TEXTILE FACTORIES IN BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2011
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• Publication Date: August 16, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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' COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Textile IFactories in i3 :i aria
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As of ::$3J 1948, thf fol1o iint; cuncd E Ons existed in the '-w;.1.- a ian textile
factories named:
i.: C rJ to f .. otur ` of G rci ! j lw-j 2, 000 urk(rs and 600 lochs; after
zinc a'i rc ' zz l.y47, the nu i'bcr of workers was re.-aced to 1,1400 and the 50X1-HUM
looi a in operation from 630 to 200. The rat for j is to :.rcd. zce 150,0[)0
:meters of woolen yarn durtn.; the year.
2. Fortuna factur^y of So _'i.a has 10,000 spindles. Dray 5,000 are ,;es nd; used,
a cotton loov . T'ho f actor;.r had a $ire last year, but has been
allocated 150 tons of cotton, and it -?1-0 :-cjcd that during the- course of
tho next oz ~t nontfts they will produce 2' 0, ~LO0 motors of. cotton cloth.
Bar?v and Chorinek factory for ..oolen fabrics at Sofia has 400 looms and
c a(3s ec.:u praent o{' all in Bul.-,aria.. It is workin to 50 percent of
capacity, anti the pr=oduction ?r .1l be a.:vund l0U,uOO : ote:rs this ,rear.
This is a ;,ocern factori it has its own 50X1-HUM
cje-vrork and yarn. spirrri.n c parrtaent.
14. 1st of iay factory a/ Varna :ias 2 ,Q0U sr.'.nc .es and received 500 tons of
rct on: A ood part o`? its product .an of yarn will be d-I.StriUlted
a:icng the small wreavavr, f ,)r i ndi.-:-dual :aanufaeture' and a Wt from t' pis,
It w3.:Ll x roduc? around 500,00() rae;~,;c:: ?s o." cloth.
Karaivvanov factory at Slivon has 1,4200 loons ;nri a cotton sr.i nn in;7, mill.
V1111 prroduce 200,000 maters of 1.11 i.tary cloth for t e ar::t;. Its sub--
si.diary in Ga.:-rovo macs 2U) looms and L i l.1 produce 100,000 mete of
second qoalty cloth.
6. Prinz irlri1 facto: y has 15,000 si. irdlos and 300 looms. It recei v ei 500
t z~s :~`x 'co on, about 30 ;percent for . anutf'actur:! and re.e xp;:ort to Pa ,:,i,a,
a certain xro{.ort or, for uietribut.t.on co other w?re~_wv::rs and the rev t for
the awwiacture of cloth -y about 2u0,000 sac tors. It is located in Varna.
7. Mako factory In Sofia makes t?rcuAenis stockin;, ana ~:ienTs socks. :its ror:rra."I
r`? rrcc ctiun is 12, 000,000 ,airs per Licar. This year it will be 'only about
1480,00 pairs.
8. Kabo factory In Sofia J..su I.r9t uccs stoc..in*-;s and sock s? r'roduct:ion
capacltj is about 21,ooo,0o0 pairs. This year rod tii,.hgin nrl ll be only
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9. Kotchhorinovo paper factory roar iitaapnitsa is the largest gaper factor; in
ire cautery and Inuc tty rucl atrial In ti-le for7a of forests close at hand.
This factor;; is wox0k n; to czpaci ty w id ;:roduci: a five tons of paper a
day. The paper incustr r Its the only one .riiich is vrorcin ; . onmlly.
10. Sfn azhevo factory eidht kilometers soutawast of Sofia,, produces,tvro and
? one nalf tone of paper Boo r? day and has a capacity of four tons.
11. Istsar factory is the ::jest iaoc ern papa ? factory in the country. It r;nskes
tTrree tons a day, inc1-aiUng hl,h Z-rade papers such as letter paper. It
is situated eight k 3 l.o jeters northeast of Sofia.
12. Sveta Troytza factor;,' at i a1,y"ovo :1.:3 a Woolen 8p::1T272'~.ri.; ~.'.), The ~3LtC~;Tfiste
dory, Gabrovo, w;tic, is under V18 s aae a:tana;;ement, ti eaves t ze riia g I,
and its JOU loom, is erpjected to produce 20j,uO0 ;:rate ?c of 'Toole*
cloth t.tis year. ,
13. B3` Iaria factory a Sofia is a cotton spinning plant. It has 10,000
sp n CS.
14. Gloria factory at Sofia ;,s a cotton upinnir: plant with 15,000 spindles.
.7aa received 350 tons of cotton.
15. Ti,; r factory at Sofia has 1.0,000 s P:indles and has received 250 tons of cotton.
16. t acheev factory at Gabrovo 1iiakea woolen cloth. It has 400 looms and will
pre uce 150,000 motors this yuar.
17. Ivan Berov factor, at Gaurovo has 200 loons, of -h i ch only 90 are working.
It r 1i proCace 50,000 :aotera of cotton cloth.
18. ?;Merino factory at 0-a. r ovo has 5500 :codern loans. , it will produce 1330,000
me :rs of cloth.
19. Stefanov factory at Sliver has 230 lof its and vi.ll produce 100,000 meter of
coarse ofen cloth.
20. Semo~ 'ieu factory ei. ;lit ':cilom6ters northeast of Sofia,, near Is!car Station.,
has 3UO looms and rfi1 j.xcduco 200,0QO -aetaf?s of cotton cloth.
a1.. Filtiss factory at Sofia, with a larger :::: nch at Gabrovo, has a total
ot ' F bares and will produce 200,000 meters of cotton cloth.,
22. Rila factory at Sofia boa 250 loom. It spociiliz in Wore nto fabrics.
23. Flatt:o factor;, at Sofia ! : 200 looi.ts.
24. Viktoria factory at Sofia has 300 locaa , of which 120 are vrork:t n; . Its
pr ucta.on is tarki uwn.
25. Zaka; xn factory at Sofia has 3!k) loans. It weaves military cloths, canvas
or an s, vratoa .?roof fabr i.cs, canvas pipes and hose;. It is 'rjanicapped
by lack of raw ma'ter'ials and production is unknoinj.
26. Rozanes factory at Sofia has e-00 looms and produces .til l i.tary cloth. it is
producing 30 pa: c.,:: n of k
2?. Alms factory at Sofia has 300 loans. It produces coarse industrial. cloth
mute sacks.
28. Tra jezitsa factory at Tr n io ac ce cotton reels. It is producing two
ma's. on ?ds -(aar. it :.a producing only 30 percent of its normal production.
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