How Do They Do It?

Bakers start early to craft the most popular pastry in the Middle East. An Italian manufacturer hopes to make gyroplanes as common as helicopters, and Hawaiians quickly adopted the ukulele from Portuguese sailors.

Canadian maple is the key to longboards made in San Diego. Turkey slakes its massive thirst for lemonade with tens of millions of bottles each year, and forklifts make modern warehouses work.

An Italian roaster turns raw green beans into rich brown coffee, and a brick company produces enough bricks to build 100,000 homes a year. Other features include lava lamps and a remote diamond mine in Canada.

A Swedish company's cameras produce the world's sharpest photos. Dutch snowboarders invent a giant airbag that can be used for all kinds of stunts, and jelly beans are still made much as they were 100 years ago.

The world's toughest mobile home can withstand the Australian Outback, and the Zamboni brand has become inseparable from ice hockey. Other features include tuning forks and Lyon's Festival of Lights.

With vinyls resurgence, record pressers struggle to keep up with demand. An Italian company is a world leader in producing bumper cars, and ancient recipes from Imperial China are still used to produce Tiger Balm.

Brewers have perfected the art of making alcohol-free beer, and an Australian company makes one of the world's toughest off-road vehicles. Escalators and lie detectors are also featured.

A Swedish manufacturer forms steel into axes, and a San Francisco company balances fashion and function in their custom messenger bags. Also, a Dutch university helps design the fastest rescue boat ever built.

An area of North Yorkshire has been making cheese for over 900 years, and New York is home to one of the world's leading specialty paintbrush makers. Other featured products include eucalyptus oil and plastic wrap.

The Tesla Model S could leave a Porsche or Mercedes in its wake, yet doesn't even have an engine under the hood. Other featured products include horsehair fabrics and robotic pool cleaners.

Turkey's Black Sea region keeps the restaurants of France supplied with snails, and an Italian company produces millions of knives, forks and spoons each year. Also featured is a hands-free kayak made in California.

An English company has built emergency bridges deployed around the world, and a German manufacturer produces a thousand markers every minute. Plus, 200hp electric superbikes from California are breaking world records.

Craftsman in Devon, England, produce crystal glass by hand, and a factory in Turkey makes a quarter of the flat-screen TVs in Europe. The world's deepest swimming pool and ketchup are also featured.

Some of the toughest wrecking machines in the world come from northern Poland, while the jackets worn by B-17 bomber crews during World War II are still produced in New York. Lambic beer from Belgium is also featured.

Through the innovative use of sea water, the Sydney Opera House is literally one of the coolest buildings on earth. Handsaws, microphones and icebreakers are also featured.

Smooth and safe moonshine flows out of Brooklyn, and a company in Cloppenburg, Germany, is a leader producing battery-powered e-bikes. Plus, the latest wetsuits have a green future in San Diego.

A Turkish aluminum mine also produces spectacular gemstones that are more expensive than diamonds. A Texas company has made cowboy boots for generations, and massive road sweepers are built in England.

Duvets made in Lunderskov, Denmark, trace their roots to Viking tradition. Texas is home to a leading rubber band manufacturer, and also a company that produces drill pipes that can withstand harsh conditions underground.

A German company is putting diesel engines back in the sky, and a family firm produces more than 5 billion lozenges a year. Plastic bank notes and ice cream are also featured.

A Texas company turns family cars into fortresses on wheels, and a Christmas tree grower in Denmark is one of the biggest producers in the world. Also, craftsmen in Turkey produce cymbals with just the right timbre.