CORK PROCESSING FACTORIES IN BUDAPEST

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003700590001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Cork Processing Factories in Budapest
REPORT
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1. Location
he Cork-Processing Factory (Parafafeldolgoz6 V llalat) is located. at 32 Csombos
Street, Budapest )11. The factory is controlled by the Department for Wood.
Industry of the Ministry of Light Industry, and all. its" products are marketed
through the Wood. Products Marketing Enterprise, C rk Department (Fa :ru
tekesit& V ,llalat, Parafaoszt ly), located. at 63 Bajcsi-Zsilinstk.y Street,
Budapest, The yearly plan of the factory., for 1953 amounted to seven or
eight million forints.
gani.zation
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The factory is 'divided: into two sections. One section produces cork stoppers,
and uses approximately 22,000 kg. of cork per month> It employs 50 to 55
workers, most of whom are unskilled women, The second section manufactures
artificial cork sleets "Isolignum.," which are used as insulation in the ship-
building industry_ cork life belts and shoe soles are also made from it.
Isoli.griam is made in a separate plant opposite the main factory building.
Cork scrap is grround., pressed in hydraulic presses, and then baked for 20
hours in a furnace at a temperature of 1000 centigrade. The finished. product is
sent to the main factory, where it is cut by 3ecial machines into sheets of
1 x 1.5 m, s of vary-.rig thickness. This secti&n, which includes the processing
plant, employs approximately 50 Workers, There are plans to enlarge the factory
in 1954, to transfer the processing plant into the main building, and to double
the output in 1955.
Sources of Raw. Material
Raw cork is imported by Lignimpex, the national import-export firm for timber,
wood. and paper. Cork scrap, used in the manufacture of Isolignum sheets, is
imported
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Security
a. The entrance to 'the factory is guarded. - Visitors must register, after whi ch
they receive an entry slip which must be signed by the person visited and
which must be returned to the guard upon departure. Visitors are only
permitted in the offices in the front of the building and mazy not enter
the factory halls unless accompanied by the chief engineer. A fenced
courtyard surrounds the factory, and the rear gate, facing Szegedi Street,
is permanently closed.
b. According to security regulations issued in mid-1953, a three-man guard.
(regular guard.,, workers' representative, and management representative)
must stay on the premises on Sundays and holidays. Each man receives 25
forints a day for this additional duty.
One other cork-processing plant, the Parafak6gyyr, 3 Noszlopi Street, K8bAnya, is
operating in Budapest. It produces Termolit bricks, insulation material and
sheets for cold storage plants, etc.. from burnt cork scrap. It employs
approximately 300 workers.
6. Personnel
The following officials of the ParafafeldolgoZ6 VAllalat are known:
a. Armand.Lugosi, chief engineer and technical director) controls the entire
Dr. Saxidor Molr..n.:r, chief accountant, is the administrative head.
Elemer Nagy, cadre chief
Miklos Po;l.ak9 manager
e. Solymosi (f~.ru) is the Party secretary.
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