ECONOMIC - CHEMICAL AND OPTICAL INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 638
• Publication Date: April 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFI(,,.IION
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS.
COUNTRY Poland,
SUBJECT ?-ar?.onic - Chemical -.nd cotical ir,^,:stry
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PUBLISHED Iaily i,cr.epapery
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DATE
PUBLISHED F-.-I9 Par -,949
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FOR FEBRUARY -- Iczeozpospolita, No 63 11 Mar 49
Production of the state chemical in&uetry for February was 103.4 per
cert of the :?!an, and according to p.?oduots was as follows:
Percentage
01, Plan
Calcined soda 103.1
Caulti , soda 109.6
C;auber salt 109.8
Carbon electrodes 114.4
Carbide 105.7
Calcium cyanamide 107.8
Sulphite of ammonia 105.3
Varatehes and iasquers 108.0
Ultramarine 116.0
that curing 1949, at- least 8,000 tons will be obtained. As a result. s$ they de-
velopment of the :nouetry for extraotien of resins from stamps, it is
estimated that during 1949 an additional 1,200 tons of oolophany and 350
tone of turpentine will be obtained.
RESIN AN TANBARK PRODUCTION I1ICRisASE -- Po.eka Iadowa, No 31, 15 Mar 49
The produ :t ',)g of bv.prodnotc fr- the State Yorests ehmw a sygtefttto
,or'- In 1948, .200 tone of lresin were obta11nen whichh wee S7 a ct
abtro ?.ar, at, a$ai;lat 3}.200 iu ~94d and 5,000 in-1}47. It is ant olpated
Tanbark furnished by the State Forests has been able to take care of
the greater Hart of the d-mand of the nation's tanning industry, thereby
reducing the import of this costly material. The recent increase in the
tanbark supply is due to matr:ds of ;btaining and conserving the bark during
the winter season, which is the main season for the exploitation of forests.
Until now, the eu?ply of Lark was not great because bar:: was obtained only
during the summer months.
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N7FED FOR TANNIN PRODUCTION STRMSED -- Gazeta ladowa, No 47, 25 Feb 49
The need for the development of the nationds own production of tannin
is becoming more evident with the constant growth of leather production.
At present, the greeter part of the tannin supply is imported from other
o,intri.ee. The possibilities of obtaining raw tanning material within the
c-entry na a great, theoretically about 5,000 tons of tannin per year.
R-,)Uroximately 50,000 tons of usable fir and felled-tree bark, which con-
t''ins an average of 10 percent tannin, can be obtained by proper yearly
,rploitation of forests.
One of the main reasons for the low production of tanbark are the
riot requirements for preparing the raw material. Tanbark cannot be
iLaned off, it rvv.et be peeled off in strips. To obtain the bark in this
i'orm, it mui- :,(: ,h--,d d,iring the spring and summer months, while the
main season for expLnit.ation of'Sorests in during the. winter months.
Recently, the Forest Cooperative sponsored experiments at the Poznan
University laboratory to determine the tannin content of f _'r bark obtained
in the winter. The experiments showed that there was little difference be-
tween the tannin content of the bark obtained in summer and that obtained
in the winter. The slight difference is due to the fact that the tannin is
concentrated to that part of the bark which is nearest to the tree trunk
and can be removed easily, without injury to the tissues, only. in spring and
summero
At present, experiments are being made to determine the proper con-
serration of bark obtained during winter. Winter weather conditions do
not permit the bark to dry properly and fresh bark contains 40 percent
water, which makes it easily susceptible to mildew even at a low temperature.
Up to this time, the Management of State Forests, Torun Region, is the
leading producer of bark. This region produced 178,118 kilograms of tanbark
in 1948 (178 peroeut of plan) although it contains only 3 peroent of fir
and oak trees. Since 1946, a total of 500,000 kilograms of tanbark was
acquired by the Management of State Forests.
The leading workers in tanbark production area Borek, Wojoieoh
Jendrzyneki, Bohdan Jendrayneki, Marian Kucharski, Bronielaw h4toharski.
The total production of these workers amounted to 49,583 kilograms of tanbark.
Those moo were given cash bonuses by the Ministry of Forests.
PRIfivISION AND OPTICAL INSTRUMFNT PRODUCTION IIX7EA888 -- Polska lad ova,
No 33, 19 Mar 49
Factories of the Association of the Precision and Optical Instrument
Industry have increased the scope of their production in 1949,
The Gen Svierozewski Factory is --,featuring precision measuring cost
ments used bj the metal industry.
The production of gasometers Is Increasing rapidly. It Is planned that
monthly production will reach 1,500 g soaeters in 1949, which is 4 times
more than the 1948 production. A new typo of industrial gasometer has been
constructed for the urban gas and oike plants.
Microscope production now amounts to 260 per month as against 170 in
1948. In the near future, production ?:111 start on metallographio micro-
:3opes for factory laboratories and for research institutions. A model
metallographio miororeope has been oonstruotrd in the Polish Optical Instru-
meat Factory.
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In the preoieioa Instrument factory a model shadovlees lamp has been
contracted for use In aurgioal operations. The factory is now beginning
mass production of those lamps.
Production of lighting installation for railroad coaches has also
vaoroneed markedly.
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