THE MANFRED-WEISE STEEL WORKS ON CSEPEL ISLAND, HUNGARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 3, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Manfred Weiss fi.a n is rt er known as the Hunpxl.an. Cesrpel steal, works
(Caepeli Magyar Aoelnawek ). The approximate total mnbsr of employees its
1.2,000. of ilhese 55 percent are Coomatniata and the remiand~sr ra327
Social Democrats. In, act,. tact, however, the real Cammists era' on3.y
10 to 15 percent of the tot O1 number of amployves. -Dur ng the war th +
number of eagployeos reaO- ad 25,000 from a prewar figure which pied betty
3,000 ;and 15,007. The 1actt:a . guaxd anounte to 500 men,
2. The technical manager is n Nagaahazy. He was Interned for eight mo& s,
but was released as he was as only suitable man for the job. Before the
war he was manager of the sonaluritn factory. He has two secretaries,
S salai and Sabo, vhc are nrE mbere of the Com nun1a t Party.
3. The NR oontroller of the works is Laselo Dobondi. Politically he is
"right. wthg"", Hi,. office ft-0 in _Jossef Yador Ter 6/4. A Soviet co mission
consisting of a colorel and two engineers are responsible together with
Hungarian officials for the; Inspection and acceptance of goods destined
for the Soviet Uniota. It it reported that 60 percent of the total rz-c-
duction coos to the U4 SR,
The firm Ia eqdacnt incluc s three Sisimens..Uartin f4rnacee, eer* of 14
tons capacity. Up to 55 percent scrap Iron. is used. one is no2aally laid
off for relinl.ng and reps.irt w The steel produced is used in t.. factory
and not sold outside, altl io' t Ganz Shipyards and MAVAG have oaot ~: cns It y
received chipunti,
The heavy rolling md.l:Is con :p.at of twelve sets of rollers, and another
three are under ocretruct:.o* The daily production with ed.ght-hour shifts
is 40 to 50 tons. Steal bleats are supplied from the
furnaces, and i the Dios yor and 0Z works as well. Armor palate
sufficient for two armored t ~aim is being rolled at present.
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tiiaa by. Prccitcticn per
scrap is used to a large .e'act
produces lrrge castiLgs
fron Soviet and 1U o8lar
The steel fouaftT uses 10a06M
urnam. It also c tstna 5j
7. The aluminum foundry is a
8.
kf ng ",,he
such as r ac i%xt4 r ,,
is also under construction.,
of production in un azcs n.
Union, and als+ stakes. r
iron and steel from the 5i+araens?4tin
e1 from, Itimauaarargj and salgotajan as well.
arks.
e shop, the only one in the country which
,al= iraua wrd other non-ferrous metals h As
pmt the quality of metal varies, saki is scaie-
shift per day is approaimtely 1,000
is an a?.rninum shop which at. present ':.
us bodynr'ica and various small coralc. cents
oduce rotor tricycles as well as pumps. several
.1 n returned bocause of lot: quality r*te r .cl- .
mall fighter airplane engines for the Soviet
Machine chop No. 3 i,r !skint;
of the motor b . cy o1& ) .ve
Machine scups lice. 1 a:n d
shop is principally engaged in manutactur.
nations, and export to Rumania and
b. Copper and leads This f rmerly was Imported from Yugoslavia.
a. Alumiaias This comee fro the bar Hanxit works in rarer.
Coal.: This comer from C eohoslovakia, the Hungarian mines at Peco, and
10. The tractor shop is produetn the so-called Caopel "pocket traotw" of 16,
horse power and various agri torsi machines.
11. In July 19 8 a war teria:Let department was started. The fiirm now produce-3
delivered msitaly to 101gaoiia;
to the Soviet union. A It
which are valued at L,C-OO fa
8 am. mortars and has s taxte the production of.100 arc. and 125 cm. mortars
from 7 mra. to 11 an. diamet
personnel who are members o
on einatL r engines. The quality and ct>- ntity
all, onep-engined, lair-winged type of aircraft
sight pla-_,ies can be built elms itaneously,
.int each. The bulk of these wen is sent
shop is producing "coDpor ar.E bran=10 shells
This shop can only be entered by selected
the Corsmini,at Party.
12. Welding electrodes we produosd at the rate of one carload daisy. They are
both rail and ship.
13. Other raw materials and supp.ies are as followss
a. More iron ore is racer cord ng from the Soviet Union than from :1ufl a y.
The Hungarian ore comes from the OZD cow. The Soviet ore comes by
possibly from Fa?T.ard.
as. , In additi.c o,,
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