Manufacturing Facts

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

China produces approximately 60-65% of the world's counterfeit goods, making it the dominant source of global counterfeiting.

Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a maximum rate of 0.028 miles per hour—if it flows any faster, the batch is rejected.

The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.

It takes about 3,000 cow hides to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000.

There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.

Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.

It takes 7 to 21 days to make a single jelly bean.

More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

Tabasco sauce is aged for up to three years in oak barrels that previously held bourbon whiskey.

About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!

Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.

Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.

Harley-Davidson was bought in 1969 by AMF - a company best known for bowling equipment. They nearly quintupled output. Oil leaks, bad welds, and faulty electrics became routine. Riders called them "Hardly Ableson." Harley's market share fell from 80% to under 20%. In 1981, 13 executives led an $81.5 million buyout - and rode their Harleys to Milwaukee to celebrate. They rebuilt the American icon.