From BusinessWeek.com,
“Bathed in an ethereal blue light, unpainted car bodies glide silently along a steel track high overhead at Bavarian Motor Works’ new, $1.6 billion factory in Leipzig. With its futuristic design, vaulting spaces, and hardwood floors — even on the production line — BMW’s latest plant is an ode to the art and science of building luxury cars. In the body shop nearby, robots equipped with lasers check the dimensions of parts as they weld them, flagging minute defects automatically.”