ECONOMIC - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

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• Publication Date: March 21, 1949
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SUBJECT Economic -Construction materials
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Daily newspapers
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7.30 July 1948
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INFORMATION 1948
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CONSTRUCTION-MATZAIAIS INDUSTRY SHOWS I11PR0VEMENT -- Promyshlennost' Stroitel'nykh
Materialov, No 31, 29 Jul 48
The chief br nches of the construction-materials industry shoved sane im-
provement in production during the last week but still have not e(mpletely made
up the losses incurred during the first half of July. The daily plan for 26
days of July in principal products was fulfilled as follows:
96.7
including "Glavsapadtsementl" (Main Administration of the
Western Cement industry) 96.2
"Glavvostoktsement" (Main Administration of the Eastern
Cement Industry) 96.9
Window glass 97.2
Paper-roofing materials 94.5
Slate 120.6
Asbestos 101.5
Radiators 109.6
Brick (for 22 days, in leading plants) 93.4
The cement industry as a whole has been exceeding the plan during the last
few days, but a number of plants continue to lag. The best enterprises in
Glavaapadteement" include "Gigant," Shchurovo, Podol'ek, leningrad, Pedgornoye,
Amvrosiyevka No 1, "Oktyabr?," Zdolbunov, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Tenakiyevo, "Pate=
provod," the Armenian and Georgian plants, and the Riga and Brotsenekiy pl-lnts
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of the Ministry cf bie?.erle.lu industry of the Latvian SSR, all
Kru a,:ercic, ?Grarullt," Voakresensk, "Spartak,"
of which ex_ar_ede the ale.n.
mvrasiyavka it .-, cu ? k.. --.;C Leal fulfilling the month en.
The Bry'ensk and Voskcvyak plants continue to L?g far behind the plan. The
Novoroselysk pla.rnts have still net male ~,p the looses for the first 20 days in
July but have ,improvers gr,ar.ly in re::?nt days. The bolt plants of "Glavvostok-
tsement' Include "Bo]'uherik,'? " l'aenyy Oictyabr'," "Komaxmnar," Yashkino, Spasek,
Chernoreoh'ye, Nev'yansk, Soenoy Lox-', oral Katav-Ivenovsk. The Sengiley, Kras-
noyarsk, and Yarznetsk i~lan?:a arc- f uif i:1 1 inr the plan because of delays in
utilizing new production faci5..i~.ies.
The glass laduntry at t -et achieved the level. of pruducti an planned
for July. Delay In a, 7t:e ''Darec'er:skiye 0 ri" Plant, cessation of
repairs at the .Jle.u-Un fort , and _'!pt !Ti tr daily production schedule at
the Gusev plasm have lowerrd tl total p_c ctft'n Level for the industry. The
Bytosh' and Cherayatinskiy rear :s ftlliiijtJ the glass-production plan but is
lagging in the packing; of glass. Toe follcwire plants are fulfilling the plan:
"Ashkhabad, Kurlovo, Li.sichansk, Misheron, "Velikiy Oktyabr'," Gor'kovskly,
the Xonstantinovs'kiy Plant ltr,eh: "Oktyabr'aksyn Revolyutsiya," "Avtosteklo,"
and Chiagoda.
The paper-roofing aeterlait industry fulfilled the 26-day plan in July
97.! poresr*, "pergam?n 95.6 p-rcent, sa, paper 84.5 percent,
for ruberold
and"cardboard 102.E ner+_ent. The rl-_ief cause for failure to fulfill the plan
was the poor work of the S.iavyensk nnh the M:ircrrn plants. The Kuybyshev and
"Sartontolt" plar:ts exceeded the pla , and the Odessa plant improved its opera-
tion In the last few '1avo,
All slate pants exceeded the nr l cticn plan. The Poslov plant has con-
siderably increased the predu;:ti`arleon with 1917, silicate brick.in-
creased 32.5 percent, lime 3", percent, gypsum 50 percent, and wall board seven
times. The gross production plan of the first 6-month period was fulfilled 129
percent, including 110 percent for fired trick. The removal of brink per one
cubic meter of kiln increased considerably. Removal of brick per cubic meter
exceeded 1,100 bricks in June in the Lentncgorsk, Verkhne-Kotel'skiy, and Fiahne-
Kotel'ekly brick plants.
The average full illmeut? of the te'~rk T11 -,11n by pieceworkers was 130 percent.
Leading Moscow brick enterprises have niedged increased production in the second
6-month period of 19h8. The Cherem~:shki Plant has pledged to produce 5 million
bricks above the 1948 plan, The Leninogorak, 2.5 million, and the Beekudnikovo,
3 million. Alekhfn, Mlnlster of the Cer.strnctlcn Materials Industry RSFSR, was
present at the s,eeting.
Many improvements have been made in the Moscow ".rasnyy Blck" Plant. The
assembly of blocks is done by the continuous and?oonveyer methods. Intraplant
transport of goods he- been :nechanire1, 3rd cold casting and stamping of parts
have been instituted. !']ant v:rker:, fr1f sled the f.-month plan ahead of time
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and have pledged to fulfill the year plan by 20 October. The plant was awarded
the Red Banner of the Soviet of Ministers USSR for successes achieved in the
all-Union competition.
"A8'PYUBSTROY" BRICK PLANT TURNS OUT DE UX TIVE BRICKS -- Kazakhetanskaye. Pravda,
No 150, 30 Jul 48
The Brick Plant of the "Aktyubstroy" Trust is a well-equipped, large-scale
enterprise. However, it consistently turns out defective bricks. Out of
250,000 bricks delivered to "Bazmetallurgstroy" (Construction of Kazakh Metal-
lurgical Enterprises), 100,000 were half-bricks and chipped. Bondarenko,
plan' 'hector, and Genauer, chief engineer, knee that many of the raw bricks
were defective but, nevertheless, they gave the order for the bricks to be
fired. Afterwards, workers had to be hired by "Kazmetallurgstroy" at 10
rifles 40 kopecks each to sort the good bricks from the bad.
ARTfl LWMACHINE SHOP EXCEEDS PLAN -- Kcxamunist, No 176, 27 Jul 4_i
Workers of the Artiktuf (Artik, Armenian SSR, Tuff) Machine Shop (director,
MYaldshyan) oirg nixed the job of repairing cutting machines, shuttle oars, motor
tugboats and otherequipaent, thereby insuring continuous work for the etoneout-
ters. The half-yeas plan for 19411 was fulfilled 238 percent and the 15-day
July plan, 270 percent. The shop completed the 1948 plan in 6 months. Six
Stakhanovites are'alrsady working toward the 1951 assignments.
A vibrating tuff blockmaking machine was constructed at as''zhyan'a
suggestion. Since the machine was put into operation, the ship has been turning
out 500 more blocks daily than the number specified by the plan. Shop workers
have decided to carry on their work without State subsidies and to complete
the Five-Year Plan in 4 years.
"RIGIPS" PLANT EJ UMSS PRODUCTION -- Sovetskaya Iatviya. No 176. 27 Jul 48
The "Rigipa" Plant is almost completely mechanized. It consists of three
shout--the gypsum, the "3lporeke" gas-concrete block, and the "Rigips" dry gyp-
sum. The latter shop was diemmntled by the enemy during the war and sent to
Gersay. To date, 160 tons of equipment have been recovered and installed in
the plant.
in 194,6 the dry-gypsam shop was completely reconstructed under the direction
of A. A. Yakushev, the plant's chief engineer, after a 1.440 millimeter rubber
belting was procured from the "Varonle" Plant which never before made rubber
belting wider than 1.000 millimeters. In 1947 the shop was put into operation.
The process used in the production of dry plaster was known to us long ago.
Dry plaster was produced by a few enterprises in the Ftceoow region from the
same raw material that goes into making paper. The end-product could simply have
bean described as cardboard, although the process employed was slightly different
from the one used in the manufacture of real cardboard. Despite the fact that
this type of plaster was unquestionably good insulating material, it still could
not compare with "Rigipe" dry-gypsum plaster. The only plants '-n existence which
prod.i'e such a ,roduot are in the US and one in Iatv;.a.
The "Rigips" Plant is capable of turning out thousands of square meters of
dry plaster every day or hundreds of thousands of square meters annually. The
plant exceeded its plan in the course of 16 working days this June by producing
thousands of square meters of dry plaster in excess of the plan.
Production of dry plaster, however, depends upon the effective operation
of the Yanutsiyem Paper Factory (chief engineer, Teraukaln). This factory turns
out air-permeable duplex-cardboard which is an indispensable material in the
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production of "Rigips." The Yaniteiyem Paper Factory has been responsible for
producing cardboard which is not permeable to air and Which does not stick to
the gypsum. This has impeded the smooth operation of the "Rigips" dry-gypsum
shop.
The demand for "Siporeks" gas-,concrete blocks as well as far drj,plaster
is unprecedented, since three workmen can assemble a one-family cottage from
these blocks in one day.. Such a cottage is twice as cheap as an ordinary stone
house., Dry plaster is equally important, for is addition to its insulating
value it speeds up int4ior decoration and reduces costs of materials. It is
possible to. move Into a house an hour after, the walls have been covered with
such dry plaster: (Article by Ceorgiy i+ keimov.)
LTh AND RMIBSTONX PLANT EXPANDS -- Sovetskaya..Noldaviya, No 148, 27 Jul 48
.A small oonetreotion-materials plant at Gidigioh Station near Kiebinev is
processing limeand obtaining rubblestone for new buildings under construction
in Moldavia. The enterprise is gradually eapandin& and improving its work.
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