PRODUCTION AT BUNAWARKE, SCHKOPAU

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2011
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• Publication Date: August 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germmrw (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Production at Bunawerke, Sob1 peu
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The destination of the dismantled plant from the Bunaverke at Sohkopau was
Mose w. The last packing case left Bunawerke in July 1948. The plant at
Sohkopau was dismantled principally because the Russians wanted it to couplets
their own plant. This works on an alcohol basis instead of the usual carbide
process.
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The factory enloyed 16,000 men as of 25 July 19/8.
lines were as follows:
The main produoti&b
a) Buns - 1,500 - 1,800 tons per month. This includes Bum S, Buns S",
Buns 85, and Buns 32. 50X1-HUM
b) Acetic acid - 29000 tons per month (90% .? 95% quality).
a) I slit errand rsweiohgemachte" Igelit. t Another
production at Buna as 8,400 tcnn year of it P.C.U.)
d) Soda lye and butyl acetate.
e) t1itrogen 21,400 cubic meters in Flay and June 1948 respectively.
f) Carbide (8 furnaces in operation). Up to 1,000 tons per day. A 9th
carbide furnace was under construction in August 1948. ,
Des? t=tfon of graduation
a) Dom,. Up to June 1948, 100% of the Buns production. was sent to the USSR.
Since then part has been stored at Buna, and part sent to Czecho..
slovakia for further processing.
b) Ace-tic acid. This is sent 100% to the USSR In 200 liter aluminum drums.
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a) JiM31 . The "weichgemachte" Igelit is sent to the USSR in 100 kg. drums
manufactured bV the Sobler works at Stassfurt.
d) Soda lye, butyl adetate, ethylene glycol and paraldehyde are all sent to
the USER. 50X1-HUM
e) Chloride of aluminum and "glysantine" are sent to
Czechoslovakia and Poland.
4. Power sum.
a) Consumption averages 102 million ma- a month.
b) The faetories? own power stations produced the following power in May and
Ju-e 1948.
Nay 1948 R 66.9 million KWR
June 1948 74.6 million XWE
Coal is supplied from the local open-oast workings.
c) The remainder of the power is supplied from Zschornewitz power station,,
via a 100 XV circuit.
5. Steam and iaWr Mupu1ies.
a) Steam production in May and June 1948 was as follows:
May 1948 a '5%,426 tons
June 1948 573, 017 tons
under a pressure of 100.16 and 3.5 atmospheres.
b) Water consumption was as followst
I-lay 1948 1,132,700 cu. meters.
June 1948 872,(00 cu., meters,
Water is supplied by 2 pumping stations from the Saale,
Raw I1aterials,
a) Limestone - daily requirements 1,000 tons.
This is supplied from the factory's quarry at Rfibeland/
Harz and is delivered in special Reichsbahn trucks to the
works.
b) Coke - daily requirements 5-6,000 tons.
No deliveries have taken place from the Ruhr or Waldenburg
since June 1948. Stocks in August 1948 could be reckoned
as sufficient for a further 6 - 8 weeks.
c) Anthracite stocks: none.
No deliveries were taking place in August 1948. Experiments
with Bohemian lignite proved a failure.
d) Electrodes - Electrodes are manufactured in the works. There is no _
shortage.
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e) Iieldinare stocks: none. 50X1-HUM
every effort is 1-*i made to obtain this through the black
market In the meantime, "Eisendraht"
(ordinary wire is being used in lieu. Efforts to obtain weld-
ing wire by barter arrangerients with Czechoslovakia and
Poland have proved abortive. - 50X1-HUM
f) Few silicon.
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h) Stegl e,
1) Phi.
1016 of ranairenents are riot from tha, Sndl.at ZnnQ_
Supplies are infinitesimal. Replacements are almost ;impossible.
The factory allocation of 4,000 tons from the dump at Stass-
furt has boon diverted to the shipyards on the Baltic,
The Stassfurt dump amounted to 20,000 tons. AU this is
being diverted to-the Cultic.
A 10-ton truck is sent to Ludwigshafen every week to obtain
this commodity by barter means.
9, ? Perg ities.
a) Gam. The leading personalities are:
i) Dr. Nellea
ii Dr. Moll
iii Dip]., Ing. Ifthr
iv) Dr. Bechthold
v) Dr. Schuhmacher
vi) Dr. Schmidt
vii Dr. Hilburg
viii Dr. Z~obel
ix Dr. 1'TTLUer
assign.
i) Nasarov
(Managing director
ii) Markevitch
iii) Golovin
- German manager.
- Deputy Manager,
-? Business manager.
- In charge of power supplies.
- Technical manager.
Research dept. for Buna and Igelit,
-- Physics laboratory.
- Acetic acid dept.
- In charge of power stations.
Deputy manager).
(Chief engineer).
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