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LEKI Poles Featured on the Hit TV Program HOW IT’S MADE

LEKI, the world’s leading manufacturer of Skiing, Trekking and Nordic Walking poles, will be featured in an upcoming segment of HOW IT’S MADE, a documentary program showing how common, everyday items are manufactured.


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BUFFALO, NY – LEKI, the world’s leading manufacturer of Skiing, Trekking and Nordic Walking poles, will be featured in an upcoming segment of HOW IT’S MADE, a documentary program showing how common, everyday items are manufactured. The producers of HOW IT’S MADE, Productions MAJ, Inc. of Quebec, Canada, traveled to LEKI’s manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic to film the segment which will be airing on the Science Channel in the USA on Friday, June 10th at 9:00pm EST, and on the Discovery Channel in Canada on Friday, July 17th at 8:00pm EST.

HOW IT’S MADE is a television program produced by Productions MAJ Inc. of Quebec, Canada since 2001. The show is a documentary program showing how common, everyday items (including foodstuffs like bubblegum, industrial products such as motors, musical instruments including guitars, and sporting goods such as snowboards) are manufactured. HOW IT’S MADE is broadcast to an estimated 25 million viewers across North America on the Discovery Channel (U.S., Canada, U.K.), The Science Channel (U.S.), and Discovery Kids (U.S. and U.K.). Some episodes are translated and broadcast to another estimated 75 million viewers in countries like France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Australia, Iceland, and throughout Latin America.

About LEKI
LEKI is a leading manufacturer of Skiing, Trekking and Nordic Walking poles and gloves. For over 60 years, LEKI has conducted extensive European research and independent testing to make the best products featuring quality, value and technology. Because poles and gloves are their only business and they are not distracted by producing other product lines, LEKI is the known as “the pole experts.” LEKI USA, Inc., headquartered in Buffalo, NY, is the sole North American distributor of LEKI brand Skiing, Trekking, and Nordic Walking poles and gloves. For more information please visit www.LEKI.com or call 800.255.9982.