THE ELECTRO-TECHNICAL PORCELAIN INDUSTRY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006300060015-4
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT The Electro.-Technical Porcelain Industry
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1. The Electro-Technical Porcelain industry is controlled by a General
Directorate which has its central office in Novi Sad. The General Directorate
is responsible for production, maintenance and development of existing
factories and for the construction of new factories and plants. Although
new to Yugoslavia., this industry is being 'rapidly expanaea and it is
expecti-ted that the General Directorate will soon be raised to the level of a
Ministry,,
Yugoslavia has always imported all rely equipment and in 1948-1949 spent
sixty million dinars on such imports. At this time, Professor Vatroslav
Bedjanicc of the Technical School of Lj~uhljara University proposed establishing
such an industry, using watchmakers who would work part time at home. The
proposal was accepted and Bedjanic was given the authority to execute his
plan, but at the same time it was decided to build a factory. The plan was
deemed so i mportarrt, that he was given a budget without having to submit.
records of his expenditure.
3~ It was originally proposed that, the factory be built in Ljubljana, but the
Anti-Aircraft Defer >sse Sector of the Federal Ministry of Electric Power
Control refused permission because of Ljub? jana ' s vicinity to the border:,
Because of the urgency of the project,, however, Marshal Tito was consulted
and was prepared personally to overrule this decision, but Professor Milan
Vidmar, of the Ljuhl Jana Unive--sity and Director of the Electric Industry of
Slovenia. in Crnuce, suggested. that the factory be built there and attached to
the already existing installat,.ons, This was agreed and construction was
started. It is expected that the factory will, begin production by June 1950.
Reportedly,, this industry will be able to supply all demands for electric
relay equipment by working only two or three months every year. Other
precision equipment will be produced during the rest of the year,,
4. The Directorate controls the following factories
a. Novi Sad: The only prewar eiectro=technical porcelain factory in
Yugoslavia. It is small but has been expanded and is now used for
testing prototypes, The original porcelain waste of sixty percent was
reduced to twelve percent,
A small porcelain factory originally started by local
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authorities to produce china and taken over by the Directorate.
c. Ilidzaw This factory, which is under construction, is attached
to the Stup repair shop in Ilidzav
d. Bukovik:. The factory is under construction near Arandjelovac in
Serbia. A budget of four hundred and fifty million dinars was
granted for the construction in 191.i.9, but by the end of the year
little pragres had been made. Completion is expected by the end
of 1950. When this factory is completed, it will be capable of
supplying all Yugoslav demands for electro-technical porcelain.
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