PANCEVO SHEET GLASS FACTORY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 26, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNE ALIM D INFORMATION
1. The Pancevo sheet glass factory (Fabrika Ravnog Stakla Pancevo),.only
factory of its kind in Yugoslatriaa, lien 34 lo> ers east of Belgrade,
two oieters northeast of the D ube, 'l 500 meters At of the center
of Pancevo,, and two kilometersh~t.of the Pate suburb.rail-
road station, beside Vo jilovica `;lion, Just southeast of the facatory
installation is the "Utva" plant, now operated by the Yugoslav Army for
repair and testing of old aircraft engines. East of the Pancevo glass
factory and "Utva" plant is a military training field now used by the
Yugoslav Army for combined operations with the Aix, Force. The Pancevo
glass factory is guarded by a factory militia unit of 10 men.
Thin factory was oriminalls built in 192$-bY a;grou9 of Belgrade financiers,
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not satisfactory for a glass factory, but it- was-04. ected because this
area was given to the original owners by` the Pance icipal administra-
tion. The Pancevo factory now mspufaot r'es two to six milli eter window
glass in sheets 28 to 74 millimeters wide and. 160 millimet+e et '1' 0 gTwo
and three millimeter sheet glass, is ? packed in 40 square matftw boxes where-
as special packing cases have to be made for 4 to 6 millimeter glass. In
addition four to eight millimeter Cast ornamented and ,wire grated glass is
manufactured .in various dimensions. Factory out, :arxsl'u,sive of scrapped
products averages about 8,000,E a;.ters of window glass and about
3,000,000 square meters of cast and wire #ated g3. sa.p year. About
30 percent of the total amount of glass ,p +d aly is scrapped. 50X1-HUM
Before the Tito-Cominform break, 50 percent of the.fshed products was
exported to the Soviet Union and the remainder abed to the domestic
market Now the percentage allocated for export ipped.to the Diddle
Bast Senty percent of
the lass allocated to the d c market s sw at fixed prices (vezane
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4, only standard gauge railroads lead to the Pancevo-glass factory, and
consequently a considerable. amount of supplies are shipped, t6 'the factory via the Danube and Sava Rivers, a method of shipment which al-
though,inexpensive is inconvenient because of the necessary transfer
from a river ports to the factory, The Pancevo factory obtains quartz
sand from Rogotina about 400 kilometers distant and various towns in
the vi?tainity of Skopije; coal from Trbovlje, 500 kilometers away;
soda from.Lukavac, 300 kilometers away; calcium carbonate from Jelendol
near Casa},, and wood from Slovenia" and. Bosnia. An average of 10, wagon
loads of'washed quartz sand, two loads of'soda, one load of calcium
carbonate and 7 loads of coal are consumed daily..
A total of 1,200 laborers and 48 office workers are employed at the
Pancevo factory. Employees assigned to work at the furnaces or
certain machinesvigrk in three shifts. The avers}gemmonthly wage of a
skilled worker .' is 4,O0O dinars; semi-skilled workers,.."39000 dints.;
non-skilled workers, 2,500 dinars; and factory officials receive, a
salary of about 3,000 dinars per month. Housing conditions are un-
satisfactory and most of the workers reside in nearby villages. Plans
are being made to build new workers homes at some time in the future.
6. The present director, Franjo NIGRNI, a Communist .and veteran factory
employee,, is paid 7,000 dinars per month. Despite his popularity with
factory personnel, local Communists have triedto remove him on a'
number, of different occasions. Other officials include.Vojislav
RADANOVIC-, non-Communist industrial engineer; Milan RAVLOVIC, Communist
commercial; director; Mirjan GRUJIC, planning.directgr a member of the
CommunistParty since December 1948;'Gruja;DJOKIC,Communist personnel
clerk;and Kosta POTKONJAK, non-Commuiist"in charge of factory supplies.
liar Id?t fic'at1on:
Smelting hall., 40 m x 80 in, bne of the oldest reinforced conorete-
buildings,. with a steel roof covered with "eternite" and ,steel
roof carriers which extend.over the entire structure. There are no
supports in the interior of the hall,,which measures 20 meters in,
height, Ground floor is used for smelting, has.. gas- pipes leading
from the generators. A smelting furnace, 10 in x ;,0- in, capacity
300 tons, is on the first floor., The furnace is filled with glass
frit by automatic devices which are transported from the mixing section
by at elevator, which has a ,capacity of 5 wagen loads. The, furnace
is operated on a 24 hour basis. for 'a period .of nine, consecutive months,
then repairdd and rebuilt-for about, three months, depending upon the-
quality of available chamotte bricks.- Repair work, on-the furnaee,is
usually done during the summer; and workers are sent on leave,,_
2. Smelting hall, 40 m x 108 ma containing acutting-section, packing-,
section and shipping department. This smelting- hall i4-*vd $odec st glass
than No. 1. and is used for cast- glass and glass with wire grating.
Gas chambers are on the groundfloor beneath the furnace which, is small-
er than that in building No. 1 Melted glass is e?ctracted from this
furnace by steel ladles and then inserted ire molds4
and
3. New building, 40 m x 80 m, construction" was,-started in 1947/about one-
third of the building was completed by mid-.January 1949. This build-
ing is identical with No. 1, and it is estimated that factory output
will be doubled, when the building is vompleted. Construction work is
being done by the Provincial Construction Company of the Autonomous
Province of Vojvodina (Pokrajinsko Gradje'insko Preduzece Autonomne
Pokrajine Vojvodine) Pancevo, 58 Stareevacki Put, under supervision of
the firm's director, Jefa ANTIC, a .Gommw. is-t, who is assisted by Stevan
BOZI:C, Communist personnel clerk? and Stevan PATAKI a non-Communist to
technical:, director..: Equipment .:for the building was ordered. from
Czechoslovakia, but. Cze0hoslovakia has?refused delivery., and the'orders
have been " M : eve ` een ordered from Ski Broil
and Zelezni The roof
is to be of reinforced conRj_ because. of a shortage o stee.
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New reinforced concrete building, 30 m x 108 in, completed in Septem-
ber 1948, now manufacturing aedic 1flasks This' ding was
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divided into three sections, each saving two rows of reinforced
concrete pillars. It has large windows and a roof covered with
"salonit a". Machinery and materials for the smelting furnace were
September 1948 by the construction firm mentioned above...
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employed here, because factory glass mixing techniques are kept
strictly secret, In 1947, factory production almost reached a
51 Raw materials' warehouse,,40.m x 120 m,, an old s ogle-story building
with a wooden roof covered with "eternite".. Building is divided
into three sections supported by metal posts; outside walls are brick,
about 75 cm thick and 10 meters high. Warehouse has a capacity of
1,000 wagon-loads of sand.
6 An old stone building, ..40? m x 50 m,` containing amixing section and
& section for storing soda. The building is well lighted, clean,
and connected with No. 5 'gy a gate. Only reliable Oommunists are
standstill because of the poor grade of frit then used. UDB i eetors
charged factory employees with sabotage and Ing. Petar MIJIC,/ ector,wae
.with a single steam boiler, the .otheer an electric generator and
various machines. The boilar house` has no'-roof
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transferred and a new group, of Communists assigned. to the plant, Frit
is now transferred by conveyor belt across bridge .(No. 23) ,to a large
container between furnaces No,. 1 and No. 2.' This container will 'eventual-
ly supply furnace No.3.
Caloric-Power Plant, 10 in x 30,m x 5 in, an-old-single-story stone
building with a tile roof,, One section contains a boiler house
Locksmith shop, 10.m x 60 m, an old single-story. stone building with
a tile roof. Building contains atorage space for tools and raw
materials.
Electrical workshop, 9 in x 15 m x 5 m., an old stone building with a
tile roof. Building contains storage space for electrical equipment.
10. Garage and repair shop, 12 m x 80m.x 5 in. An old stone building
with a tile roof, containing six garages, repair shop, storage space
for automobile tools and parts and for surplus.chamotte brick stocks.
11. Administration building, 12 m x 40 in x 9 m,an old single-story'stone
building with a,tile roof, Ground-41 oor contains offices for'director,
secretaries, commercial director, industrial engineer, personnel
clerk,'trade department, and other factory departments. First floor
contains a laboratory, planning department, building operations of-
Tice. This building is equipped with central heating and a good
plumbing system.
12. An old stone building,w Ohmax-100 m,,with a wooden-roof covered with
roofing felt, contain*n /&utting section and main warehouse for
finished products. The cutting section is beside the industrial track,
and is divided into 18 units, 25 square meters each. This section
if 15 meters wide and the walls are about 5 meters high. The re-
mainder of this building is used for storing and crating finished.
products; it is 80 meters long, divided into six units; and separated
from the cutting section by a stone will. .1
13. Warehouse for surplus stocks. of chamott bricks and other materials,
30 in x_70 in, An old stone ,building,r is partitioned. into two
sections by metal supports carrying reef binders, which are six
meters from the floor. Roof is covered with roofing felt,
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14. Carpentry shop, 30 m x 70 m, an old building similar to No. 13 but
the windows are larger and this building has a ceiling.
15. A new building, 30 m x $OO m, for coal bunker and generators. Con-
struction of this building started in July 1948, and about. 30 per-
cent--has been completed according to provisions of the Five Year.Plan.
At present, factory generators are in a shed near building No. 2. This
building is to be completed at the same time as No. 3.
16. Wooden water-cooling apparatus, 6 m x 15 in, used by the boiler house.
17. Brick chimney, 45. meters high, for power plant steam boiler. Chimney
is reinforced with iron poles at intervals of, three meter 4
18. Brick chimney, 50 meters high, for No: 1.
19. Brick chimney, 50 meters high, for No. 4.
20. Brick chimney, 50 meters high, for No, 4.
21. New two story building, 40 m x 70,m# containing a cttt 6i ", section and
shipping warehouse. Top floor is on same level as the,,, oor where
glass is cut in No, 1 and No 3so that'the glass can transported,
to this-section over bridge tNo. 22). mien the new "Furl !machines in
building No-3) / ? t with automatic cutting ec}u,-pment, less
than 10 percent/wil be cu by hand. on the top floor'' this building.
The ground floor is to have. a, carpentry. shop where shipng crates.
will be prepared, and shipping. elevators are to be inst'a led. Con-
struction work on this building, originally scheduled or 1949, has
been postponed sine the Tito-Cominform rift.
22. Covered bridges, 50m x 15 in, tc be built of reinforced concrete and to
be used for transferring glass from the ettting section in be 21 to
No. 1 and No. 3 for shipping.
23. Reinforced concrete covered bridge, 5 m x 15 in, now used to ransfer
stirred glass fil*t to the collective container.
24. Single-story stone building with a tile roof,. 5 m x 10 m,' containing
gate office, factory militia offices and quarters.
25. Three old-single-story stone houses,. 10 m x 30 in, containing four apart-
ments each, Houses have tile roofs, are well furnished, and now occupied
by factory officials.
25. Vojilovica'railroad station, between Pancevo suburb railroad'station and
Pancevo-Tamis station.
26. New brick chimney, 50 meters high, now being built for No. 15.
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