VEB HENNIGSDORF STEEL WORKS AND ROLLING MILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003900430004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 29, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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Germany (Russian Zone)
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1 L In 3.94 the SMA. Ordered thc- :I`C building; and t=e aqu:lppirxg of he
steel works and rolling mill in Renni sdorf after it had earl er _
25X1 been dismantled on Soviet o:tieders. total os
of plant ~'s reconstruction to he 25 to `0 ii:llion. pfd (Os a.)., The
25X1 plant's raw material is scrap metal., aivailabl(z in large quantity
as a by-=product of manufacture in East Berlin and Land Brandenburg..
25X1 For steel. production 35=>20% raw iron, d6liverFd from .x-FHUttr
('iJnterwellenborn), is added. The plant consists of three main
25X1 divisions: 1) SM'Steel Works; 2) Rolling Mill, div Wed into
a) Rough Iron Rolling unity and b) Fine Iron Roiling anit7 an"
3) Casting Sect ion,.
2. The plant is strongly guarciedl. F'our guards stand tens tant watch
at he gate;. and there are guards at alt junction noin.t,ii in th,:L
plant. Outside visitors, accompanied always by a guard are
allowed to enter only certain offices and are then retur:xed to
the gate by the shortest route. Visito -'s are generally forbidden,
exct pt .ng special tours fox carefully screened applicants.. School
classes are occasionally allowed to inspect single sections of'
the u'lant
The plant employs about 3 a'~ in
19.0 The' -}teel is v them cut into blocks aio:zt 3 meters long. ZA ea
shifts of 50 men each, affect a daily average output of 300-?35O
blocks.
6. Fine on Pol.1:i rr, T,,1?11. :.here are 3 rolling sets in use: a 350
ateter' iii? st af:i: eru' by a 20, man : j Y +- 5 a .50 meter Tine, with a
68 men s l -ft a and. v, dc>>:hl e-duo line,tafied b, a 17 m:an shift:,
Foy ~.~,(, mc)ai; uaru< cyro:3s 13e~,w~ons. t rom 6- ' i '. c 0C` tnd 55 to 93? al'e
VAe r ~I:"r.1.r Luo lint-, f?_.ct tan to 10 mr'i In
the roll-Ing_ !rocs a 4.% loss in slag and iron oxide is calculated.
The fine iron rolling mill is still entirviy provisional, The
proper transportation and cutting devices are om.pletely lacking,
.
k? ~ _ the 1.:.s3.:'. as well as the
and the :movement of mater:. 1s along
cutting process itself. is carried out by hand labor a relatively
expensive p rocess. The rolling m:x.11 has only one no~e=.:~n '4i1es
lathe; all. other machinery f s over. dirty yearc otd~ hero_oa.~.
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in ordr.r to - racy ea se output, the ,orlwers oft.- n. rum. G.
n of ile
throu'.a the mill one or two less times than normally. thereby
often causing damage to the equipment a Roiling capacity is
nevF 1cheless greater than that of the stool ?worko and raw steel
fro,: Max-ltitte in Unterwelienborn is regularly delivered for
rolling in the mill. A wire rolling unit (Drahtwa] zstrasse) for
me.,urements as fine as 5 ?rarmm (for construction iron) is now under
cristruction and is expect-ed to go into operation sometime in
0:tober,?
.sting; Section. Both iro;a and steelare cast in this section.
,ide from two casting pans 'with a capacity of about 40 tons,
t'iere is very little modern equlonient. Final foi'iing is done by
.land, end labor is a disproportionately great part of the produc-.
tion cost. The output of the casting- section Is used. in part for
construction within the plant, to fulfill purchasing contracts,
and also for shipment to Russia as re?aarations. The latter
includes shii.ist' propellors, weighing as much as 65 tons, and
other parts whose possible use is unknown. No kind of typical
armaments material is being produced,
25X1 C t: It is assumed that the symbol n
refers to sq. cmQ
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