Questions tagged [manufacturing]

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Does Nike produce left and right shoes in different countries?

In a story, widely circulated on the Russian internet, Nike (or Adidas, or any other major footwear manufacturer) faced a problem of pilfering on their new factories somewhere in the Third World. When standard methods (increased security etc.)…
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Does it take one tree to produce 20,000 paper hand towels?

I saw a poster near the hand dryer in the washroom at my office that said: 1 Tree = 20,000 paper hand towels. Is that accurate?