens. And for this purpose, he created the Department of Sociology of Ford, which included 200 investigators who watched the staff. And not only during working hours. They checked whether the workers were using drugs and alcohol and visited their homes to make sure they were keeping their homes clean. And many of the workers were not against such control at all. Except that the program cost a lot of money and was soon phased out.
3. The plant that suffered a nuclear strike
In the morning of August 6, 1945, the American heavy bomber B-29 "Enola Gay" dropped an atomic bomb called "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This was the first time that nuclear weapons had been used in the history of mankind. Three days later, on August 9, the Fat Man bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.
Many saw the famous Nagasaki Arch, which survived the bombing. This arch is called the Torah, and the Japanese believe it is a sacred gate. And the fact that this gate survived is no less than a miracle. In Hiroshima, there is no less a miracle - the Mazda plant. On that unfortunate day, the Nuclear Mushroom soared into the sky just three kilometers from the factory walls. It would seem that there should not have been a stone on the stone, but no. A mountain stood in the way of the blast wave, which saved the company from serious destruction. And in 4 months it was restored to production. This allowed the plant to play a major role in the rebuilding of the city. And it continues to work to this day, and even receives tourists.
4. Ferrari factory and trees
There are trees growing in the Ferrari factory. That's the story...
In fact, it was done to improve the microclimate, clean the air and increase the psychological tone of the workers. This kind of care for the staff is much more convincing than the Ford Investigative Committee.
5. Lamborghini engines are assembled by hand
We are used to thinking that the automotive industry is a treasure trove of high technology and automation. But here is a problem, the cooler the car, the more "humane" its assembly. To tell the truth, many small series cars are assembled manually. So not only Lamborghini engines are assembled manually, but also their rivals from Maranello and AMG Mercedes-Benz divisions. The latter even have a sign attached to the engine with the signature of the master who assembled it.