THE RUMANIAN CHEMICAL WORKS RUBBER FACTORY IN BUCHAREST AND OTHER RUBBER FACTORIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Rumanian Chemical Works Rubber
Factory in Bucharest and other Rubber
Factories
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8 May 1953
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1. The Rumanian Chemical Works Rubber Factory (Uzinele Chimice Romane Fabrica de
Cauciucuri) in Bucharest belonged formerly to the Banca Nationala. In 1948
it was' nationalized and -united with four small factories (Standard, Areca, Arda,
and Nicola) whose machinery was dismatled and taken to the main factory. The
works were,then placed under the control of the Rubber Center of the Ministry
of Light Industry. The factory is located-at 72 SOseaua Pandurilor near the
Vulcan Factory and opposite the Military Academy (Scoala de Razboiu). Frontage
of the factory is-approximately-'800 meters. To.its.rear is Calea 13 September,
where there is also a railroad sidingo
2.. The factory manufactures all kinds of rubber products, tires and inner tubes
for vehicles excepted, from both natural and synthetic rubber. Monthly pro.
duction represents a value of 50,000,000 lei, The factory has six departments
whose combined daily production is approximately one thousand kgs. of rubber.
One department, employing 150 workers, produces washers, discs, stoppers, knobs,
rubbers soles, sanitary and'medical articles. Asecond department, employing
from 60 to 80 workers produces galoshes, rubber boots,, and sport shoes. A
third department produces rubber tubes for medical use (from 10 to 150 mm in
diameter) and rubber-coated tubes for technical use which incorporate( layers ,X
of cotton fabric. These tubes have a resistance up to 150 atmospheres. A
fourth department produces rubber mats and rubber-coated transmiss.on belts,
A fifth department produces rubberized cloth (capacity of one thousand sq.
meters per day) for military purposes. A sixth department produces items made
of vulcanite4 .
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is the best known and probably the. only rubber expert in Rumania,
The technical manager of the factory is an engineer named Israel Geller, who
e ae ory.employs approximately VUU wor ers., 3u per cent
of whom were women. The average age of the workers is about 45. Work is car-
ried out in two shifts in all departments except the shoe department where
work is done in three shifts.
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8. The factory is guarded by 30 armed and uniformed watchmen who work in three
shifts. There are no antiaircraft or other military defense measures.
The following rubber factories are known:
The Mira Rubber Works, located near Jilava on the Giurgiu road., was
formerly owned by the Feinsilber Brothers and was nationalized in 1948.
These works are to be developed into-a giant rubber works with which
the Uzinele Chimice Romane will be a?lgted. Five new machines,
ordered from Czechoslovakia and Hungary for the Uzinele Chimice Romane,
have been installed at the Kira Works. A special railroad siding leads
to the factory, Thee are to be 1,500 workers at the factory until 1955,
at which time the number is to be increased to 4,000 or even 5,000. In
1951, production consisted of about one ton of rubber tubing per day.
The Banloc Factory at Baicoiu is the only factory producing tires and
tubes frcm synthetic rubber. Products are of i iferior quality, because
the factory has been lacking sufficient raw materials since 1951.
c. At the beginning of 1951, construction of a new, large Sovrom synthetic
rubber factory was begun at Medias, It will use hydrocarbon obtained
from the combustion of methane gas. The factory was not in operation at
the and of 1951,
d. The rubber factory at Stalin (Brasov) is smaller than the Uzinele Chimice
Boman and has fewer machines which are more modern and in better con-
dition It produces some miscellaneous items in addition to bicycle tires
and tubes,
e,,, The Rubber Factory at Timisoara produces rubber bands and dipped rubber
goods, such as gloves and preservatives. Its daily production is 500 kgs.
f. The quadrat, formerly the Markovits Factory, is located at Bucharest,
Soseaua Stefan Cel Mare, It produces from 700 to 800 kgs. of rubber
footwear. daily,
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