MODERN CAR factories are filled with sophisticated robots and computercontrolled conveyors, yet workers at one UK assembly plant rely on a soap dish bought from B&Q to keep the line moving.
The ornate chrome shower storage shelves are used to hold clips and trim parts while they are being fitted to the interior of the vehicles. They have been slightly modified with pipe insulation foam, which also came from the plumbing section of the same DIY store.
It came about when one of the workers was having a shower one morning and realised the shelf his wife had recently bought to hold her shampoo, soap and conditioner would be ideal for holding trim parts. Hooking the shelf onto the pillar meant he no longer had to bend down to pick up parts from a box.