EAST GERMAN GLASSWORKS EXPAND PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600390210-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 210
• Publication Date: May 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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LANGUAGE
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO PR0ADCASFS CD NO.
COUNTRY German Democratic Republic
SUBJECT Economic - Glass production
HOW
PUBLISHED Semiweekly newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Berlin
DATE
FUBLISHED 13 Dec 1950 - 17 Jan 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPO
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
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SOURCE Nachrichten filer Aussenhandel.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950 - 1951
DATE DIST. I May 1951
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
EAST GE" GLASSWORKS EXPAND PRODUCTION
INCREASES OUTPUT 150 PERCENT -- Berlin, Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel,
13 Dec 50
The Torgau Plate-Glass Works, East Germany's second largest plant of its
kind, has increased its production 150 percent since 1945. Since the installa-
tion, in 1948, of a new crucible with six furnaces, the plant's output has been
three fifths greater than in 1946, when it was on a par with prewar production.
Large export shipments have been made to Austria, Bulgaria, and West Ger-
many, as well as to the Scandinavian countries.
The quality of the product has improved considerably since 1949. Adequate
supplies of raw materials, for the most part of indigenous origin, are available.
PRODUCES SHATTERPROOF GLASS -- Berlin, Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel, 20 Dec 50
e paoplc-,^.-yed Glassworks in Aiken/Elbe, which started operation in July
1950, will be enlarged considerably under the Five-Year Plan. Priority will be
given to the production of shatterproof glass for motor vehicles and train win-
dows, and to the expansion of glass processing. Production of heavy glass was
started in November.and a new plate..tass polishing shop will be put in operation
in January. The plant, which employs 300 workers, has orders for exports to Ru-
mania and Sweden.
GLASSWORKS INCREASES SALES -- Berlin, Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel, 20 Dec 50
The Derenburg People-Owned Glassworks, one of the enterprises of the VVB
Building Materials in Sachsen-Anhalt, has increased its sales by one third. As
of 1 January 1951, the people-owned Harz Hollow Glass Industry in Wenigerode
will be consolidated with the Derenburg Glassworks. A new Siemens smelting fur-
nace is-to be added to the plant's equipment under the Five-Year Plan.
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PRODUCES QUARTZ GLASS -- Berlin, Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel, 17 Jan 51
The people-owned Quart.. Smeltery in Berlin is the only plant in East Ger-
many which produces quartz glass for laboratory equipment. Rock crystal, the
raw material used, has to be imported. The plant, now operated by 24 workers,
is scheduled to enlarge its production program in 1951.
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