DIE CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE, NO.13

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100010071-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: March 28, 1941
• Content Type: REPORT

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~ 28 March 1941, "Die Chemische 7ndustrie," No. 13
An appreciable portion of Finnish requirements of explosives is -
covered by domestic production.
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Suomeu Forsiitti-Dynamiitti 0. Y. (Finska Forcit-Dynakit A. B.~ in $ango.
~t has a share capital of 12 million Fmk and a reserve capital of 1,8 -
million Fmk. 1t has founded in 1892, In 1940 its factory istallations
were l nsi~ to the Pusslans, but operations raTfe since been started in anew y
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plant in Fassa, with greatly increased capacity. Qne hundred and twenty-
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Toni Tons 1,000,000 Fmk
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Dynamite 5~8 498 10.4 e
Prepared land-clearing charges 115 90 0.9 ~
Trinit ~ 16$ 237 2.5
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Fuse (1,000 meters) ~ M
Ballistite 31 - - ~ ,
r chloric acid ~ 5~ 425 0.3
Hyd o 3 -
Glauber salt 168 statis~ics not given
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Liqui~ sulfuric acid 9
~ Production valued at 1.4 million Fmk.
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Tons l,ooo,aoo Fmk
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Amm�nium nitrate 478 1.4
Glycerine 80 1.6
Nitric acid 257 1.2
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Glyc e 1 20 0.5
Concentrated sulfuric acid ~74 0.3

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Collodion cotton 9 0.3
TNT ri 37 U .
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Cotton and lute yarn 40 0.6
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Only the sulfuric acid was d~amestically produced.
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ammunition facttory which works for the Volunteer Defense Carps. ~
Five factories in Finland produce matches, as follows:
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B~orneborgs Tandstickafabriks;A. B,,~or Porin Tulitikkutehdas 0.'~..,
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Pori (Btiorneborg}. 1t was founded in 1$56~and belongs to the S~tedish
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Tulitikim 0. Y., in Helsinki. Founded in ~.~~~;a:sha~e~~cap~:tal is six
~ million Ft~k; reserves ~0~0,000 Fmk. The factory installations are in Jokela.
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Osuustukkukauppa r. 1. (OTK), in Helsinki. It was founded jn lgl?
and has a share capital of 2.71 million Fmk, reserves of 141,000 Fmk.
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Suomen Osuuskauppo~en Keskuskunta r. 1. (SOK), in Helsinki. Founded
in 1904; share cap~;tal 188.43 million Fmk, reserves capital 162.77 million
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Fmk. Their match factory is located in Varjekoski.
Kaupiaitten Teollianus 0. Y., Lahti. Founded in 1924; share capital
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is 3.~ m~.llion :~mk, reserves 2,~ m~~..~,~.on r"mk.
The last three listed belong tc~ tare F in~niuh c�nsum~r ~ cooperati, ass .
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To some extent they also produce other items, such as margarine, industrial
chemicals, etc.
The number of employees in a:tl five factories was 708 in 1936, 7~9 wn
1937, and 549 in 1938. Tn 1937, X08.6 million boxes of matches (2g.$ trillion
Fmk} were produced; in 1838, 363.4 million boxes (31.3 million Fmk).
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Finland supplies its awn aspen wood, match wire, paper, cardboard,
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' matches. tither raw ma~~.rials are impo~ted~ Raw t~~~e~~alp used i.. 1~3 ~
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.i Tons 1,000,000 Fmk ~
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Potassium chlorate 323 1.6
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Paraffin 210 0.8
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Glue 46 0.8
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The State ~~ic�~ Dynamite Factory on the island of Hs,ngo, w~iich was 'I
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with a capital of 13.E million Fmk wa,s recently E
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founded in Turku .(Abe) for wholesale trade in phaxmaceuticals~. The former
Pharmakon firm will cpntinAae c~peratio~,s as "A~teeldlzr ieis I~oskaskunta~" ~
The Lataus 0. Y. (capital of one million Fmk, which may be raised to ~
three. million) was founded ii7 Helsinki for tine manuiac~ui~C ~~,J 6ase ti~ ~
mod; troy.. ~.n~ a m..l~,x products . I
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