THE ENVER HOXHA MACHINE WORKS

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• Publication Date: October 8, 1952
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FEB 1952 11-4AA "
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT The. Enver Hoxha Machine Works
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The title of the establishment is ??Nzine Enver Hoxha, Ndermarija Shtetnoret?,
i.e. 45Enver Hoxha Works, State UndertakingF9 or "Nzine Enver" for short. The
plant, which is the only one of its type in Albania, comes directly under the
General Directorate for Mechanical Industry (Dega Mekanika) of the Ministry
of Ipdustry? It is located 1,500 meters SW of the Skanderbeg-Square in:Tirana,
on'the road leading to Durres, (See enclosures).
The plant, in its present form,`was inaugurated on the 8th of November 1948 by
Minister Tuk Jakova. It was erected on the foundations of a,large engineering
works planned by FIAT and begun in 1939. The work was suspended in 19,40 owing
to the war and resumed by the Albanian Government in 191.6 almost in accordance
with the original plans. As it stands at'presentflthe existing plant is rem
garded-merely asthe first quarter of the establishment tobe erected by 1955
as part of the-1951-55 plan. The remaining portions are to be built'in vari-
ous stages, and the second portion is to be completed by the end of 19529next
to?the existing works. At a conference held on 6th November 1951, Figeret ':?.
Shehu, wife of Minister Mehmet Shehu and secretary forthe Tirana district of
the Albanian Labor party, declared that the. 1951-55 planprovides for the con-
struction in the 8?1Jzine Enver19 of a blast furnace for the production of steel.
It .was also claimed that the blast furnace will use home-produced iron ore- for
which trial excavations and geological and mineralogical research are being
carried out.
The security detachment for the plant consists of eight uniformed police armed
with Italian rifles and revolvers. Although they belong to the regular po3ipe-
force.they are administered by the plant. Operationally, they are responsibiR;--
both to the plant manager and to tle police chiefat Tirana. The plant oover$'g
roughly9a square area of 160,000 m.' Thenorthern edge is bounded by the
Tirana - Ndroq - Durres road and is closed off by a brick wall 80 ems high sur-
mounted by a wire fence 2-.5 meters high. The western and southern perimeters
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livesin a house in New Tirana. His functions inside the factory are purely
administrative and political, not technical. His staff consists of "a shorthand
typist and a secretary.
6. The assistant manager is Ferid Luke, whose tasks include the provision of the
raw materials requested by the planning office. Being head of the political
office, and therefore political commissar, he is also responsible for political
activity inside the plant.
7. The director of the technical branch is a chief engineer. The post is vacant at
present, the previous holder, the Soviet engineer Ivan Sallov, having been re-
patriated in October 1951 on expiration of his two-year contract. It is thought
that the new chief engineer will also be a Russian. Under the chief engineer
there is a metallurgical engineer in charge of the foundry. This post is vacant
at present. It was held by a Soviet engineer up till the 10th or 15th of Decem-
ber 1951, when he was'repatriated on expiration of his one-year contract. A
Czech engineer, formerly of "Skoda" at Prague, was engaged in the summer of 1951
'on a yearly contract for the foundry. His contract will expire in the summer 0f25X1
1952.
8. The director of the planning Hehasasa o ours rs. e
office draws up an ";annual production plan" in consultation with the, chief engi-
neer based on contracts and orders, and on the instructions issued by the
Ministry of Industry for the implementation of production plans. This annual
plan; s.then sub-divided intp monthly plans and passed on to the production office,
which forwards them to the departments concerned, which in turn breaks them down
into forth ghtly R-A weekly plans, and into "daily norms" for branches and indivi-
dual operatives. The planning office is also responsible for requ'i sitioning, from
the assistant manager, the supply of materials required for the production cycle
of the whole plant. The functions of the office are administrative and not
technical.
The staff of the administration office consists of a chief and four clerks, in-
cluding a. woman and a cashier. The-office deals with all administrative matters
concerning staff and running expenses.
10. The office staff,of the production office consists of a chief and eight technical
clerks. It is divided into . technical office,.technologicai office and an
09ufficio di pianificazione!'2 The chief of the production office is Doco Caci, a
native of the Fermet area, aged 30. He was in the Kucove camps until the end
of 1942,.when he became a Communist activist, without however joining the Albanian
army of national liberation. He performed his normal military service in 1948
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are enclosed by a wire fence only, which is 2.5. meters high. The eastern peri-
meter is bounded by the Tirana Military Supply Center and is enclosed by a brick
wall 1.5 meters high.
There are about 500-550 male and female operatives employed in the plant. The
technical and managerial staff numbers about 30. There are only a few score of
skilled operatives; the remainder are unskilled. As long as the Government was
able to do so, it employed skilled Italian labor, In order to overcome the
present lack of skilled Albanian labor9 Russian and Czech engineers are being
engaged on one or two-year contracts.
The plant manager is Artion Spartak, a native of southern Albania aged 50. He
left the country in 1923 or 1924 after the formation of the first independent
Albanian Government and went to Italy and then to France, eventually reaching
the U.S.S.R. He finally returned to Albania in 1949. In Russia he was em-
ployed as an operative, then became a trade-union delegate, a member of the Party
and a propagandist. Originally a Moslem, he renounced his religion and pro-
claimed himself an atheist. He has married a Russian woman and speaks perfect 25X1
Russian. He is a member of the Albanian Workers? Party and the Citizenus Commit-
tee of the Party for Tirana. He is intelligent and versatile but at the same
time reserved
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and was subsequently employed as a lathe operator at the State plant No. 4, un-
til they were disbanded, when he was employed by the "Enver Hoxha Works." He was
elected secretary of Tirana district No. 2 on the occasion of the Tirana dis-
trict elections held in September or October 1948, when he left his job at the
"Enver Hoxha, Works." The fall of Koci Xoxe appeared to have a negative effect
on Koco Caci?s political career, because immediately after the death of the
Minister he returned to the "Enver Hoxhall plant as foreman. In February 1950,
he was made chief technician and in April 1950 was placed in charge of the pro-
duction office. He is a member of the Communist Party and a trusted follower
of the Government2s policy. He is also in charge of the entire production of
the plant and is personally responsible for the maintenance of production plans.
He attends evening classes in Tirana. A sister of his, Lefteria Caci, is head
of the"plant professional office"( see paragr.nh 18 below )o Koce Caci has
his own secretary.
11. The technical. office has a director and two draughtsmen. The director is an in-
dustrial expert named Zydi Juma: he is a non-Communist. Of the two draughtsmea
one is an industrial expert while the other one is an apprentice. The task of
the office is to convert the plans received from the planning office into designs
and technical measurements.
12. The technological office has a director and a clerk. The director is an indus-
trial. expert with a diploma from the American technical school at Tirana. A
non-Communist, he is 33 years old and a former soldier in the Italian army who
subsequently became a regular officer at Piacenza. He returned to Albania in
1942. The clerk is a fanatical Communist. The office has the task of examining
the plans drawn up by the technical office and suggesting machining methods, ways
and means of carrying out the job~and the materials required.
1.3. The "TJfficio di Pianificazione" ( or "Contracts Office") has a director and a
clerk. The director is Loro Biduci, a non-Communist, who attended the Italian
technical school at Tirana; however, he did not finish the course. The office
receives orders and draws up production contracts with the Ministries, with
private persons,and with the other nationalized industries.
14. The personnel office has a director who is the only member of the office. For
routine work he uses the services of the secretary and of the shorthand typist
in the management office.
15. The delivery office is in charge of a woman, who is a member of the Party. The
office receives the finished products from the various departments and despatches
them to the organizations or industries who ordered them,
16. The director of the checking office is Riza Bermena, a Moslem aged 30 and a mem-
ber of the Party from Tirana. There are five checkers including onew n0 The
office tests the products before passing them as up to standard. It is equipped
with a machine for measuring resistance to tensile stress, two Brinnell machines
for measuring the hardness of materials and various precision instruments (fixed
and mobile calipers, micrometers, "comparoscopes", percussion pins, etc.).
17. The chief of the warehouse is a member of the Party; under him he has a staff of
four porters. Administratively, the warehouse comes under the administration.
department, and for all other purposes under the Assistant Manager. The ware-
house receives all the materials which arrive at the works for processing, etc.,
and all the departments concerned withdraw such materials from the warehouse
according to existing production and consumption plans. The warehoufoits equipped
with a fixed electric hoist with a.lifting capacity of three tons.
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18. The professional office handles the factory trade-union section, which is directed
by Lefteria Caci with the assistance of a workers4 committee. Caci was appointed
to this job by the directorate of the central office of the unified Albanian trade-
union and is paid a regular salary by the directorate. The office has no trade-
union functions comparable with those of a trade-union in a free country. Its func-
tions are administrative and executive: qualification courses for operatives; moral
and physical welfare; inspection of the sanitary services inside the factory; supply
of medicines and funds for the factory sanitary service; arrangement of the annual
holiday and rest periods so as to ensure that every operative is granted his entitle-
ment; choice of the more deserving members of the staff to be sent to climatic or
health resorts, with particular reference to those who have distinguished themselves
by their political conduct and their performance at work; sports activity; cultural
courses.
19, There is also a political office which is9to all intents and purposes,the political
commission of the factory. It controls the political activity of the whole staff,
The office is in charge of Ferid Luka, whose staff consists of Artion Spartak, Koco
Strakoco, Xhelal Cyteza, age 30, Lefteria Caci, and an operative from the foundry.
a. Lathe Section
(1) The lathe section is equipped with the following]
2 small American lathes
3 small Russian lathes of recent construction
1 vertical Italian lathe
14 medium German lathes of good quality
I vertical Czech lathe of an old type
3 medium Russian lathes of recent construction
1 large lathe for turning objects up to 100 cm.
The remaining lathes are of an antiquated pattern and are not all service-
able. They include:-
6 automatic turret lathes
6 unserviceable turret lathes
1 large vertical lathe
1 medium vertical lathe
2 bolt threading machines for diameters of J in. to 2 in.
with scale in inches and mm.
2large German circular saws, including one operated by
oil pressure and capable of sawing steel up to 400 mm;
the other one._with automatic feed motion capable of saw-
ing steel up to 300 mm.
4 horizontal blade saws with horizontal slide, capable of
sawing steel up to 200 mm.
The large lathes are capable of turning items up to 1,000 mm. 0; the medium
ones can handle items of 150 mm. to 300 mm.o, and the small ones items up
to 150 mm. 0.
The machinery, apart from the lathes of the old type, some of which are not
being used, is of good quality.
(2) The lathe section is staffed by one foreman, two assistant foremen and about
200 operatives. There are approximately two workmen for every machine being
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operated. The operatives are divided into ten so-called "Brigades" which
correspond more or less to the squads or teams in Western factories. There
are brigades fora
Aluminum pistons
Bolts
Bushings
Axles and gears
Miscellaneous production
Industrial production
Piston rings for motor vehicles
Industrial piston rings
Turret lathes
Special employment
The foreman is Xhelal Cyteza, a Moslem aged 30 from Korcano. He is a member
of the political office at the works. He has no particular technical quali-
fications, and his functions are purely administrative and political. The
two assistant foremen are Ali Kraja, a Moslem aged 26 from Shkodet, a fanati-
cal Communist, and Dmitri Anxhari, a native of Tirana aged 22, a member of
the Rinija, the Communist Youth Movement.
Two shifts are being worked in the lathe section:
a) from 0600 1100, and from 1230 - 1530 hrs.
b) from 1530 1900, and from 1930 - 2400 hrs.
Each shift is in charge of one of the assistant foremen.
The operatives handling the machines are not sufficiently skilled and are
unable to use them to their full advantage. Therefore, in spite of the
machinery being fully effective, the output includes a high percentage of
waste.
b. The Millina,,Tlanning. and Griding Shop
This shop is divided into four departments: milling machines, planing machines,
grinders and shaping machines.
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The milling shop is mainly employed on the machining of gears. The equip-
ment comprises:
1 universal milling machine of Italian pattern
1 universal milling machine of Russian pattern
1 universal milling machine of German construction
4 German small-capacity universal milling machines
1 automatic milling machine for straight teeth, old pattern
4 milling machines, old pattern
1 German vertical milling machine of good quality
3 German vertical milling machines, old pattern.
(2) The grinding shop grinds gears, axles, transmission shafts, pistons, etc.
It comprises:
1 automatic gear-grinding machine of German pattern built in 1943-1944.
It has never been used owing to the absence of a part.
1 German grinder for holes up to 400 mm 0. Operated by oil pressure.
1 grinding machine for crankshafts, of American construction
1 grinding machine for straight axles, of recent American construction
3 grinding machines for axles. The machines are of an old pattern and of
little use.
21German vertical grinding machines with magnetic table
1 American vertical grinding machine with magnetic table
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The shaping shop comprises,.
1 Russian shaping machine with a stroke of 60 oms.
1 German shaping machine with a stroke of 30 cros.
2 German shaping machines of old pattern.
The staff of these departments'consists of a foreman and 20 operatives.
The foreman is Kilija Margariti, a non=Communist who has studied at Greek
industrial and technical schools and also worked in Greek factories for
many years. He speaks Greek and Alnian. One shift of eight hours is
worked in these departments,
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7 tool grinders ( located in other shops)
5 work benches with 6 vices to each bench.
(2) An average of 30 operatives are employed under the foreman Dimitri Ciro, a
non=Communist aged 42 from Ciamuria, who has worked at the "Enver Hoxha"
plant since 1949. He has studied at a Greek industrial school and also
worked in Greek factories. The number of operatives varies because many
apprentices are attached to this shop. As soon as they have learned the
trade they are transferred to other shops within the works or to other
industries at Tirana. A single shift of eight hours is woz'ked in this shop.
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The adjusting shop has the following equipment.
3 radial drilling machines; of these two have arms of 1.2 meters and drills
for producing holes up to 50 mm 0. The third has an arm of 1.7 meters and
drills for producing holes up to 60 mn'i or 70 mm 0.
1 pillar drill with four independent drillstocks for holes up to 20 mm 0.
2 pillar drilling machines with a single drilletock each, for holes up to
30 mm
1 combined shearing machine (shears-press) for the cold shearing of metals
(plates, profiles etc.) up to 10 mm thickness and 30 mm 0.
3 mechanical cold stamping presses. Of the three, only two are in operation,
the third one being without an electric motor. DDtails of pressures are lack-
ing but are believed to be between 100120 kgs/cm . Only light work is
carried out.
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The forge has the following equipment,.
1 trip hammer with a striking power of 250 kgs per em29 old pattern
1 trip hammer with a striking power of 70 kgs per cm2
1 trip hammer with a striking power of 50 kgs per cm2
1 Russian type trip hammer of recent construction with a striking poWt~i? of
125 kgs per am2?
1 spring hammer of an out-of-date pattern, in course of installation at the
beginning of December 1951
3 German reverberatory furnaces. Internal capacity 60 cm up to 1,200 6C
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1 dieeel1-f?ired carburizing furnace of 1 cu. meter for temperatures up to
1200@C9 also adaptable for hardening purposes.
2 horizontal mechanical presseas, probably to begin operation in March 1952
1 rolling mill for cold treatments and for thicknesses not exceeding 5 mm.
useful length 150 cme.
I circular sew for sheets up to 300 mm thickness
1 mechanical shearing machine for sheets up to 10 mm thickness. Useful cut-
,ting edge 150 ems
1 vertical drilling machine for holes up to 30 0ma 0
1 adjusting bench with 6 vices
5 forges of 1.2 m2each operated by a single electrically-driven fan
2 electric steel tempering furnaces. They have not yet been used owing to
the lack of pyrometers9 which have been ordered in the U.S.S.R. but which
have not yet been delivered,
2 hand=operated trucks with a carrying capacity of 0.5 tons each.
(2) There are 25-30 operatives employed under the foreman Nikola Boni., a White
Russian aged 50, who has lived in Albania, for more than 20 years and has ac-
quired Albanian citizenship, He has attended Russian industrial schools and
worked in French factories,, He speaks Russian, Italian, French and Albanian.
He is not a Communist, The shift of eight hours is worked in the forge,
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1 air compressor ( in course of installation), to be used for cleaning
castings
4 crucibles for the melting of aluminum and bronze.
Each crucible has a capacity of 100 kge and is coke-fired
1 electrically driven trolley with a carrying capacity of 0.75 tons, serving
the two cupola furnaces of 0.3 and 0.5 tons
1 electrically driven trolley with a carrying capacity of 005 tons each
(under construction). They will serve the four bronze and aluminum crucibles
1 electric hoist of 1.5 tons lifting capacity, used to load the cupola
furnaces.
to press earth for the production of mould
The foundry has the following equipment ?
1, cast iron cupola furnace of German construction with a capacity of 2 tons
1 coke=fired Italian Ansaldo cupola furnace with a capacity of 005 tons
I coke-fired Italian cupola furnace with a capacity of 0.3 tons
2 earth crushers for the making of moulds
1 mechanical earth sieve
1 hydraulic press ( in course of installation)
I mechanical press ( in course of installation), Both presses will be used
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(2) The foundry staff consists of a foreman and 150 operatives9 including ten 25X1
women0 The foreman Is Vangel Peristsri9 a southern Albanian aged 450 Out-
wardly a Communist 9 he cares little for political Matter
tent technician and speaks Albanian, Greek, and Italian0
hours each are being worked in the foundry.
shifts of eight
The Pad trxhs
(1)
This shop, which prepares the wooden patterns for the foundry9 is equipped
with the following machinery-
r wood lathes
1 band saw
1 combined machine9 with 1 circular saw and 1 wood cutter
4 working benches.
(2) The shop employs 13 operatives., including one woman., and a foreman0 The
foremanoa Christian name is Tonin (surname unknown); he is a Catholic and a
non-Communist0 He Is not a member of the Party and never bothers about
politics,, He speaks good Italian0 A single shift of eight hours is being
worked in this shop0
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(1) This shop is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all electrical in-
stallations and motors in the plant0 It does not produce any electrical
equipment of its own0
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(2) The staff consists of a foreman and six electricians0 The foreman Is Niko
Laci9 a native of Korea aged 259 who has attended the Italian industrial 1
He. was a 2 nd Lt0 in an
Italian engineers unit became a Lieutenant in
the Albanian army of liberation0 He is intelligent and capable as well as a
good electrician0. He has a fair knowledge of radio and wireless technology
and is a capable wireless operator0
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This diop is responsible for the overhaul and maintenance of all machines in the
plant, It employs a foreman and about 20 operatives, Their number varies consi-
derably because they are frequently transferred from one department to another,
`The foreman is Koco Strakoco9 member of the Communist Party., Italian speaking,
He was formerly the manager of the "Enver Hoxha Works" before being replaced by
the present ma.nager9 Artion Spartak0
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""brrigaddo?$ Ltnlessotherwise stated., the figures quoted represent the average monthly
producti,,n for 19510
a0 Turning Department
(1) First Brigade (aluminum. pistons)
400 motor car pistons of 60 mm to 120 mm 00 The most common types of pis-
tons produced are for the "Fiat 11001" car., jeeps., lorries of the "Fiat 634"9
"ON"" (60 and 120 h0pa)9 "Pragan9."Zis"" (3=ton)9 ?"Skoda N (44 ton)9"Tatra""
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(.3 and. 6-ton), "Berliet "q n BDRenault "? 9 "Ford" (3-ton) and "Chevrolet" types, and
for tractors of the ""CatsrpI11ar?"" (100 h0p0 )typed
(2) Second Brigade (bolts)
39 000 round=headed bolts of 0.5 in, to 1 in, 9 and of 50 mm to 1.9 000 mm in
length, for wood and steelwork.
(3) Third Brigade (bushings)
29000 bueh.ix s 9 the majority of them for motor car engines 9 of various sizes
and in various alloys, according to the orders received, The alloys required
are supplied by the foundry,
(~) Fourth Brigade (axles and gears)
The greater part of the output consists of spares for gear boxes for lorries
and private cars of the makes stated above. Production is limited too gears
with straight teeth,, gears with helicoidal teeth,, bevel gears with straight
teeth., axles 9 half-axles ( excluding differentials and parts thereof). Out-
put.- 200 parts for gear--boxes of various types and 400 axles or half-axles
of various types and measurements,
(5) Fifth Brigade ( miscellaneous production)
Pulleys 9 axles for industrial purposes, straight transmission shafts , plough
wheels 9 axles, wheels and bearings for narrow gauge railways, piston pins o
Production figures cannot be quoted since they vary considerably., On an
average the output of this shop accounts for 20% of the total output of the
turning department o The shop also produced the axles 9 wheels and bearings
for the industrial railway between Vlone and Selenice built for the transport
of bitumen to the port of shipment,
(6) Sixth Brigade ( industrial production)
The shop produces.-
Injection pumps for diesel engines of the "Tosi"" type,, used in the Kucove
oilfields, Two such pumps were built in 1951 and, the 1952 plans provide
for the construction of a further four0
Pistons for Russian "CoT0Z0"B agricultural tractors of 80 h0po Dimensions
of pistons.- length 135 or 140 mm,, 0 112 mmo Average output 30 pistons a
month. .
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Cast iron pistons for diesel engines installed in electric power stations
and elsewhere,, of 200 mm to 400 % and of 250 mm to 19000 mm in length,
Average monthly outputs 15 pistons of various sizes
Cast iron liners for the above=mentioned cylinders in the corresponding 0
and up to 1,700 mm in length. Average monthly outputs 15 liners a month
of all sizes. The pistons and cylinders are specially built for the follow
ing types of diesel engines used in Albania-.
""Toss"P (type "H"P) 9 ""`Toni"" (type G.4),, ""Toni"" (type L), ""Toss"" (type Q,2) 9
6Tosi (type Q01), ""MANN"" (German and Russian manufacture, roduced by
Russian or German factories in the Eastern zone of Germany); "Deutsch" and
"Deutschgewerk" (Kiel),, "Graz% "San Giorgio" (Genoa) ., "Modal"e9 (Krupp) 9
"Bukey" ( UOSOAO a supplied by UNRRA), "Kirov" (Russian., supplied recently)
Seventh Brigade (piston rings for motor vehicles)
4800 rings a month, The shop manufactures rings for the pistons produced
by the Aluminum piston shop. As a rule 12 rings are manufactured for every
cylipder produced,
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(8) Eighth ?igade ( industrial piston rings)
1,9800 piston rings for industrial diesel engines, The shop produces rings
for the pistons built by the "industrial production" shop, As a rule 4.0
rings are manufactured for every piston.
(9) Ninth Brigade (turret lathes)
1;200 Aluminium piston pins for the motors of the vehicles previously men-
tioned,,
600 steel bushings for tractor tracks, for vehicles springs and bearings,,
5,000 bolts and nuts of 9,,5 mm to 1508 mm0 and 35 mm to 37 mm in length
for ploughs,,
(10) Tenth Brigade (special employment)
The shop was founded in 1948 by the Italian Mario Massarini for the purpose
of making injection pumps of the "Bosch" type for tractors and lorries from
second-band and worn-out parts. The results achieved were satisfactory,
bearing in mind the shortage of this type of equipment in Albania, but in
spite of this the pumps were never produced systematically, It would appear
that this special brigade, which is at present engaged on ordinary engineer-
ing tasks, will revert to its original functions under the direction of a
foreign or Albanian specialist trained in the U.S.S.R. or in Czechoslovakia,,
b,gn- Gr?; andn Shorn
This shop merely finishes and completes the parts produced by the turning depart-
ment and the adjusting shop,, Ittherefore has no production figures of its own,,
Co, Adiusti,Skaon
This shop assembles animal=drawn ploughs, the individual parts of which are manu-
factured in the forge and turning department,, These ploughs are copied from an
American type supplied to Albania by UNRRA, with a single ploughshare 25 ems high
and 50 ems long. The monthly output of ploughs is in the neighborhood of 600.
The shop also finishes and completes the parts produced by other shops,,
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Forging of axles, gears,and agricultural implements ( axes, hammers, hoes, pick-
axes, etc,,) and other simple tools and machines. The aggregate monthly output of
small worked parts amounts to 2 tons,, A special department of the forge is de-
voted to the manufacture of all metal parts for ploughs,, The above-mentioned
monthly production average includes the metal parts for 600 ploughs,,
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Cast Iron.- Four to six tons of virgin pig iron are cast every month,, Cast-
(1T ings are made once every three days in various furnaces, which are used in
rotation. The output is divided into small and large castings,, The former
comprise rings, pietons,and sleeves for diesel engines and various castings;,
the latter include mainly furnaces for the smelting of copper ore,- four of
these were built during 1951 for the Albanian copper mines at Rubik. Four
furnaces for the smelting of bituminous o ?eo from the Albanian industry
(Selenice) have been built each month during 1951, and the 1952 plans pro-
vide for the maintenance of this rate of production,,
(2) Aluminum.- Aluminum castings for finishing by the aluminum piston shop of the
turning department. The quantity produced every month equals the figure quoted
in respect of finished pistons, plus 10% in respect of rejects,,
(3) Bronze.- The foundry supplies the bushing "brigade" of the turning department
with the necessary castings,, The quantity produced equals the output figure
quoted for the bushing "brigade", plus 10% to provide for rejects,,
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() The foundry also produces aluminum and bronze castings for finishing in other
departments of the works,, or for sale in the unfinished state to other Albanian
industries, Bronze castings of this type equal 30% of the bushings produced,
while the percentage in respect of aluminum castings amounts to 20% of the
aluminum pistons produced.
22 o Among the factors which binder output,, the most important is the lack of skilled
labor. In the case of castings ,,the rejects amount to 25% of total production on
an average,, and during certain periods and in certain departments, may reach as
much as 50% (details are hacking)() Even the finished products which have been
tested and declared to be up to standard contain flaws which reveal themselves
after the article has been put into use9 necessitati frequent retouchings and
renewals.
23. The entire output of the plant remains inside the country. No distinction can be
drawn between production for civilian and military purposes, since in addition to
the items which are ordered and delivered to other nationalized undertakings, there
are products which are ordered directly by the Ministries of Industry and Trans-
port. It may be, therefore, that these latter goods are subsequently used for
military purposes without the knowledge of the works, management. The Albanian
armed forces have their own small maintenance and repair workshops, and it is only
on rare occasions that a direct request is made to the "Enver Hoxha" plant for
assistance, particularly as the U.S.S.R. supplies all the spares for weapons and
vehicles of Russian construction on issue to the Albanian forces. Only on one'
occasion, in 1951, did the plant manufacture a half-axle for a Russian tank, but
the work was carried out according to the design and direction of a Russian mili-
tary inspector.
24. All machines in the plant are electrically-driven. The plant has no power plant
of its own and is supplied from the local mains. The current is of the three-
phase type, 59200v a't the intake. The voltage is reduced in two transformer
stations equipped with five transformers. The two stations are equipped with the
following plant.
2 transformers of 100 kw
1 transformer of 100 kw
Distribution panel, measuring instruments and hand-operated It switches. The
current is reduced in three stages to 380 v for the motors, plus a neutral
phase of 220 for lighting purposes,
2 .transformers of 50 kw each
Switches, valves, meters.
25. Almost all raw materials are supplied by the U.S.S.R. and only a small proportion
by Czechoslovakia. The U.S.S.R. suppliesg coke, aluminum In ingots, bronze in
ingots, drawn bronze, virgin cast iron, nickel-chrome steel, carbon steel, hexagonal
bars for the manufacture of bolts, high-speed steel, and "widio" (sic) steel.
The following marks have been seen stamped on the unworked metals supplied
by Russian factories to the "Enver Hoxha Works"s
E.Y.fl A Special steel (vanadium steel) for injection pumps
40 Tempering steel (supplied in large gties and frequently used)
5 Steel containing a high percentage of carbon, soft, but not suitable
for water tempering.
80 Tempering steel
C.25. Nickel-chrome steel for the manufacture of engine valves.
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25X1 2, Cents It is not clear how the production office differs from the
o fice ' (ufficio pianificazione mentioned in paragraph 13) according to
planning
the tasks it performs, a more suitable name for the latter would be "contracts"9
or something similar.
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1. Guard post, an iron kiosk belonging to a former gasoline station and now used by
the police,
2.. A small wooden building measuring 20 x 8 meters used partly as a store for old and
derelict material.% partly as living quarters for the guardso
30 A small wooden building of the Italian TvPalini1e type, built on a brick foundation
and used as a recreational center for the workers.
40
Square single-story building of 20 meters lateral dimensions used as a store for
all metal materials required by the factory.
Single-story brick building measuring 5 x 6 meters containing laboratories and a
store belonging to the wood pattern-makers' shop.
60 Brick building measuring 40 x 12 meters with two internal bays of 6 meters each
containing the foundry. Some offices are housed on the upper floor.
70 Brick building measuring 20 x 10 meters with two bays of 5 meters each, contain-
ing the forge.
8. Main shop. A brick building measuring 45 meters long, 40 or 1,2 wide and 10 high
with six rows of vertical window lights facing south. The building is divided
into six bays containing the various departments.
90 Annex to main shop containing the electrical workshop.
100 Annex to main shop containing store and distribution office for processed parts.
110 Building containing the offices of the management and of the technical-administra-
tive staff.
12. Area separated from the main shop, containing the motor overhauling department.
13. Area separated from the main shop containing the special department (research,
appliances).
14. Tool store.
15. Annex to main shop containing a store. The building was erected to house the
planned central heating plant and the compressed air generators.
160 Annex to main shop containing dressing rooms for male workers.
170 Annex to main shop containing dressing rooms for female workers.
18. Main transformer station with three transformers of 100 and 200 kw.
190 Transformer station for foundry and forge, with two. 50 kw transformers.
20. Fixed electric hoist of 6 tons lifting capacity.
21. Fixed electric hoist in the materials store.
22. Electric travelling hoist of 1.5 tons lifting capacity. for the loading of the
cupola furnace in the foundry.
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ENCLCWURE 3
Via Conferenza Pe4a=u
PIAZZA SKANDERBERG
Sketch showing position of
IBENVER HOXHA WORE S"
(Nn'r TO SCALE)
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