SOME DATA ON USSR PAPER AND WOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRIES, AS OF OCTOBER 1951

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• Publication Date: February 14, 1952
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SOME DATA ON USSR PAPER AND WOOD-PROCESSING
INDUSTRIES, AS OF OCTOBER 1951
USSR CELLULOSE-PAPER PRODUCTION RISES -- Moscow, Bumaa:inaya Promyshlennost',
No 4, 1951 (printed in October 19517
Production in the USSR cellulose-paper industry increased as follows:
during the first 9 months of 1951 as compared with the same period of 1950:
paper and cellulose, 14 percent; cardboard, 19 percent; wood pulp, 15.5 per-
cent; newsprint, 22.7 percent; topographic paper, 19.3 percent; and bleached
cellulose, 23.8 percent.
LENINGRAD OBLAST EXCEEDS THIRD-QUARTER PLAN -- Leningradskaya Pravda,
28 Oct 51
The third-quarter gross-production plan of the Ministry of Paper and
Wood-Processing Industry enterprises located in the city of Leningrad and
in Leningrad Oblast was met 106 percent.
Plants which exceeded the plan for gross production and fo? most
portent types of product included the Kommunar Paper Factory, Bolshevik
Plywood Plant, Svetogotskiy Paper-Cellulose Combine, and Komsomolets Paper
Factory.
ESTONIAN PAPER WORKERS PLEDGE TO EXCEED PLAN -- Moscow, Pravda, 8 Oct 51
In a letter to Stalin, the workers of the Estonian Trust of the cellu-
lose-paper industry pledged to meet the 1951 plan ahead of schedule, to pro-
duce 7 million rubles' worth of product in excess of plan, to raise labor
productivity 3 percent above the level planned, to cut costs by one percent,
and to provide 2,500,000 rubles in accumulations in exces^ of plan.
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STATE OF PLYWOOD INDUSTRY REPORTED By CHIEF -- Moscow, Lesnaya Promyshlennost',
25 Oct 51
Recently, an all-union conference of plywsad plant directors, chief engi-
neers, and Stakhanovites was held in Kostroma. Olesko, chief of the Main Ad-
ministration of Plywood Industry (Glavfaneroprom), reported on the progress
being made in the industry. During the first three quarters of 1951, thou-
sands of cubic meters of glued plywood were produced in excess of plan.
During the last years, the Ust'-Izhora, Leningrad, and Kostroma plants
have been renovated, expanded, and redesigned. Expansion of the Manturovo,
Chernikovka, Pinsk, Lvov, and other plants is in progress. New products
being produced are plywood pipe, punched plywood articles, and plastics.
Production of joiner's slabs, wood-lamenate plastics, and bakelite plywood
has increased considerably.
On the other hand, the demand for plywood is not yet being fully met.
The plants are not operating at full capacity. Production processes are
not yet fully mechanized. .
Myasnikov, Deputy Minister of the Paper and Wood-Processing Industry
USSR, attended the conference.
FURNITURE EXHIBITION BEARS OUT BUYERS, CRITICISMS -- Moscow, Lesnaya Promy-
shlennost', 25 Oct 51
In response to criticism by furniture buyers of the quantity, quality,
and variety of furniture available, the Ministry of Paper and Wood-Process-
ing Industry USSR recently organized an exhibition of furniture being mar-
keted. Present for the exhibition were directors and chief engineers of
enterprises, representatives of trade organizations, and buyers.
Opening the exhibition, Myasnikov, Deputy Minister of the Paper and
Wood-Processing Industry USSR, stated that the furniture output plan had
been exc;eded, variety expanded, and 41 new models put into production thus
far in By the end of tae year, 50 other models will be changed and
improved.
But there are many shortcomings in the work of the enterprises of the
Main Administration of Furniture Industry (Glavmebel'prom). Many plants
systematically fail to meet :aeir plans, and utilize their production capa-
cities unsatisfactorily.
So that buyers would receive better, more attractive, and less expen-
sive furniture, the ministry recently inspected the technical control de-
partments of 18 furniture enterprises. On the basis of buyer complaints
collected from the large stores, plans were worked out to provide furni-
ture for furnishing one-, two-, and three-room quarters inexpensively.
After the address of the deputy minister, supervisors of enterprises
explained measures which had been taken at their plants to meet the buyers'
criticism. These included:
At the Sara;;ov Furniture Factory, seasoning and storage of lumber and
transport of finished product were improved. A plan to improve quality was
set up.
At the Maykop Comoine, production of bentwocd chair's with better beats
was begun.
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At Riga Combine No 1, production of inexpensive furnishings and two attrac-
tive wardrobes with mirrors has been initiated.
At Leningrad Factory No 3, preparations are under way to convert to the
conveyer method of wardrobe assembly.
Criticisms leveled at products exhibited by various enterprises included:
Wardrobes, chairs, and tables made by the Ivanovo Factory had various de-
fects which made them second-grade products.
Buffets made by the Ionava Factory of the Lithuanian Furniture (Litmebel')
Trust were unsatisfactory to buyers in all cities.
Wardrobes put out by the Tallin Plywood-Furniture Factory are equipped
with very bad mirrors ar., its kitchen cupboards are unwieldy.
Orlov, representative of the Ministry of Trade USSR, criticized the fact
that some enterprises unaccountably cease production of furniture in great de-
mand. Two examples are bookcases no longer made by the Ivanovo Factory and
writing tables taken out of production by the Shumerlya Combine.
The exhibition gave the supervisors of Glavmebel'prom enterprises a
better conception of consumers' demands and the trade organizations a fuller
understanding of buyers' complaints.
CONSTRUCTION TEMPO FAILS TO SATISFY DEMANDS -- Moscow, Lesnaya Promyshlennost',
25 Oct 51
During the postwar Five-Year Plan, construction workers operating within
the system of the Ministry of Paper and Wood-Processing Industry not only re-'
stored all combines, factories, and plants wrecked during World War II, but
built many new anC rebuilt some old enterprises. This construction work made
it possible to exceed considerably the prewar production level of paper, cellu-
lose, and other products.
Recently, some main administrations have considerably improved their su-
pervision over capital construction. Among them are the Main Administrations
of Cardboard Industry (Glavkartonbumprom; Prigozhiy, chief) and Paper Indus-
try on Sakhalin Island (Glavsakhalinbumprom; Gorbunov, chief). Also satis-
factorily meeting the capital construction plan are the Wood Chemical Indus-
try Capital Construction (Leskhimstroy; Chebotarev, chief) Trust, All-Union
Ukrainian Paper Industry Capital Construction (Soyuzukrbumstroy; $yabov,
chief) Trust, and some construction-assembly administrations of the Main Ad-
ministration of Paper Industry Capital Construction (Glavbumstroy; Biserov,
c:aief): Zhidachev (Abramov, chief), Rakhovo (Novakovskiy, chief), and Kryu-
kov (Due', chief) administrations. Outstanding successes in the expendi-
ture of capital funds were attained by the builders working at the Sukhona
Combine (Lozhkin, director), Segezha Combine (Glushkov, director), Spartak
Factory (Naumov, director), and Malin Factory (Nemanikhin, director).
nfortunately, construction work is still very unsatisfactory at many
construction projects and enterprises of the following main administrations:
Furniture Industry (Glavmebel'prom; Gavrilov, chief), Plywood Industry (Glav-
faneroprom; Olesko, chief), Match Industry (Glavspichpiom; Stepanov, chief),
Paper Industry in the Western Regions (Glavzapbumprom; Balmasov,chief), Pa-
per Industry in the Eastern Regions (Glavvostbumprom; Chistyakov, chief),
Cellulose Industry (Glavtsellyuloza; Serdyukov, chief), and Paper Industry
in Kaliningrad Oblast (Glavkaliningradbumprom; Lyskov, chief). The
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unsatisfactory operations of these main administrations have had the result
that the ministry as a whole has failed by a vidc margin to meet both the an-
nual and third-quarter capital construction plane.
Operations of two contract construction organizations of the ministry,
Main Administration of Paper Industry Capital Construction, and Hydrolytic
Industry Capital Construction (Gidro]izpromstroy; Lopatin, chief) Trust,
were especially poor.
What are the reasons for unsatisfactory fulfillment of the capital con-
; struction plan?
A primary reason is that projects assigned are not accompanied by tech-
cal documentation. For a number of projects assigned early this year, no
Mans at all had been pre7ared. The State Institute for Planning of Cellu-
lose-Paper Industry Enterprises (Giprobum; Zarin, director) failed to pro-
vide technical documentation for the builders working at the Priozero Cellu-
lose Plant and the Kondopoga and Balakhna cellulose-paper combines.
After hearing Zarin's report, the Collegium of the ministry subjected
the institute's activity to severe criticism. As the leading institute for
planning of cellulose-paper industry enterprises, it Is obligated to furnish
builders with technical documentation strictly according to schedule. It is
intolerable for the institute to work on anything except projects.
Also unsatisfactory are the activities of the State Institute for Plan-
ning of Wood-Processing Industry Enterprises (Giprodrev; Gubotenko, director)
and the Moscow Affiliate (Mashkov, director) of Giprobum. These organiza-
tions did not meet the schedule of preparing documentation for projects of
the Main Administration of Furniture Industry and for construction to be car-
ried out at the Sverdlovsk Pulping Rolls Plant.
The low rates of construction progress are largely due to an unsatisfac-
tory level of mechanization. Earth work has been mechanized only 47 percent,
plaster work 18 percent, metal structural work 80 percent, loading and unload-
ing work 41 percent.
labor turnover is great at construction projects of the ministry. During
the first 6 months of 1951, 4,600 workers arrived at while 5,000 departed from
the construction areas of Glavbumstroy; this turnover was due tc inadequate
housing and living conditions.
The work of the Main Administration of Material-Technical Supply (Glavs-
nab; Lazutkin, chief) requires improvement. Frequently, some construction or-
ganizations lack necessary materials while they are surplus at other projects.
The main administration fails to take necessary measures for their proper dis-
tribution. -- I. Gutsalenko, Stalin Prize winner, Deputy Minister of Paper and
Wood-Processing Industry USSE
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