Sabo also is a fan of the show, and he said most employees watch it because of their engineering interests.

Senecal said he is still surprised by the response the show gets. He said it has started to take on a life of its own.

In 2000, “How It’s Made” started as a Discovery Channel production in Canada only, featuring Canadian manufacturing. Now the show has more than 1 million viewers each week, features companies all over the world and is translated into multiple languages.

This year, the crew will film at more than 150 locations.

“We don’t do this because of the hotels or the food,” Senecal said with a laugh. “But this is a very unique job because we get to go to companies and see something different every day.”

Senecal said he thinks the program’s success comes from its stripped-down, no-frills format. It originally was supposed to target men between 18 and 35 years old, but when he travels, he finds fans of every age.

“I like this program because there’s no show host, so nobody’s stealing the show,” he said.

Melissa Dunson is the business writer for The Joplin Globe.

Find it on TV

New episodes of “How It’s Made” air at 8 p.m. Fridays on the Science Channel. Reruns of the show are available throughout the week. Visit http://science.discovery.com and click on “TV schedules.” The Science Channel is a part of Discovery Communications and is available in 52 million homes worldwide.