PRODUCTION FIGURES AND GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE HOFFER SCHRANTZ FACTORY, THE GANZ WAGON FACTORY, THE FIRST MAGYAR AGRICULTURAL MACHINE FACTORY, AND THE CZONKA MACHINE FACTORY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2001
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• Publication Date: October 11, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
a push motor in the rear of this unit. The second unit is a kitchen,
bar unit. The third, fourth and fifth units are nartor car units, pro-
vided with radio recciver, collapsible desks and files. Everything is
done in a most beautiful manner with leather upho.L,4.,;ry, lamps, telephones,
etc.
garian tzlks. The Planning Dept. has not yes. received instructions
regardi.ig production, but#here were preliminary conferences held re-
garding this.
b. In the factory they have started to produce the lower frames of a
six part, fast, luxury motor train. This train will be drawn from the
front with a Jendrasik motor which has a synchronized connection with
actory
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1. Hoffer Schrantz Factory
a. is factory finished in 1kial-c.i, .1x49 the production of its eecond
thousand tractors. For 1949 it is planned to build some 2,500 more agti-
ricultural tractors.
b. According to plans, at the end of the Five-Year Plan 25,000 tractors
must be ready.
c. They are experimenting in this factory with a new, more modern and
more practical tractor which has a greater carrying capacity. Weight
of the new tractor is 3250 kg. On a dirt road it can haul 5-8 sections
(units?) at medium speed. On avera a terrain at a depth of 25 cm this
tractor can plow one cataster hold acre) per hour. On more difficult
terrain it can plow one Magyar hold. (80 cataster holds equal 100 Mag.
yar holds).
d. The tractor has a diesel motor and mass production will be started
this year (1949).
e, It is also planned to produce a new type of military Diesel tractor.
~3e experimental model was a success.
LA Photostat of plant layout is available on loan from the CIA Library,?
2. anz Wagon Factory,
a. On Aur 7 & 8, WYE lrom the Aobanya of vepot Mavag, 25
carloads ,t rough armoplate were deposited. in the yards of the Ganz
wagon 2actory. This material is expressly used for tank production and
its thickness is 9.27 mm. During World War II his factory made Hun-
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Production Figures and General Information of the
DATE DISTR.
it Oct 1949
SUBJECT
Hoffer Schrantz F^ntcry, The Ganz Wagon Factory,
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The First Magyar Agricultural Machine Factory, and
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c. Between 15 Dec 48 and. 20 Ma : 49 there were turned over to the Soviets
65 four-axle, new freight cars. Also to the Soviets went 12 Pullman
passenge cars; 45 t,io-axle passenger cars went to MAV (H3,ngarian.
State RR) along l th six mine locomotives] 22 refrigerator cars went
to the Soviets, as well as 55 larger turpe freight (reservoir and tank)
cars and 102 tank cars.
3. snst _ ar. rAgricul ter l~?PIr.ch3 x~e....Factory (Elso Magyar Gazdasagi Gerav )
LP'hotostat of plant locatior is available on loan from the CIA library
a. City Office: Budapest, V v otm ia. 16
b. Factory: In the Budafok Street turn between the Gamma Foundry and the
Hangya Factory on the Danube shore.
.c.Other plants: Torokszentmiklosi Gepgyar (Machine Factory of Torok:
szentmiklos) and Szentendrei Szerszam es Kaszagyar (Tool and Scythe
Factory in Szentendre.
A. Products: Agricultural machinery, thrashing
machines, silo machines,
mill machines, furnishings for mill industries and for chocolate fac-
tories.
e. Operations: Own steel and gray iron foundry, finishing machine shop,
and assembly plant. The factory is of modern construct..on, started
in 1941 but finished only after the Soviet occupation in 1945, not ac-
cording to original plans.
f. Five-Year Plan: Prod-action of agricultural machinery within the
framework of the plan for agricultural development. Production for
Soviet war reparations.
g. Leadership: Partly Communist. The majority of the workers are only
forced members of the wuaicers Party.
h. Number of Employees: 50 office workers and 500 plant workers. This
factory was taken over by the State in March 1948.
4. CgpAj . Ganger (CS9 china Fact_QjZ)
a. This factory produces modern irrigation pumps which are provided
with motors of great rotation and strong platforms. For military pur-
poses they produce attack boat motors and also repair airplane motors.
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