SAG MARTEN (FORMERLY OSWALD KUNSCH) PLANTS AT SILBITZ AND RASBERG IN SAXONY
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CLASSIFICATION
MCUI= fl F01-VOL1ON
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATHON REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT SAO Marten (formerly Oswald Kunech) Plants
at Silbitz and Rasberg in Saxony
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUWEttx CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTISIG THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE HEARING OF TITLE 10. SECTIONS 793
AID 794. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL'
511013 or ITS CONTRDTS TO OR RECEIPT DT AN UUAUTHODIZED P99SOIC
IS PRORISITPD OV 1.A51 THE RSFROOUCTtON OF THIS FORM 1S PRONtDITED.
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CLASSIFICATION
10 Generalo
The original Oswald Kunsch plants are those located at Rasbergo During
the German rearmament period prior to 1939, the new and much larger Works
mere built at Silbitz. After the war the may gon nt and acb.inistration
moved from Rasberg to Silbitz, where they also remained when the firm
was acquired by SAG Marten.
2.> Personalities.
a0 Russian Generaldirektion,
Class.
gCpLOf TED BY IR
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DATE DJ.STR. X17 Dec. 1951
NO. OF PAGES 5
NO. OF ENCLS.
UPPLEMENT TO
EPOR'T NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
(Harz.):
at'kapp flu )
Pushkov, fnu) All Soviet nationals.
Traskov, fhu)
1) Soviet nationals:
Gerral Director: Pokrovski, fnu
Chief Engineer: Savkin, fnu
2) German nationals:
Chief Director (teehn.); Josef Gleitz(rrithout party affiliation)
Business Manager: Hans, I'rucherpfennig{without party affil
Chief Engineer: Sedlaczek, fnu,(vithout party affiliation)
General Director:
Chief Engineer:
Chief Bookkeeper:
Stalilviork Silbit}z
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Head of the Plants' Trade Union: Paul Henke' L_
Cultural Director: Walter Fritnscha
Head of the Research Institute: Dipl. Ins. Dr. Pack
c. Stah] erk Rases:
Plant lfanr ger:
3,. Registration and Assets.
Ing. 'W'loykoss, fnu
The SAG Marten concerns Silbitz and.Rasberg are registered as State-owned
Joint-stock companies at Halle/Saale with 3 directors, Volkov, Dab;dov and
Poppov, Whose names are still shorn in the commercial register although they
have been replaced by the board shown at 2 a above.
Few,
The Stahllmrk Silbitz employs 1,960 workmen and the Stahluerk Rasberg employs
Approximately 500 employees are members of the SED.
5. Production,
a. Cast steel block,, castings, wheals, and forged steel nae'iine parts.
b'. Planned and actual production for Both plants from January to August 1951
in tons:
Mont
h Bloch
Castings in
Tdhoel
gs
s
Er-rim
Plan,
Act.
Plan.
Act
Plan
Act
Pl
.
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an
Act
s
Jana
700
1,156
1,1400
1,352
1450
45C
120
12}
Feb?
600
l,v484
1,100
1,1407
350
141
lie
-173
Mar,
700
1,3141
1,1450
1,325
1450
-
120
173
Apr.
1,000
1,320
1,750
1.,26o
150
1214
240
198
May
1,000
1,305
1,550
935
150
200
1140
157
Jun.
1,000
2,1463
1,6oo
951
500
1146
1140
159
Jul.
1,500
2,026
1,700
905
-
201
160
153
Aug.
1,500
2,150
1,750
1,077
-
175
100
1614
Total
0,000
13,2145
12,600
9,212
2,050
1,1425
1,110
1,306
Percentage : 166,r' 73% 69.55 11135
`' C2C' T/COIITROL - J.S. OI"'?:CIA i OIILY
14000
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CENTRILL IIJTELLIGEIJCE . GEIJCY
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6. Raw Materials.
as The average monthly quantity of pig iron imported from the USSR is 1500
tons and of tool steel 2 tons, Delivcry is effected via Brest-Litovsk
to rrankfurt/Odcr where the railroad cars are relabeled and nezr'frejg t
bills are issued. The name of the sup' licr and the place of origin can-
not, therefore, be determined.
b. Irregular deliveries of scrap iron are received from the Volkshandcls-
zentrale Schrott, Berlin NT 7, Universitltsstr. 22-3a. After lengtrry
negotiations it delivered 3,000 tons of scrap iron in August, and, at
a meeting held on 25 September 1951,undertook to deliver 3,500 tons per
month after October 1951, insofar 'as available, at the following prices
(F.O.R. ).
quality 0 at PM 29.50 per ton
13 at DMT 33.50 "
13a at DI.f 35.50 "
suitable for electric furnaces
c. An allocation of manganese ore will be made to the plant when
it arrives in the DDR. The delay delivery is ascribed to lack of 50X1-HUM
shipping space.
d; Apart from scrap iron, the following,, ferroalloys are in short sup-1-1y:
molybdenum, wolfram and vanadium. The last delivery of molybdenum was
made to the works ? about August when they received an allocation of 'I ton
from the "Staatsreserve"4. Recent negotiations with-, Schneider, fnu, and
Jahnes, fnu, of the State secretariat for Material Procurement, Leipaif;erstr, 5-7,
Berlin, elicited the fact that neither molybdenum nor no]Sram would be
available for delivery for. some time to come but small quantities of
vanadium might be delivered by Base Technab, Supply Office, Berlin
Lichtenberg.
e. Other items in shorts , and saw blades, which
were formerly imported The cables are now 50X1-HUM
supplied by VVB Ti IA, B Drahtscilwork, ~7urzen (formerly A.W. Kanis) r'
Saxony, and - VEB Ifetallwaren- and Drahtzverl4e, Rothe nburg, While the chains
are supplied by VVB E47A VEB Ketten- and Nagclwerk (formerly Nollesche
,VerI; 4 ','Jeissenfels/Saale, but 'in insufficient quantity and inferior quality.
7, Customers,
ao The plants are only indirectly concerned with reparation orders and do not
export to the USSR or Orbit countries.
b. Steel Blocks
1) The main customer is Eisen- and IIfittem erke, Thale, which takes about
1,000 tons per month; the remainder of the production would normally
be ta::en by Kupfer- and Messingverle, Hettstedt. The latter plant
has temporarily reduced its rcnuirements pending the arrival of new
molds which it has asked the SAG 1;.'arten to provide.:
Krupp-Gruson, Magdeburg,.was being supplied with appro.ximately COO
tons per month up to July 1951, but no further deliveries will be
made to it during 1951 as its requirements are sufficiently covered and
its output is at present restricted by the break-down of a steel forgings
press.
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co Steel Castings.
SAG Marten risen- and IIitttenwerke, Thale;
SAG '.Cransmasch, Bleichert u, Co,,' and Unruh Liebig,
Leipzig (parts for cranes and gantries);
VVB LOJA plants at 3autzen, 3abelsberg, Wildau;
VVB ANUS plants at'Halle, Dessau, Saalfeld;
.SAG 3rikett Leipzig, mines at Espenhaln, Pfgnnerhall near Halle,
Deuben -(Krs_,lcissenfels)y Deutzen near Tiorna.
Kombinat Dorna and Profen (spare parts for excavators and parts for
briquette presses),
d. Cast Steel 'tnleels.
ilaggonbau Yleimar is at present being supplied with 1,200 railroad car
wheels per month, Until the end of .1950,. Ito requirements were 1'000
wheels, per month.
Bleichert, Leipzig
Unruh & Liebigy Leipzig
These are supplied to
1) The following, plants of SAG - AL1O:
uaschinenfabrik Buckau, Magdeburg;
Krupp-Gruson, Magdeburg;
Henry Pels, Erfurt;
Otto Gruson & Co., Iagdeburg;
Peniger, Iaschinenfabrik;
Zemagy Zeitz,
2) Other customers:
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Ireptunwerft, Itos tock
Buckau-Tiolf.9 Magdeburg
Krupp-Gruson, Magdeburg
Sachsonwer_:, Niedersedlitz
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( Chrome-molybdenum cast
( steel parts for trench
( excavators$ suitable for
( low temperatures to
-450 C 9
Cast steel parts for
floatinig cranes.
Cast steel parts for
cranes o
Steel castings.
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Excavator.parts,
Ca, -t steel parts for
rolling mill.
( Cast steel housings
( and accessories for
(
( special motors.
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#3o Enu pme t.
b0 The electro-furnaces are at present producing normal steel and Armco
iron (deficient in carbon)* The latter is delivered to Kupfor and
ISessingrrerke, Hettstedt, for the manufacture of wire, The electro-
furnaces are considered suitable for the production of refined steel
alloyso
3 Siemens41artin furnaces,, each built for 10-ton capacity and enlarged
to 18-ton capacity,
2 Electra-furnaces, each with 3-4-ton capacity,
I Eloctro-arc furnace with Oo5-tan capacity.
9. Researcch.
The reseaamh department is uorldng on preparations for the founding of refined
and stainless steels and for the production of high grade sheet metals.
10. Expansion
The construction of a polyclinic and kindergarten at a cost of. DtM 500,000
was started during this year and the purchase of new machinery to the value
of 101.E million DMS is planned for 1952, ,
110 Armament Prodiictio- 0
The SAG Marten Silbitz and Rasberg plants are not at present engaged in the
production of armaments and., so far as is known, no preparations are on hand,,
nor measures contemplatedsto introduce armanent production.' It is, however,,
estimated that the change-over could be effected without difficulty because.,
prior to 19L ,the plants were producing CoO, 1005, 15 and 21 cm0 shells and
50 kg bombs (all of cast steel)
or ment:l the Nollesche Work (Ketton-und Na. ?clwerk) ~*iexssen-
s is t_xe .only producer of chains in the DDR. 50X1-HUM
~ Comment: I the ale and IIettstedt plants of SAG
Marten also receive steel blocks (quantities unknown) fran Stahl- and EisenTmrk9
Frankleben, G. Krautheiras Chemnitz.,and WI3 Stahly erk, Drancienburg, 50X1-HUM
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