HRON METAL FOUNDRIES (KOVOHUTY HRON)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014900010006-4
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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AYJNTRY Czechoslovakia
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DATE ENSTR, 24 Norenber 1952
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DOCHERIER CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTINS TEA NATIONAL DIFITISE
OP THE UNITED STATEN. WITHIN THR INEANUTO OF TITLE 12. SECTIONS 792
794 OF INC H. S. CODE, AS AMENDED i?TES TRANSMISSION OP REVEL.
TMII OI PTA CONTENTS TO OE RECEIPT ET AN umAwnionizav PERSON
PROHISITET` /111 AIM THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM II PROKIDITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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10 A new factory for the production of alumina and aluminum is being built
in Sv, Kris mad Bronam(Q49/054),called Bran Metal Foundries :National
Corporation (Kovohuty Ikon, n.p.). According to the Five Tear Plan,
production should begin there in September 19520Full output is to be
achieved in 1953 when the factory will be employing 300 technical and
administrative employees and 2,000 workers, The total expenditure on
construction will be 24400 million Kos. Until the factory is c)mpleted,
its offices will be located at Prague I, Olivova 6. The employees of
Eovohuty Bron are engaged in research and preparations for production,
construction of the factory buildings., and training of teohnic3Ans and
workers.
2. Eesearch consists partly of laboratory work 040 chemical analysis 1r
tauxite and alumina* and partly of experimental work for which two elec-
trical furnaces are used which aro provided with Scedobarg
the oars type as will be installed in the factory, The head oi
iic research is Ing,(fm)11941$ and the head of experimental ro-sira
Dr ing,(fnu) Fiitihwho is also an employee of the Research Instit?-atrs 4f
totals, Production processes of French, Indians Yngoalav, and axATilLtumi
t'ctories are taken as models an some of .the technicians for ttpikisatv
Aim who worked abroad learned techniques for the productioa of aluminise
it these countries ? For examplee Dr Irg,(fnu) Pich was in Hungt.tt7, ng
. ,m) Prcikes in Yugoslavia, and lag (Thu) Sorel-lilt- In India (hc: rltwued
j.n. 1945)J Thete knowledge is supplemented by the advice of RurAao. and
l'iungarian technicians invited to Csechosiovakia to help develo a salt-
:able technical nethod for producing. aluminum. Research is carrIsiat
rt4 in the laboratories of the Technical University (VYsicks
chacka) in frague-Dov1ee9 partly in the Research Institute 04 .3.3ta31
arftnyustav kovu)-in aanenske Brezapy (051/kr 70) and, finsA171,
I'7ases.roh Institute (7Yskummy ustmv) in Prague-Liben, Dolot6e
Ihk:re the experimental, furnaces mentioned above are located,
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Alendma (A1203) will be ranunectured from Fungerian bauxite. ,aurataum
be manufactured from alumina by electrolksis in electrical furnaces with ape
eroximately a %IC:Ampere current. The anode material will be produced from
coke because coke is the only material available for this purpose. The fol-
lowing composition provee. to be the most succeeeful in research and experi-
meets: about 300 coke duet with granulation up to 0.076 milimeters? about
Lee dust, gramiation up to 0A2 milieoters? about 2Cf, dust, erunellPtion up
to 0,50 animaters, 107? dust, granulation up to O. milimetere and the rest
grain from 1 to 3 edlimeters with about 300 pitch added. The anode cubstat-
ce will be manufactured by a special fectery in Zielino (Q50/ 0 92) with about
e0e employees. This factory will be suboruinate to the Kovobuty 'Iron enter-
prise. The first aluminum produced in reeearch was not of a goof' quality,
because of a high percentage of impurities, ashes and iron, caesed by the im-
perfect oomposition of the anode subetance. A further task of re:seam:1 and
Reparteents is to ascertain the optimal layer eucetity of alumina ,
The procedure in planning and construction of the Kovehaty enterrrise
is in accordance with the eenerol method used in building industrial anc9.
other inetallations. After the government decided in favor of te) Kovohuty
Urea project, ninister Jan Bile* from the ldnistry of Moilialjultice Industry and
Co Vanes (i?inisterstvo hutniho prumyslu a rudnych dole) was entruited with
carrying out the decision. The leadine engineers of the Uinietey nada out
the erincipal plans and handed them to the Foundry and Projection Office
(flul;ri a prejetcni !ancelar) whfch handles all foundry construction. This
offce elaborated detailed plans. The building rart of the project was un-
dertaken by the Ministry of Construction Industry (anisterstvo stavebniho
prumyslu) through the Prienstay National Corporation. The building is in its
initial stages the terrain is being levelled and dwelling units for the
employees are being built. The equipment of the enterprise will be of
Czechoslovak origin, the procurement of the electrical furnaces causing the
olcay difficulties.
Two groups of 30 and 25 'workers and technicians were sent to the Tata alumi.
num works in Hungary for training. The training in Hungary was to last about
six weeks. It was planned to send three further groups to Tata for training.
Attachments A list of Hovohuty Hronamep0 employees in Prague and SY. &ix
nad Hronom.
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ATTAIHMENT 1.
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Jaroslav am
Jan Cizek
Rudo
Dvorak
Ing,,31ndriehilajer
Ing, ZIrl Verhmk
Inp? Karel Stilled
Dr Arnost Geums
josefa Rolubovt.
Ydroslav Flaohky
-Ing. Rudolf- Deck
tamael Perko
Xarel Zezdinsky
Adolf Foniok
Ing.jan Kosorinsky
lng3.411-,oslav 1;adej
Vac lay Nram
-tn&Ladlslav Pokes
ninard Somer
Josef Stanek
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Rank;
41.1. etft et so OW. .0 R."
IllariagEt7r
head of cormarcial administra
'ion
security officer deputy., damp.
;!crous Communist
heal of control, calculations
head of the accounting dept.
head of technical sector, dep
ty ranager,in. charge of
onstrmtion
clerk of the personne" dept.
nlerk of the cormreal-admi
-Astrative dopt.
ditto
tee-1300rd clerk, labor;tory
,-3search
ditto
ditto
teohnloal clerk, dismissed fcz
dre reasons
technioal clerk
ditto
ditto
fttte 0 head cherY-
dtto
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Ing. Jan Stepanek
Ing, Viktor Schwarz
Ing .Stepan Lebovie
Immir Ealivrea
lug. Rudolf Sllitek
Vera Easpirova
Oldrich Vac/aril
.Drahomira Krejcova
Anna Povolro.
Mahone Viasak
Viasta Berankova
Anna Dvorakeva
Andola Liskova
Jama Piehova
Marie Smolikova
Vera Valaikova
arie Zluticka
Otakar Boricky
Hanrik
Jhroslav Kraft
Dr.Jaroslav Moravec
Vhclav Rovotny
Vhclav Sieehta
jana Kapwasova
Pavlina Lorenoova
Karel Speak
Via sta Prochazkova
Josea VA/strata
ArAonie Vladarav,
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technical clerk9 in charge
of electrification
teohnioal olerk, research
technioalfierk
ditto
ditto
entrusted with planning
invostrents cleAs dianiseet
for cadre reasons
administration
ditto
administrative clerk
typist
ditto
ditto, perronnel dept.
typist
ditto
ditto
ditto
worker in research
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
auxiliary clerk
litto
ricrer
mharwoman.
litto
iitto
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Ing,Jiri Fop41
jom Rossival
Ing,ITrantisek Stratil
Alex Arvaj
(fna) Taman
(1:na) Hronadkcva
(fnu) &meek
(fru) Horakova
(fnu) Kaplan
(fru) Stepanek
(frau) Rychlikema
(fnu) Borovicka
(rnu) Svejia
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techni1 c1erk9 gave notice
technical nlerk
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