Meet the people of the BMW plant at Spartanburg and listen to their stories...

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Woman went from textile mills to BMW. Says BMW job changed her life.

BMW's design philosophy a good fit for employee No. 1. Carl Flesher was new plants' very first employee in 1992.

Getting the parts, right on time. College grad found niche at automaker.

BMW Manufacturing chief calls it a dream job, His tenure has been marked by several 'firsts'.

Learn how cars are built at the BMW plant at Spartanburg...

Car building combines man, machine. Robots assist humans in building Z4s, X5s.

Intricate dance moves cars to buyers. Vehicles, trains, ships must all come together at just the right moment.

Elbow grease keeps robot plugging in X5 seats. Machine has installed every front seat.

Port to handle 120,000 BMWs in '03. Shrink-wrapped vehicles from Greer plant roll onto cargo ships.

Local suppliers provide components "just-in-time" to the BMW plant at Spartanburg...

Supplier triples its business. Plant goes from 75 employees to 720.

Grammer Industries components take detours on way to BMW plant. Moonville plant's products get prominent positions in every vehicle turned out.

A glimpse at life inside (and outside) the BMW plant at Spartanburg...

BMW strives to be good steward for environment. Employees asked to come up with improvement ideas.

'Small city' has own firefighters. Department responsible for equivalent of small town.

BMW tests technology in Formula One races. Performance is put to the test.