KALI-CHEMIE, BERLIN-[N]IEDERSCHONEWEIDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008400330004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Before the oatoLaii-Clio?oio0 Derlinederse7adnowelOs, too ona of the most important
plants of the uerman potash products trust, Kali-Chemie, ;.0, ond
.toused the head offices of the combine, The plant
ohs very bzvilir -
damned bv air raids in 1944 and by sh &11r n 1945.and
during the latter stages of the advance of the ited Almy, thoIn
vere transferred to Sehnde,nannover. "Jima the plant itself was in very
poor condittonzpractically no dismantling vas done by tne 2uocians, was
not hoover 0 totaAy destroyedo
2. Ear:4y in 1945 the power 1)::.ant vas put in orderland it was found that the
sulphuric acid plant could be saved by sacrificing other oarts. As a conse-
quence' 600 tons of sulphur trioxide (501) per month could be produced. Be-
cause of diffieulties encountered in Derlin, stocks of pyrites were trans-
ferred to oti:er plants which were already producing. In early 19460 however,
production begun with a six months'stocknile of snoples awi1.1Pblo, During
the succeeding years the lant continued to operate under various dif7icultios,
wIlich could . oJv have been overcome by complete reconstruction, particularlr of the
washer columnb, the foundations of which had been badly damaged by outflowing
acids, The ripinai capacity of the plant amounted to 11500 tons of 303 per
month, of vebieh ls,000 too, catf,c be pr-tccd as fualng sulphuric acid with
up to 27 per cent absorbed free 503. By sacrificing oquip5;ent for the
production of foming sulphuric acidiouch an absorbing eo:osmrs, an average monthly
production of 600 tons of .503 was maintained, vitIn intervcas fos: 0000-Irs,
until 150;8,
je After 1948 a ton6ard of repair work ono 7...pisr3d; ,11?4.n-5. it poscible
to put the contact, cvPos n order and charge them with tv,w 't.anadium z:atalysts
from Wolfen, As a result production stoadily rose and at present
averages 1,00 tons of :(31' per month in the form of 96 pr cent sulphuric atd
Tho sulphuric acid plant is at present in a siniliar condition to
most of the -aants in the MR. The plant suffers most from continuol:s orfpx-
nel changes among its cheuioal onoloears0 most of whom 17--ve gone mo the aes.:-?
The engineer new in charge, Dr. Ratteyo is not technically welI-versed in the
contact systml. He originally vior:?sd in the fertilizer branch and later in
the acid redemption section of exolosive plants4 It doPs not seer likely that
he vall Lu ls to promote the production os' 501 much be7v2ri its present ca,74,c-
ty even should he receive better 3upport Lhan his predeceo5oro recetvee -n obbaininf:
equipment,
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5. In addition te sulphur trioxide, the only other important item produced by
Kali-Chemie? Berlin-Niederschaneweide, is potassium ferricyanide, production
of which is dependent on delivery of potassium cyanide from Piesteritz. The
production stlt potassium ferricyanide seldom averages more than 4040 tons
monthly, and most of that goes to Filmfabrik Wolf en.
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