(SANITIZED)PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH AT THE SCHWARZA FIBER PLANT/PRINCIPAL CENTERS FOR SPINNING SYNTHETIC FIBERS(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400610008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL / w"'D
CENTRAL INTLQt~t*A%P'
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany
SUBJECT
ACQUIRED
Fibers
DATE DISTR.29 Tuc.y /9S f
Production and Research at the Schwarza NO. OF PAGES
Fiber Plant/Principal Centers for Spinning Synthetic
PLACE NO. OF ENCLS.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ACQUIREDI REPORT
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IROHIIITID it LAW. TAO REPRODUCTION 01 THIS 1000 11 PRONIIIT90.
PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH AT THE SCHWARZA FIBER PLANT
but their principle source of supply is a power plant located on the 25X1
Saale River.
The Schwarza plant was always
short of electricity whit was due to the great amount of
electrical power requ,.red to operate the uranium mines in East Germany.
Schwarza has a small stand-by power station for lighting, heating, etc,
2. Raw materials were always in short supply at Schwarza. The plant obtained 25X1
its lactam from Wolfen and Leuna. It was difficult to keep the perlon
plant busy because of the shortage of lactam and other intermediate ma-
terials. There was also a shortage of cellulose which was obtained from
the USSR never knew from day to day the amount or quality 25X1
of cell ose would receive. Incidentally Schwarzd
received its cellulose in a trade exchange or ast German
perlon and maehinel Ito r ay l ,its. own sulfuric acid plant,
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but received sulfides from Poland for use in the production of viscose
by the well known xanthate process.
The chemical equipment used at Schvarza for the chlorination of Para-
chiormethyl toluene to obtain raw materials for dacron is rather unique
due to its design. The chlorination process is quite involved and employs
the u e of ultra violet light. The equipment consists of a stainless steel
tube, approximately 39 inches in length and four inches in diameter, with
a smaller glass tube inserted inside in a reaction mixture. At the bottom
of the large tube is a glass frit for chlorine. To the right of the frit
is an effluent tube where hexochl.oro Para-xylene is introduced. At the
top is an effluent tube for HCL and a smaller inlet tube for para-chloro-
met}yl toluene. The ultra-violet light is in the central glass tube,
encased in glass wool, and uses a 110 volt current.
The chlorine is introduced in the glass frit or sintered plate and bubbles
to the top of the tube to effect the chlorination of pare chloromethyl
toluene to Para-hexachloro-toluene. The process is catalyzed by ultra-
violet light which is in the central glass tube. The formula is as follows:
CR3
0
CH2CL
-4- 5 C12 --lip 2
CCL3
CCL3
10 HCL
PRINCIPAL CSNTS .S FOR SPINNING S'Y16TmIC FRS
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The principal spinning centers for synthetic fibers in last Germany are
located at Schwarza, Premnitz, Pirna (near Dresden), and Wolfen. The 25X1
Sehvarza plant produces perlon and viscose rayon; Premnitz, perlon and
dacron; Pirna: viscose rayon and perhaps acetate rayon; and Wolfen, perlone
The Premnitz plant also was putting into operation, in 1952, a smal pilot
vlant for orlon whit has a capacity of 50 - 100 lbs per day. 25X1
synthetic fibers are not produced at Sitterfeld or at
Che tz. er eld has an electro-chemical factory which produces sodium
and chlorine, toluene and other aromatic compounds. Schw'arza received its
chlorine fromi Bitterfeld,which is also a large supplier to the I G Fax'ben 25X1
C OAL PROCESSES FOR TM PRODUCTION OF I tIATE MATERIALS
6. The chemical process used for the production of lactam from phenol is Well 25X1
known. Caprolactam is made at Wolfen and Leuna, the only _tVo plants in
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East Germany. Terephtha id is reduced in East Germany-, on
Rodieben at a plant whit produces about 50 lbs per day.
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