CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PLASTICS INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600200093-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 93
• Publication Date: June 15, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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USE OF TRRINI:.D INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
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Professor B. N. Rutovrkiy
A. N. Levin
chief.Engi eer, Gla+~ZhimPlast
From 1931 to 1941 tie production of condensation plastics was increased
eonsidarably, with phenopl otics based on phenol and cresol raw materials
predominant in this group. Gradually the assortment ci' products was increased
and covered almost all of the most important types, Including pressed powder,
textolite, volcknit sic. fiberitej, and a considerable quantity of industrial
resins for lacquers t::d paints.
The production of aminoplaetics had just boon started in the Soviet Union
prior to the war. One plant which produced these products on a large scale
existed. The assortment of prow seed pressed materials was -till insufficient
,mpp!i-elawisted of only about 10-1; types. For example, the assortment lacked
pftsaed powder with high isolation properties. The technological process and
miolding In the production of phenol-formaldehyde resins and especially phenol-
formaldehyde pressed powders was gradually improved, and measures were taken
for the mechanisation and aut,matization of processes, as well as their improve.
went and unification.
The main develo!ssent in plastics based on cellulose eaters was in the
production of nitrocellulose and celluloid for triplex-type shatter-proof glass
and for haberdashery and genres. Production of bensylcellulose was also organ-
ised an a large seals. Ethyleeilulose and anetycellulose were still not
produced on an industrial scale.
Bituminous plastics were greatly developed during this period. The
output of this product increased five to six times. The products made from
bituminous plastics were principally used for battery tanks and for supplying
the automobile industry.
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At the beginning of the war, polychlorvinyl and acrylic resins, inn
small q:-artities,, vrere the only polymerization plastics produced, in the.
USSR. Scientific research was being conducted to develop the technology
of production of the remaining types of polymerization plastics (viaprl-
acetate, polystyrol, etc.).
During the war, a second base for the plastics industry was crest d
in the East. It included plants for the production of some of the most
important types of raw materials, for the production of phenol-formaldehyde
pressed powders, industrial resins, and plastic objects from phenoiplastice.
The production of condensation plastics during these years was most
important. During .orld War II the gross output of condensation plastics
more than doubled. The output of phenol-formaldehyde pressed powders
showed special growth. There was also a great increase in industrial -resins
while the increase in the production of textolito and faolite was relatively
insignificant.
In polymeization plastics the production of acrylic resins, polychlorviq:
and masticated rubber for cable production, as well as some other pro&ots, wa:
developed on a very large scale.
During the war, the plastics industry not only guaranteed a supply for
the arnw and navy, but also significantly strengthened and increased itr
power, created new plants, expanded the assortment of prodacts, modernized
and completed the technological process of production of resin, pressed
powders, and fibrous materials.
The new Five-!ear Plan for the development of the plastics industry
not only calls for the restoration and expansion of existing plants, but
also for the construction of now produc:ticn points in the soviet Union.
For the most rapid utilization of productive power freed from war
production during the current Five-Tear-Plan it is nsoeseary to create a
domestic beam for the production of molds and presses.
Three plants are mentioned: Karbolit, Karacharovskly, and the Plant
imeuri Komsomol'ekiy Pravda.
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