FACTORY AND M 5 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY PLANT IN WROCLAW

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 116
• Publication Date: December 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COPS" IDEN-jLAL,
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT #Mnti' Factory and M 5 Electrical. Machinery Plant iii
Wroclaw
THIS iS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
machinery in Wroclaw
e ro ec ezn ch im Dzierz na2f?.ie o M 5 ~plant for production of electrical
2. "Before World War 11, these two factcrl,6a wb a combined in one enterprise and known 50X1-HUM
under. the name of Lt.ake-.Hoffmann Werke. Now /95, 7 they have been separated, and
PAFAWAG has been placed under Mc- control of the Railway Communication Ministry.
MAWAG in one of the largest enterprises of its kind in Poland. (Others similar
to it are situated In Sanok, Poznan and Z.i&.lona Gora.) The plant for the production
of electrical machinery was completely separates from PAFAWAG and is now known under
the Hama of M 5 (or Lower Silesian factory for the production of electrical machincr ).
Both PAFAWAG' nd.M 5 are situated in the western part of Wroclaw on Pstrowskiego
Street (fozme Maorkische Strasse).
PAFAWAh
"When in July 1945 the Polish adsinietration took over the city of Wroclaw from the
Soviet military authorities, they found the PAFAWAt plant in a very badly damaged
condition. PAFAWAG was the first industrial enterprise in Wroclaw to be recouctructed.
The first production got under way again in the autumn of 1945 at which time railway
carp left unfinlehed by the Germane were completed:
"In the first period of production, the factory specialized in freight cars for coal,
of the open type with r.iuperctriactures. Gradually the building and construction
got more specialized and soon, ar well ac all kinds of fright cars, Pullman coaches
were also being produced by PAFAWAG and in 1953 the first electrical train was
finished. For this special constr,.acticn, PAFAWAG works in cooperation with its
neighboring factory, M 5 (the plant for electrical machinery) which is responsible
for installing all electrical equipment.
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information on PAFAWAG and Dolnoslaskie Zaklady Wltwocze Maaz n
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5? "Around 7000 workers are now fl-95g employed by the plant.
they work on three shifts.
"ihe management is in the hands of L7fnu7 Szulz, an engineer.
7. "The chief of production in [fnuj Drabik, one of the well-known Polish experts in
welding techt:iciues.
"Following is g,.:dascripti.on of each of the PAFAWAG Aenprtmente.
(a) Department B W 1:. Here finishing accessories (such as woodwork, painting,
upholstery, ?loakamith and -plumbing works, and electrical installations) are added
to Pullman care. Some refrigerated cars are also finished here. Some years ago,
this Department used to do finishing work on streetcars. No more finishing work is
ever done now as part of the assembly-line production.
Weekly output in this Department averages from two to three Pullman cars. The
Department works mainly on one shift.
(b) AeEartment R W 2: Here the steel constructions .;POS. ogpee,. xtt-,sno d.
'l~o r fit` iaalc are .~dnufett t3~b~ h &6 grt (the Polish term for this in'
zes awy on ioowe , and this part is supplied pre-manufactured by the Upper Silesian
steel mills .' .
Coal benders"'are?condtr'ucted in this Department.
The eT:txre Do artucarrt works .on one 'shift. (In some sections, a second shift is
organized 066 ionally'; for-instance, for welders.)
There at& to or tht er electrical; ovens for hardening steel installed here.
(ci) Department 9V 3: Here In located a blacksmith workshop.
There is also an oxygen compressing workshop. In addition to serving the PAFAWAG
needs, this oxygen is sold to other factories. This department is located in the
nexe building 'as 'R W 2.
(d) Department Ii W k: Mechanical Department.
Here all mechanical and metal elements of, production are prepared' and fixed.
Also, -raw and pre-manufactured elements are adapted to factory needs.
(e) Department R W 5: Department for carpenters.
(f) Department R W n : .his building vas one of the last to be reconstructed. There
are rumors that the producttorl !~ :^ Fo_ls ^,...,..~ t_
1.41# 'heavy construction' category.
pro ucca here. Up to the ehd? of 1952, production inc"tk:(a department was still in a
rather experimental stage.
(g) :9egartment R W 7: Thin department is in a new building, added either during
World War II or?right after it. This building is outstanding because of its modern
equipment.
The department produces all kinds of freight cera. Its production output is 35 to 40
cars per day. The production processes are highly mechanized and all the parts arrive
pre-manufactured (either from other PAFAWAG departments or from other auxiliary
factories).
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"Since 1952, the PAFAWAG factory has had its ow.j foundry (with three ovens) in which
cast iron is prepared for the M 5 plant.
10. "Close to the R W 6 Department is a special stockyard for railway cars,
special shutting mechanism.
This department is divided into two subsections. In one subsection the
are prepared and in the other is the electrical. equipment..
11. "There l boiler-house located hrti.- .i the facto buildings
Also here is a s or nouse
for tools .year t e en rance. to. the .factory..is , the
administration building and workers' canteen.
12. "in .1952, the whole area was surrounded with a new fence which. isolates the::Sactory
not only from the outside arei4.,,)~, ?alpo. from;t,b plant territory.
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13, "The machinery in the plant consists partly of pre-World War II M&Qb42NLysij;het#rom50X1-HUM
PAFAWAG itself or collected from other plants in Upper Silesia.. There ar*:ailo.some
Continental revolving lathes and some welding machines 50X1-HUM
1k-. "The pre-manufactured parts for car construction come from Upper Silesia. At
present /9517, there is still some good stock left over from?World Wax 11 times,
especially of more valuable non-ferrous metal parts for mounting operations.
M 5 Plant (full Polish names Dolnoslaskie Zakla y TiTy-tworcze. Manz ri -BJ.els.^l;t if~l i'ch iii
Feriikoa Dzier.zynckiego)..
15. "This factory is one of a number of other electrical machinery plants in -*war
Silesia which are under the control of the same general management in 6' oclaw.
Within the group, the M 5 plant holds -the position of a sort of finishing phase
factory while the others are more or less working for M 5 as auxiliary plants. The
factory employs approximately 1700 workers, who work mostly on threeshifts". : The
factor is divided into the following departments.
with a
metal frames
In the some building is a blacksmith's workshop, a welding workshop ands a wire-'
spooling subsection. A first-story floor was added to the east side ofilthe building
to. accommodate offices.
(-b) Department "B": Electric cars of all kinds are manufactured here.
Up to now f1953J, this department has been in only partial use.
16. "On the factory grounds in front is an administrative building of
which one wing is ass as a oarding- ouse or a apprentices of the PAFAWAG 50X1-HUM
factor . At -the eastern side
one crane)
'art her east a, new production work-hall was rebuilt in
Close to t o ew work hall is a small warehouse
n e a training woe op or e I)v to
o are trained byte ac ory on a rotation schedule.
17. "Apart from German pattern machines imported in the last few years fromi(EastGermany,
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19. "At the end of 1952 and the beginning of 1953, M 5 production was stilllin.;-.s rather
primary stage. Only some radio electrical machinery left the factory this year.
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20. "After World War II, the transportation system in the factory area was renovated.
Before the War, the plants had been connected with the main railroad line by
sidings which ran on to elevated railway bridges running over the streets: Now
overpaaaeo have been constructed to elevate the streets over the sidings. This
change has reduced the vulnerability of the railway net. This renovation took
place near toe pre-World War II parts factory which was completely demolinhed pn
has not been rebuilt."
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