LEUNAWERK "WALTER ULBRICHT"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500790056-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 56
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Groundwork for the 13rge scale production of phenol was carried out during October
1953 .n the Leuna wcrks a+, i+ierseburg. `Phe purpose is to overcome the bottleneck
.u~ t;ne plastics ir_duatry, especially the Soviet 'Lone production of urea,
carbamide and other molded rest.-> plastics. A great increase in the production
cf Duroplast resin is planned.
2. Along xith this large gt~antitffi of fiberglass laminated material are being
manufactured. 't'his is required primarily by the Soviet `Lone automobile and
shipbuilding inaustries, on account of its resistance to high temperatures. A
:iew pressure compression method for molding fibers for this manufacture was
developed b~T the h1EWA works. The machines are capable of exerting pressure up to
5,000 tons. A pressure of at least 350 lcg per square centimeter In shaping
parts is called for. For the sheets a pressure of 70 lcg per square centimeter is
satisfactory.
3. 'rhe Leuna works have beer_ making pk?e:?:ol since 1946. In recent years special
attention has been directed to tk:e synt:~etic resins. .The production ho~:ever was
ir_ large part for r?eparatians wor:c. llurirg .*.he past year, for example, a mica
substitute has been develcped, whirl: k~owcver has not been made available to