FACTORIES IN METAL AND MACHINE INDUSTRY

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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
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I. The following is a list of Czech factories in the metal and machine. industry:
1. Podhrezovg
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Here, in a deep valley, are located the old iron works with a.productive capa4iti1
of 85,000 tons of structural iron for reinforcing concrete, iron tubing, and fl
sheet iron up to 4 mm in thickness. The work rooms in which iron tubing la
produced are being rebuilt; they are expected to yield'up to 259000 tons of
tubing. Four Martin-type blast furnaces are also being reconstructed. The
workers, totalling 1,600, are mostly Communist Party members, and tleir leaders
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2. Pies*
The former iron and bridge works were recently converted into a factory for the
manufacture of machines for woodworking. -During the war grenades and mountings
for 30 mm0 naval machine guns were manufactured in this factory. A amall amount
of caygen is also produced here. Twelve hundred persons are employed at Piesok.
The plant in under the direction of the Podbmezova works.
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This is a large foundry with a caracity of 10,000 tons; it produces east iron,
including cast iron parts for lathes,?and sewerage pipes and cast steel. Pre-
viously it also manufactured ovens al enamelware. This factory is also directed
from Podbrezova. It employe 800 workers.
4. B-esno
The large iron and bridge -Jerks were recently built here on an area measuring
12,000 sq.m. These works are designed to produce cranes, dredging machines,
and masts but could be used during the war for the production of gun carriages.
Production at this plant started in July 1949. Eight hundred persons work in this fac-
tory, but there is a shortage of workers, especiall skilled ones. Therefore,,.
political prisoners from a concentration camp were put at the disposal of this
factory.
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This establishment was originally built to be a branch foundry of the Poldi
foundries in Kleine for the production of steel alloy. Recently it was con-
verted into a machine factory and a foundry, which has a capacity of 4)000
tons. Ajax hammers and Gangs chains are produced there; files are no longer
baina produced. The factory, which is situated in a deep valley, is directed
from Kosice. ,It has 800 workers.
6 Beazer
These small works, consisting of three factories, produce axes, hatchets)
hammers, and small implements. The factories had been confiscated and united
under one establishment.
7. 119.8
This is a small cutlery works) composed of several similar confiscated factories)
Before the last warp these works produced sabers for the any. On the eastern
border of Stets, a new factory is being built on an area of 4,000 sq.m., and pro-
duction is to be concentrated there. The principal firm) formerly the Vlaslovic
firm, was united with the Sandrik cutlery works in Dolni Hamry. About 450 workere
are employed at Stos.
g. Kosice
a. This small machine factory, formerly the Polednak firm, produced mill
machinery and small turbines and also repaired machines for eastern Slo-
vakia. Recently its production was expanded to include machines for spin-
ning round telephone wires.
b. In addition to this factory, a new and larger one has been newly constructed
on a former airfield measuring 18)000 eq.m. and 2 kms. from Kosice in an
easterly direction. The foundry is to be completed in 1950. These works
will be the moot easterly-located heavy industry establishment in Czecho-
slovakia. Their production program is not clear at this time. A creat
scarcity of specialists) especially construction specialists) exists.
CO The former Polednak firm employe 700 persons; the new nachine factory is
to employ about 1,600 workers.
This is a recently built electro-technical factory for the production of oKri-
zits" electrometers. /t is built on an area of 15,000 sq.m. Production has not
been started because of a lack of specialists. Twelve hundred persons are to
work at this factory.
10. Hrabovce (Elie, possibly Hrabovec).
Under the Five-Year Plan) the construction of a new factory at Hrabovca is
planned) and the sum of 1)200 million erelong has been designated for this liar-
pose. The factory will produce tanks of Russian design but it will pretend to
be producing tractors.; Since neither the site nor the plans have bean approved, it
is not exTetted that the factory will be built in less than three years at
best. Hrabovce is not a convenient location for the factory 1-cause of a
scarcity of skilled workers and of housing.
The factory planned to be built at Snina will manufacture read-rollers)
concrete mixers) and all types of constraction machinery. The plans) dramn
up hy Kamen a non4emmunast engineer from Bratislava) are ready) and bnilac
ing mill begin in 1950.. ,Th office for construction machinery is located in
. Prague and is headed bri'Smajkal) who is an engineer and also a non-Communist.
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This is a factory producing iron packing-cases. Production methods are
antiquated0 and since the plant is unable to compete with the Nova Most?
nad Vahom factory (formerly the Cerry firm) which noes a modern Bliss
machine imported 1 6 it will shift to the production of floxi-
ble hoses. Recently, the Pohorela factoryPemployed 600 workers.
1.3c, LW:21am
The factory9former4 belonging to the Stolz firms produces tinware, es-
pecially enamel dishes and iron barrels. It is located about 15 km, from
the Tatra Mountains (Smokovec) in a southerly direction. The equipment in
the factory and the enamelling furnaces are modern. The machinery consists
mostly of presses, Jezek? an engineer is the leader of the
factory.
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14. Zumignakv SYSttv 'lent;
The largest machine.factory in Slovakia in built here; it is situated in
a southerly direction from the town. This factory was originally planned
to accommodate 3,000 workers, but recently it was estimated to be capable
of holding 80000, The foundry with a capacity of 80000 tons is already 50X1-HUM
completed; other workrooms are not yet finished. The whole plant will
cover about 60,000 aq.m. The chief in Sisolak0 an engineer
The production program includes heavy machines, compresoors0 distillery
equipeent0 sugar works0 and paper mills. Construction is underaa
the direc-
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stration is headed hy one Hans, who is considered reliable (Bic). The
factory has not been able to complete many of the tasks assigned to it.
Only six hundred persona ware employed there recently. It cooperates closely
with the groat CEO machine factory in Prague and IA called %riven-CO.
15, Dolni KubM
This is a email electrotechnical factory producing electrical contacts com-
bined with pressed artificial substanceo? Production wee begun in May 19490
and about two hundred workers are employed.
16. lingazuthr
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Years ago, this was a.great iron factory with its own nines. In 19430 opera-
tion of the furnaces waged. Made an attempt
to revile this factory, especially tne copper rurvaces0 OUT was unsuccessful
because the cost of producing copper in the factory was four times as high as
the world price.
During the ware this factory Was destroyed, and
an electrotechnical plant van constructed on the grounds. It manufactures
cable-couplings and various small electrotechnical parts. The
'factory is now called Mesagrompecby and employs about eight hundred persons.
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17. &meat
A factory was recently built in the Hron River Yellen originally for the
production of Sigma pumps. /t is now to be converted into a factory for the
manufacture of machinery or light cables. The area of the factory is about
60000 sq.m. Meanwhile, the number of employees is negligible,
180 ill8k2M2
This is a large factory near the Hungarian border; it is vary badly constructed
and poorly equipped. It has a very extensive production programs enamel dishes,
stoves, ovens0 ranges, agricultural inmlemante? toys, etc. About two thousand
persona are enployed.there.
19. flesive9
About fifty workers are employed in this factory0 which produces an inaigni-
'ficant amount of agricultural machinery and implements.
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20, Tisovec
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Tisovec has the only blast furnace in Slovakia, producing 409000 tons of pig
iron yearly. Ore is procured from Roanava and Zolasnik and coke from Mona-
ska Ostrava; limestone is available at the premises. The iron thus produced
is sent to the furnaces at Podbrezova. Seventy persons work at Tisovec,
21. 11898...-katica
Here are two unimportant machine factories producing concrete mixers. About
three hundred persona are emploYed.
22. Ihm
This is a small machine factory producing stone crushersimechenzical sifting
machines,' band saws, and machines for woodworking, Before the factory WO
nationalized, it belonged to Dr. Outrata, the present-General,Seoretary of
the Economics Council. A new foundry for the factory has been built near the
/iron River. About four hundred workers are employed at the factory.
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23. Pani Henry
This factory produces flatware, which is made mostly from silver and is
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ported from Czechoslovakia, and cigarette boxes, powder boxes, and other.
inrndilmtn- Alno nnnurnetured hove nre rms tanks,. It has its own rolling
mill, whore silver, alnaca, and nickel are rolled into sheets. About fourthsr
hundred persons are employed, and the leader is named Hruskovie.
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24. Ememlea ?
. a. Located here is a large mint !Allah has a tradition dating batik to 1300.
It produces all kinds of coins, not only for Czechoslovakia? but also for
Poland and the Balkan countries, It also makes medals and badges es-
pecially for the COrrnanint Party, The factor,: is directly under the
Minister of Finance, and its leading director is an engineer named Herat.
b, Eremaica has a recently built factory extending over 4,000 aq.m, and de-
signed to produce machines for woodworking. The Production program, how-
ever, Mi notyet been definitely established, although the production
of screws is under consideration. About two hundred persons work in this
factory,
25. los=
-The Five-Year Plan contemplates the construction of a modern boiler factory
at Levine, where heaters and boilers up to 80 atm, are to be produced, The
sum of four hundred million crowns has been set aside for this purpnse, and
about one thousand workers are to be employed,
26, ggggg
The Five-lear Plan provides for the erection of a large factory for the pro-
duction of trucks and has reserved tux:thousand million crowns for this
structure, The factory is to work closely with the Tatra automobile factory .
intioravia, As is true of other vast projects, this construction program
will encounter great difficulty because of a lack of technicians, ?killed
workers, and materials. Therefore, production cannot be carried cut in the
near fnture. The factory is to make only the bodies of trucks, while the
engines are to be put out hy the Tatra factory in Koprivnite? Moravia.
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27. Evagisgskarljgda
The initial construction of a large factory to produce ball bearings is
taking place at Kysuckellove Mesto0 about 300 m. in a westerly direction
from the town. The work is directed by Zbrojovka Brno. Uhen coapleted,
the factory will be a branch of the main factory in Linen near Brno,
where ball bearings are manufactured with the Kugel-Fischer machines ob-
tained throuwA renarationa. There is an acute scarcity of hall bearinae
in Czechoslovakia because they cannot be obtained framtbe Weabern eountries
'and an insismificant anount is procured from the USSR. The carecity of this
new factory is planned to be six million ball bearings yearly, which would
be greater than that of the Lison factory. The machines required for such
production are to come from Zbrojovka. A small outpUt of ban bearings is
already expected in 1950.
28. Zjalga
There are two unimportant factories producing electromotors and small tilting-
trucks for field-railways. The total number of workers is about three hundred.
290 D21att?6
The production of this factory was changed from metal furniture to meager-.
ing tapes. Later, the .production of drawing instruments is to be transferred
here from the Gomm factory in Bratislava. The Velka Bytes factory employs
about four hundred workers.
30. Povazska Bsstriaa ?
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This is the largest factory in Czechoslovakia producing infantry annamition0
with a daily caracity of about 1,500,000 viands. It produces narts for
Hauser rifles and for light machine guns and also percussion caps. /t has
its own rolling mills for aluminum and brass sheets, Schloemanos presses for
tubing of aluminum, brass and corper, and drawing mills for copper wire.
These drawing mills extend over an area of 8,000 sq.m. and the rlant that
produces parts over an area of 6,,000 eq.m. After the war, because of a50X1-HUM
lack of military orders, the production of *Maneta" iceboxes uas begun,
the productive capacity being thirty thousand iceboxes yearly.
In addition, small
motorcycles, 90 c.c. and patterned after the "Manet".system? are being manu-
factured. The capacity in 30,000 motorcycles yearly, but actual productami -HUM
Is 120000. The production of iceboxes and motorcycles, however, is to be
transferred to another factory in order to facilitate the chief production
of ammunition and machine guns. The leading personality at Povazeka Byetrica
is Cernusak who is a Communist, and the workers total 7,500.
31. laza
Production was first begun in the workrooms of the airfield at Biskupice
near Trencin? but later these rooms were used, as they were originally in-
tended0 for the repair of airplanes. New buildings known as the Kuhn
factory have been built near Trenoin on an area of 180000 imam. The pro-
duction program has been changed several times during the past years. At
first, various agricultural and tin-plating machinery use produced in this
factory; of late, grain-sifting machinery is produced. The leading director
is Wichterle0 a non-Communist and a fatter owner of a factory producing
agricultural machinery. About nine hundred persons are employed at the
Kuhn factory.
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a. A factory which makes sheet-iron pocking boxes. A modern Bliss machine
system, imporbyl_________Ii can manufacture 7,200 packing boxes 50X1-HUM
hourly. The lea ir na rersona ty is an enaineer named Cerny, who is a
specialist The- factory has about 350 employees. 50X1-HUN/
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b. An old factory, formerly the Reiss firm, for producing chains, dung
forks, and shovels. It is now under the Traavn factory and has about
280 employees.
c. Techna, a modern research institute for the entire 11t-natal industry
in Slovakia. The leading personality is Dr. Krizko He
replaced the former director Oinks, a very
qualified engineer. About 50 constructors and 150 worMers are employed
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This is former Coburg factory, subeenmently called Kassamalt. It hes
a new foundry with a caracity of 8,000 tons yearly-ithe old one had only
3,500 tons. The equipment'of the factory is old. Some of the output in-
cludest central heating apparatus, 150,000 qn (sic) yearly; ovens and
kitchen ranges, -60,000 pieces yearly; electrical and gas-cooking armaratus,
10,000 units yearly; drawing of iron wire, 15,000 tons yearly; and mines.
for mortars and 20 mm. ammunition. The workers total 2,5009 and the majoritt
of them are Communists. Zama is the leader in the factory. 50X1-HUM
340 atdP7A2MUlt
This is the former Michera factory, producing meehanical instruments,
especially water meters and medical instruments. It can also be used to
rroduge 20 mm. ammunition. The equipment is modern. About twelve hundred
Persons are, employed here, and the leading person is bored, an enmineer
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35. num
This is 'a factory of the former Taus firm and produces eighty percent
of water supply equip:rant in Czechoslovakia. Ineddition? it produces 50X1-HUM
seraws and various machine parts, and it has its own foundry for alumi-
num and brass. The leading person in the factory is Samalik
About 3,200 persons are employed.
36. Bzgasjan
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. The Siemens-Krivan-CKD factory is a large factory producing electro-
meters and transformers; it has 1,400 workers. The leading manager
is an enelneer called Rozsypal
? Tesla? the former Tungsram firm, produces radio sets and tubes and
has about eight hundred employees0
About ten small inotallations in various parts of the town are united
into one firm, Omnia. They emmlarapproximately four hundred persons.
The Goerz optical factory, which is
firm, produces optical instruments,
telescopes, and telemeters. It has
Pavlinec, who is an engineer
are employed at the factory0
a branch of the Viennese Goers
such as projection apparatus,
a very capable director named
six hundred persons
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The Gumon factory produces electro-insulating materials extracted
from artifical substances.. It employs about twelve hundred persons.
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Kablo is the main factory splucing cablesf Suborginate to Kahle are
thefiable factories at Kla not Velke Restricts Hostivar? Podaokly?
.Kol%n and Vnetin. !Cable, produces all varieties of cables, insulated
conductors, and enameled wires for electrotechnical instruments. It
also makes a special enamel varnish, based on nylon-creosote, which
is of vary good quality. The leading persons are Markovic? an engi-
neer and Janku, an engineer. Kablo employs 2,600 50X1-HUN
workers, all the cable factories in Czechoslovakia about 6,300 persons.
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his is a branch of the Kahle cable factory and was built in 1948.
It produces electro-insulating materials extracted from artificial
substances and employs about five hundred persons.
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a, In 19380 an immense factory was built here as a branch of the Skoda
factory in Pilsen. /t contains a large underground block of work-
rooms extending over an area of 40,000 sq.m0 and consisting of three
floors; the surface is covered with concrete plate Vtm. thick.
Other buildings have been constructed above ground- on appromdmately
the same area. In a valley, in an easterly, direction from Dutmica,
a factory is Iodated for the finishing processe-i.e? filling the
shells with explosives. The underground factory is set up for the
complete production of artillery ammunition, including ignition de-
vices and pressing of shells. The workrooms above the surface are
designed to produce guns and gun carriages.
b. During the war, the bombs that were &tipped on the factory 50X1-HUM
penetrated the concrete pinto to a depth of only 14 cm. Then the
German Army left the factory at the end of the war, it destroyed the
underground portion of the factory, but from 1946 to 1949 this see-
tion was restored and other workrooms covering about 20,000 nom0
and intended for the production of heavy turning machines and presses
were built. The machinery for these workrooms were mostly acquired
through reparations. A nett foundry. has also been built and has a
.capacity of 80000 tons for heavy casts for presses.
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c. During the war, up to 14,000 workers were employed at the Dubnica
factory. lRecently, about 49000 persons have been working there.
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39. Sanovce
It is planned to build here a branch factory of the Dubnica plant for the
production of sighting devices for guns and other auxiliary apparatuses.
40. Agra=
This is an old dock for buildino. and repairing river ships; them services
were performed before the war by the Skoda teeter:0 During the Two-Tear.
Plamporiod? a new ahipbuilding yard wan constructed at a cost of two
hundred million crowns. This yard is responsible for the complete build-
Ingof ships except for the engines which are supplied by either the Skoda
.factory or the CKD factory. The fonner director.Tuschl? an engineer, was
discharged Employees member 50X1-HUM
about eight hundred.
41; fretlYalka
a. Kovosmalt? a factory for the production of zincked dishes, field
bottles, iron-plate packing cases, washing stands, etc. Its equip,-
ment consists mainly of preemie. The factory is located only several
meters from the Austrian border and is surrounded by barbed wire to
prevent workers from fleeing to Austria. The leading person in the
factory is Zelenka? a non-Communist; he will be discharged from his
office for political reasons. About 350 persons are employed.
b? A factory for flexible hoses which are used in electric vacuum cleaners,
The. equipment is old and the factory is about to to transferred toRrhorela.
Cmployees number about One hundred.
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c. A small factory producing twelve kinds of padlocks, although several
parts are sapplied by Prague. The factory is to be transferred to
Gelnicth. About Sixty persons axe employed.
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listed bove as well as the number of persons it is estimated will be additionally
employed in 1953:
ractorr
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Podbrazovm
1600
200
Piesok
1200
Brans?
800
Bram?
.800
2000
Pralcovve
800
200
Modzev
150
450
150
.Stos
Kosice
700
Kosice ? new machine factory
1600
Pro so
1200
Fireboats
3000
Snins
1200
Pohorthla-
600
Mstejoveo
1100
200
WmAstsky Sy. Martin
600
4000
Dolai Kubin
200
200
Krompachy
800
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Zavadka
500
Filakove
2000
? 200
Plosive?
50
c.
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70;-
BanskaByatrica:
300 *
Vylane
400-
300
Dolma Ham*
1400
100
Kremnica ?
200-
Unice
1200
Cadca
6000
Kysucke Hove Mesta
2500
Z411na
.300
Velka Bytca
400
Povazoka Bystrica
-7500
2000
Trencin
900
Novo Mesta. nad Vabom
350
.500
280 ?
120
200
Traava
2500
300
Stara Tura
1200
300
Java
3200
Bratislava
1.400
100-
800
200
400
600'
1200 ?
its
2600
- ,Yopolcany
500*
300?
(Dubaica
4000
3coo
800
Banovce
800
600
Kamera?
350
Pet rzalka
100
60
Total
43E460
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