JULY - AUGUST PLAN FULFILLMENT, OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN RUMANIAN METALLURGICAL PLANTS

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL,
CENTRALINTE LIGENOCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Economic - Metallurgy
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Bucharest
DATE
PUBLISHED I - 30 Aug 1952
LANGUAGE Rumanian
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. AV Feb 1953
NO. OF PAGES 5
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
JULY - AUGUST PLAN FULFII,IIeRT "OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
IR RUMANIAN MEPALLURGICAL PLANT"
Comment: The progress of plan fulfillment in some of the
more important Rumanian metallurgical enterprises was reported in
Scanteia during August 1952. The enterprises discussed were as
follows: Unirea in Cluj, Menajul, Armatura Metallurgical En-
terprise, Sovrommetal of Resita, the Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Foundry in Targoviste, Progresul in Braila, Victoria Machine Tool
Factory in Arad, Industria Sarmel Wire Factory in Campia-Turzi,
I) Agricultural Equipment Factory in Roman, Armature Metallurgical
Plant in Cluj, 1 Septembrie Metallurgical Plant in Satu-Mare, '
Metalurgia Metallurgical Plant in Ceahlau, Matyas Rekosi Iron and
Metallurgical Works in Bucharest, Atelierele Centrale in Medgidia,
Victoria Steel Plant in Calan, Metalurgica Metallurgical Plant in
Sibiu, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Steel Combine in Hunedoara, the CFR
(Rumanian Railways) shop in Pascani, Republica Steel Plant in
Bucharest, Otelul Rosu Steel Plant, Steagul Rosu Railroad Car
Plant in Stalin, Flamura Rosie Railroad Car Plant in Arad, IC
Frimu Steel Plant in Sinaia, Grivita Rosie, Boleslaw Beirut Plant
in Bucharest, and the Strungul Machinery Plant in Stalin.
The emphasis on metallurgical plants and production in the
press appears to have increased steadily from Carol Loncear's appoint-
ment as Minister of Metallurgical and Chemical Industries on 30 May
1952 through August 1952.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources .7
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Production Plan Fulfillment
Scanteia reported on 1 August that production quotas had been exceeded
at Unirea Textile Machinery Factory, in Cluj. At Menajul, it stated, indivi-
dual smelters were working on 1955 quotas; it rentioned Lathe operator Ste-
khanovite Karol Torok as outstanding in production, At the Armature Metal-
lurgical Enterprise workers were successful in competitions, Scanteia continued,
and smelters loan Tasnadi and Stefan Chirial regularly surpassed quotas. Lathe
o
perators loan Pacurar and Alexandru Demeter were trained en the job and became
so skillful
S antela exceeded norms, Metalurgica the
Metallurgicaln Plant dinlSibiiu hadu August,
.'filled Its p_oduction plan in honor of 23 August. The smelting and machine
sections were singled out.(2) The Victoria Machine Tool Factory in Arad was re-
ported by Scanteia of 9 August to have numerous outstanding workers in produc-
tion. For example, Stakhanovite Emeric Treml, working two machines, achieved
approximately four annual norms. Lathe operators Andrei Komjati and Geza
Klimas were working on 1954 quotas in August 1952. Pavel _:orvath, chief of the
lathe and finishing section, pledged training of a third group of young
worke:e in machine tool operation, Assembler Constantin Taszlo pledged 110-per-
cent fulfillment of his 1952 norm by the end of August. Lathe operator Adal-
bert Toth was working on the assembly plan for October 1952.(3)
Scanteia of 12 August reported that the CFR shop in Pascani fulfilled the
July production plan 113.4 percent, achieved a 3-percent higher increase in
labor productivity than planned, and saved the equivalent of 224,800 lei.(4)
The paper stated on 21 August that the machine tool collective of Sector 500
in the Steagul Rosu Railroad Car Plant, Stalin, fulfilled its August plan by
15 August and, in addition, produced a reduction mechanism for the petroleum
industry. In the fraising-gear shop 13 workers under master Alex Nistor
operated 42 machines. Shop 922 under master Stakhanovite Franclsc Pilman led
in competitions In the plant. The entire plant had 57 Stakhanovltes and 780
leading workers. Over 400 men were working ou 1953 quotas in August 1952,
Scanteia reported.(5) The collective of the Strungul Machinery Plant in Stalin
was working on its October 1952 quota in Augusts according to an article in
Scanteia of 28 August. It produced two lathes above plan and finished construc-
tion of a prototype for a machine which manufactures mine drills. Sixteen
workers and technicians received the title of Stakhanovite. Steel workers of
Group I-a of the lathe section fulfilled their plan 105 percent. One of the
outstanding workers mentioned was Adalbert Bodor, who cast 25 percent more
pieces than planned.(6)
In the first half of 1952 many steel enterprises, including the Gheorghe
Gheorghiu-Dej Steel Combine in Hunedoara, the Republica Steel Plant in Bucha-
rest, and Sovronmietal achieved important successes, Scanteia wrote on 16 Aug_
ust.(7) On 13 August, Scanteia had mentioned that the new town built in
Hunedoara to house workers oi' the metallurgical industry, and to attract
workers, houses approximately 500 families of furnacemen, steelworkers, electri-
cians, apool'workers, and others. The western section contains a school to train
steelworkers, and there are seven blocks with 144 apartments, the paper stated.
A food store, a Ferometal hardware storzj, and a footwear store will be set up,
according to Scanteia,(8) On 14 August, Scanteia reported that the steel com-
bine in Hunedoara was making every effort t fulfill the 1952 production plan in
11 months. Smelters Abel Svaicofer and Miron Serban were said to be particularly
successful. Teams under Dumitru Hanganu, Petru Fan, and ethers were successful
in the preparation and loading of furnaces with raw materials, the article addedf9)
On 26 August, Scanteia announced that the Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Steel Combine
in Hunedoara had exceeded its steel, iron, and rolled metal plans. Furnacemen,
steelworkers, and rolling mill workers had produced thousands of tons of steel,
iron, and rolled metals above the plan. By 23 August, steelworkers had prepared
190 rapid charges according to the Matulinets method, producing good-quality
steel and conserving 1,300,000 lei between 1 and 23 July alone. Smelters used
the Soviet A. Filipov method, the article concluded.(10)
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The July 1952 production plan of the Republica Steel Plant in Bucharest
was fulfilled 103.2 percent due to the use of Soviet methods and technical
measures for reorganization, Scantei.a of 14 August reported. Labor produc-
tivity was 1.5 percent above the planned increase. The number o2 workers in
competitions increased 17,22 percent. Between 4 and 9 August, 26 proposals for
innovations and rationalization were received. Many lathe operators, Praising
machine operators, and sheet metal workers received 1,300-1,700 lei during July,
the newspaper reported.(9)
Scanteia of 2 August stated that furnace operators of Sovrommetal in Resita
had received the Red Banner for production from the Ministry of Metallurgical
and Chemical Industries and the Federation of Metal-Chemical Unions. The pro-
duction plan for the first 6 months of 1952 was fulfilled 102.52 percent. The
assortment plan was fulfilled 100 percent, the labor productivity plan 109.7
percent. The cost of production was cut 5.15 percent. The coefficient of
furnace use in tons per cubic meter surpassed the plan 2.5 percent and the
utilization of minerals was one percent less than planned, the article con--
cluded.(11) On 3 August, Scanteia announced that workers and technicians of
the Siemens-Martin furnace section of Sovrommetal in Resita had received the
Red Banner for production. They fulfilled the production nlan 106.7 percent
for the first 6 months of 1952. The article stated that 92 percent of all
workers and technicians participated in competitions. In the first 6 months
of 1952, more than 180 rapid charges according to the Matulinets method pro-
duced good-quality steel. A 7.8-percent rise in labor productivity and a
decrease in the number of inferior charges reduced the cost of steel per ton
2.72 percent in the first half of 1952.(12)
On 19 August, Scanteia announced a nev profi.ction drive in the entire
Sovrommetal combine in Resita in honor of the new Rumanian Constitution. The
Siemens-Martin section, the steel mill, the furnace section, and the ruling
mills pledged increased production. A team of steel workers under leading
smelter Alexandru Bukates produced 135.9 percent of their quota in the first
half of August because of improved organization, the paper stated. Steelworkers
under Martin Tatucu produced 121.6 percent of their quota between 1 and 15 August.
Steelworkers prepared 222 rapid charges by the Matulinets method by 15 August.
The steel plan for Sovrommetal as a whole was fulfilled 102 percent for the
first 7 months of 1952. During this period, economies of 7 million lei were
achieved. The cost of steel per ton in the first half of 1952 was cut 4.06 per-
cent. The over-all rolling mill plan was fulfilled 102.8 percent in the first
7 months of 1952. The rolling mill, in addition, made every effort to com-
plete the 1952 plan by 1 December and to produce 700 tons of rolled metal above
th plan, the article concluded.(13)
On 30 August, Scanteia declared that the steel and processing sections of
Sovrommetal had fulfilled their ZAugust7 plans. On 26 August, the paper stated,
a team of steelworkers under leading smelter Adam Jemanaru prepared a rapid
charge in only 6 hours 40 minutes, producing steel icr the manufacture of machi-
nery. In addition, the furnace section, the thin-and medium-sheet sections of
the rolling mill, and the steel plate section exceeded quotas. Outstanding
individual workers mentioned were Stakhanovite Pavel Sera, who operated a shaping
machine and produced 180 percent of his daily norm, and lathe operator Iosif
Toth of the cross bar section who produced 300-400 percent of his daily norm.(14)
Cost Reduction
Carol Loncear, Minister of Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, stated
in a Scanteia article of 2 August that the Gheor he Gheorghiu-Dej Foundry in
Targoviste, Progresul fRailroad Equipment Plant in Braila, and other metallur-
gical plants had been assigned tasks beyond their ability. Loncear nlacAd the
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blame for this on Vasile Luca and his finvcial and banking apparatus. He
emphasized the fact that metallurgical enterprises had to reduce production
costs. Outstanding in this respect, he said, were the Victoria Machine Tool
Factory in Arad, which reduced costs 19.4 pert-nt more than planned, and the
Industria Sarmei Wire Factory in Campia-Turni, which reduced costs 4.78 per-
cent in April - btgv 1952 by the use of the Grigori Mukh_anov and Maria Levcenko
methods.
The minister added that, nevertheless, these successes could not ;aide
failures in other plants. For example, he continued, the IMS Agricultural Equip-
ment Factory in Roman did not succeed in cutting costs. It failed to keep rq-
cords on the use of raw materials and on the expenses of productive sections.
Similarly, the Metalurgia Metallurgical Plant in Ceahlau failed to keep re-
cords of current costs and expenses, as well as of raw materials used. The
Armatura Metallurgical Plant in Cluj and the 1 Septembrie Metallurgical Plant
in Satu-Mare tried to justify errors instead of combating them, Loncear stated.
The Industria Sarmei Wire Factory of Braila pk!d too much for unproductive
items, he added. For example, the plant pale 249.1.: percent more for rent and
lodgings in the first quarter 1952 than in the corresponding period of 1951.
The Victoria Steel Plant in Calan had 69.8 percent greater office expenses than
planned, Loncear continued,
He further stated that 22,000 workers in the steel industry, in metal pro-
cessing, and in machine constructic_ were applying Soviet methods. This in-
cluded more than 500 applying the Matulinets method and 2,500 using the Zhan-
darova method.(11)
New Methods and Developments
Scanteia of 16 August reported that the use of Soviet methods was spread-
ing in Sovrommetal of Resita, the Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Steel Combine in Hune-
deara, the Victoria Steel Plant in Calan, the Otelul Rosu Steel Plant, and
others.(7) The Bernet Andrei brigade of the machine section of the Flamura
Rosie Railroad Car Plant in Arad surpassed norms by the use of the Baykov-
Bortkevitch, Zhandarova, Khrisanova, and Kotlyar methods.(15) At the IC Frimu
Steel Plant in Sinaia 416 workers using advanced Soviet methods were working on
1953 quotas. At the Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Foundry in Targoviste 250 workers
using new methods were working on future quotas, Scanteia of 26 August re-
ported.(10) At the Matyas Rakosi Iron and Metallurgical Works in Bucharest,
545 workers and technicians were reported to he using the Nicolae Vasu method.
Production of the factory was fulfilled 112.18 percent in the first 6 months
of 1952, with a cost reduction of 3.41 percent, according toScanteia of
28 August.(6) At the Boleslaw Be! rut Plant in Bucharest, brigades usl the
Kuznetsov, Zhandarove., and Voroshin methods fulfi.:.led norms on an average of
155 percent. Rolling mill workers and smelters were working on future quotas.
The plant as a whole achieved 250,000 lei of savings in the use of fuel, elec-
tricity, and raw materials in honor of 23 August, Scanteia of 29 August re-
ported.(16)
Scantela of 22 August reported the construction of a new blast furnace.
The transformer station, pump housing units, and other parts were finished in
August. The construction of ore and coke storehouses required 5,500 cubic
meters of reinforced concrete. The purification plant which processes gas used
in the furnaces was completed 16 days ahead of schedule. Overhead cranes in
the smelting hall were installed 20 days ahead of schedule.(15) Scanteia of
29 August stated that the Atelierele Centrale in Medgidia had installed an
electric smelting furnace which enabled. the plant to prepare manganese steel
for spare parts, various steels for tools, constructions, and other purposes.(16)
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The Steagul Rosu Railroad Car Plant in Stalin built a series of new machines
and tools, according to Scanteia of 29 August.. In addition, the plant manufac-
tured the first cars for hauling ore ever produ_ed in Rumania. Plans were drawn
up by CFR technicians from Soviet models.(16)
Ore for Steel Plants
On 8 August, an article in Scant..la indicated that the Ghelar and Teliuc
mines had fulfilled their July plan 1113 percent, cutting costs
5.36 ore
planned. As a result, it added, steel plants in Hunedaoraand Calannreceived
more ore than planned.(17) On 29 August, Scanteia announced that the Gheler mine
had pledged fulfillment of the 1952 plan in 11 months.(16)
Metals Conference
The Ministry of Metallurgical and Chemical Irdustrles, in collaboration
with the ASIT (Scientific Association of Engineers and Techniciars),recently
held a conference in Baia Mare to discuss increased production of nonferrous
metals, Scanteia of 28 August reported, Sp-,akers Included Stoian Petrescu, As-
sistant Minister of Metallurgical and Cher'cal Industries, and Engineer 0. Russu,
first secretary of the Central Council of ASrT, Miners from Baia Mare, Valea
Jiului, Brad, and other mining areas particJpai j , Soviet specialists were also
present. The Soviet method for rapid sinking of shafts was discussed. As a
result,Scanteia stated Rumanian Stakhanovites pledged that they would advance
at least one meter per gallery per cycle and perform at least three cycles per
2s hours. New methods discussed included the use of progressive Indexes, the
general use of wet drilling, drilling with the use of active agents, mechaniza-
tion, and improved ventilation. In addition, the use of parallel drills 1.5-2
meters in length was discussed.(6)
1. Scanteia, l Aug 52
2. Ibid., 7 Aug 52
3. Ibid., 9 Aug '?
4. tbid., 12 Aug 52
5. Ibid,, 21 Aug 52
6. Ibid., 28 Aug 52
7. Ibid., 16 Aug 52
8. Ibid.,, 13 Aug 52
9? Ibid., 14 Aug 52
10, Ibid., 26 Aug 52
11. Ibid.., 2 Aug 52
12. Ibid ? 3 Aug 52
13. Ibid., .19 Aug 52
1.4.. Ibid., 30 Aug 52
15. Ibid., 22 Aug 52
16, Ibid., 29 Aug 52
17. Ibid., 8 Aug 52
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