1. MISCELLANEOUS FACTORIES IN SOFIA 2. THE GALENUS FACTORY 3. MISCELLANEOUS ECONOMIC INFORMATION

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT 1. Miscellaneous Factories in Sofia
2. The "Galenus" Factory
3. Miscellaneous Economic Information
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The DMZ in Sofia
1. The IiZ (Durzhavno Mekhanichen Zavod; State Machine Plant) is located in Sofia on
Ilyansko Shose, in front of the "Galenus" Pharmaceutical Factory (see No. 6 of the
sketch included as an appendix on pages 7 end 8). This is a small plant which is
.in the process of being enlarged; during the winter of 1953-54+ work was started
on a new "large" 1 -story building. This factory employs an unknown number of
workers and produces industrial machinery, particularly the following:
a. Lathes;
b. Drills; and
c. Miscellaneous machine tools.
2. The D KZ in Sofia includes the following buildings (as shown in the sketch on
pages 7 and 8):
a. A 1-story building approximately 30 x 8 meters in size;
b. A 1-story auilding which is larger than the preceding one; work was started
on it in the winter of 1953-1954 and is now near completion; and
c. and d. Two 1-story buildings smaller in size than the preceding ones, but
greater in height.
The DKZ in Sofia
3. The DKZ ( Durzhavno Kauchukov Zavod; State Rubber Plant) "Georgi Dimitrov" was
formerly known as the "Bakish" Factory and was enlarged following World War II.
WQrk is still in progress on the plant enlargement. The factory is located on
Ilyansko Shose in the Nadezhda quarter of Sofia (see No. 8 of the sketch included
as an appendix on pages 7 and 8); it employs an unknown number of workers and
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produces the following:
a. Tires of an unidentified type;
b. Rubber boots; and
c. Miscellaneous rubber products.
4. The DKZ in Sofia includes the following buildings (as shown in the sketch on
pages 7 and 8):
a.
The main processing building, a 2-story .construction approximately 30 meters
in length on the side fronting the street;
b.
c.
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An old
1-story
1-story
building, near completion; and
building, size unknown.
Behind the buildings mentioned above there are others, the size and exact location
of which are unknown Iand other construction work is in progress.
The MTZ in Sofia
5.
The MTZ (Myarki i Tegluzhki Zavod; Weights and Measures Plant) is located on the
Ilyansko Shose in front of the Rubber Factory (see No. 9 of the sketch included
as an appendix on pages 7 and 8). It is a small factory which existed prior to
World War II and occupies a 1-story )uilding approximately 15 x 8 meters in
size. It produces weights, balances, and measures.
Furniture Factory in Sofia
6. A furniture factory is located on the Ilyansko Shose in Sofia and occupies a
1-story building approximately 20 x 10 meters in size (see No. 10 of the
sketch on pages 7 and 8).
The STZ in Sofia
7.
The STZ (Silno Tokov Zavod; High Current Plant) "Vasil FColarov" is located on
Ilyansko Shose in the Nadezhda Quarter of Sofia (see No. 1 of the sketch on
pages 7 and 8). This is a new factory which started production in 1948-1949, and
is subordinate to Elprom.
8. This plant includes the following buildings:
a. A 2-story building approximately 50 x 20 meters in size in which are located
the directorate, offices, technical laboratories, and various services;
b. Two masonry 1-story buildings with vault-type, glass-covered roofs, of
unspecified dimensions, where the main production units are located; and
c. Other smaller 1-story buildings.
9. The factory is surrounded by a fence and is connected by a railroad spur with the
main Sofia railway station. The factory employs approximately 2,500 workers in
three 8 hour shifts.
10. The STZ in Sofia produces the following:
a. Electric motors;
b. Generators;
c. Transformers; and
d. Electrical materiel for heavy electrical installations.
The PPZ (Pamucher-Predachen Zavod; Cotton Spinning Plants) "Ernest Telmann" is,
in the Nadezhda industrial quarter of Sofia, adjacent to the "Galenus" Pharma-
ceutical factory (see No. 5 of the sketch on pages 7 and.8). This is a new
factory which started operating in 1949 and consists of the following buildings:
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a. A 1-story L-shaped building, approximately 120 x 150 x 30 meters in size,
where weaving and general processing is carried out;
b. A 1-story building in which the directorate is located; and
c. A 1-story building used as a warehouse.
The roofs of these buildings are covered with tile and the entire area is surrounded
by a fence. The factory employs approximately 2,500 workers on 2-3 shifts and
produces cotton textile.- in quantities unknown to informant.
The PPTF in Sofia
12. The PPTF (Pamuchna Predachna i Takachna Fabrika; Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Factory) "Georgi Dimitrov" formerly known as the "Fortur-" Factory, is located
on Ilyansko Shose (see No. 11 of the sketch on pages 7 and 8). The factory employs
approximately 2,500 workers and produces cotton textiles.
The "Galenus" Chemical and Pharmaceutical Factory in Sofia
13. The "Galenus" Factory is an old establishment constructed in 1935. It is located
on Ilyansko Shose in the Nadezhda quarter (see No. 4 of the sketch on pages 7 and 8).
This factory is subordinate to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
and to the Directorate for Medicines and Health Materials.
14. The "Galen-Lis" Factory includes the following buildings (as shown in the sketch on
pages 7 and 8):
a. A 2-story E shaped building with the following-approximate dimensions: main
body, approximately 70 x 20 meters in size; the three wings each approxi-
nately 30 x 20 meters in size. The building has a tile roof. It houses the
'ollowing:
(1) Directorate and offices;
(2) Unit for filling inoculation vials;
(3) Unit for the preparation of pills;
(4) Vegeto-chemical unit for alkaloids;
(5) Unit for synthetic chemico-organic anti-tubercular substances (tubigal);
(6) Unit for chemico-inorganic synthetic substances;
(7) Analytical laboratory;
(8) Bacteriological laboratory; and
(9) Unit for wrapping and packaging;
b. A chimney for the heating plant (now not in use since the factory receives
electricity and steam from a thermoelectric power station);
c. A laboratory for barium sulfate; a 1-story building approximately 20 x 6
meters in size.
d. A unit for "Eternol" (a vegeto-chemical unit for the production of alkaloids
with an ether base); a 1-story building like that mentioned in Para. 14 c,
above;
e. A sulfamides unit; a masonry 1-story building approximately 30 x 7 meters in
size;
f. A storeroom for inflammable substances (Benzine, Benzol, etc.); a concrete
building, with tile roof, approximately 15 x 6 meters in size; this building
is partially underground and protrudes above the ground level by 1.5 meters;
g. An antipyretic unit (against aches in general) producing articles such as
antipyretics, aspirin, analgesics, etc.; this is a masonry building approx-
imately 30 x 7 meters jn size;
h. The main warehouse for chemical materials such as ether, acetic acid, and
acetic anhydride; this is a masonry building with a tile roof, approximately
50 x 10 meters in size.
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i. A 1-story building, covered with tarred planks used as a depot for demijohns
with acids; 25X1
ii. Open air depot for filled and empty demijohns;
1. Depot for poisonous substances; a semi-underground building like that
mentioned in Para 14 f. above, in which are stored nitrobenzol, sulphur!--
active (sic), mixed with sulphur dioxide, etc.; 25X1
m. Quarters for the industrial militia, a small shed approximately 8 x 4 meters
in size;
n. A store room for empty vials, a shed approximately 12 x 6 meters in size; and
o. A 1-story building approximately 20 x 6 meters in size in which are locA+oA
the gatekeeper, firemen, dispensary, and various services. 25X1
15. The "Galenus" Factory is surrounded by a wire fence and is guarded by 7-8 men
belonging to the industrial militia.
16. Electric power is supplied to the factory from the nearby new thermoelectric
power station known as "TETS" Nadezhda. The factory is equipped with one truck
and 2-3 carts. \ ?25X1
17. personnel at the "Galenus" Factory:
a. Petko Stoenchev, pharmacy doctor, director general of the factory
b. I4yubomir Pavlov, technical director, chemist
c. Dr. Nikola Yonov, chief of the bacteriological unit;
d. Khristo Borev, chemical engineer, chief of the organic chemistry unit
e. Nikola Gospodinov, former officer, chemical engineer;
f. Dimittr Apostolov, chemical engineer;
g. Stanislav Stanev, chemist;
h. Nikola Kostov, pharmacist;
i. Stefan Nikolov, pharmacist, chief of the vial uni
J. Virgil Kamedunski, a pharmacist.
18. The "Galenus" Factory included 38-40;-technical personnel.., among whom three pharm-
acists, 8-10 chemists, and one doctc '--'for the bacteri ,:$.~4s.1 bureau. No Soviet
technicians are working at the plant. During 1953, a v.iiiet woman specialist was
employed for six months at t;ha factory in the antipyretics unit, demonstrating
several Soviet manufacturing methods.
19. The factory employs approximately 300 workers (50-60 men and 240-250 women) in
one shift from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m* with one hour break from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon.
20. The factory does not produce modern medicinal specialities. Its production is
based on sulfamides. following products:
a. Piogal (sic);
b. Rimifon;
c. Tiokoll;
d. Streptochit;2
e. Antifebrine;
f. Miscellaneous antineuralgia products (such as antipyretics, aspirin,. analgin, etc.)
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g. Various pills;.
h. Various syrups;
i. Vials for miscellaneous inoculations; and
J. Barium sulphate (for a total of up to 5 tons per year).
Production quotas are rarely met;. for the year 1954, the quota for inoculation
vials is 22 million, but it will be difficult for such a quantity to be produced..
21. The production of the "Galenus" Factory is for Bulgarian domestic consumption..
Small quantities of unspecified types of vials are shipped to China.
22. For the most part raw materials come from the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
From the USSR in particular
come acetic acid and ace ".anhydride. Vials for inoculations are imported from
Hungary. 25X1
23. The MIZ (Mediko Instrumental No Zavod; Instrument Factory) was built in 1940,-and
was formerly known as Ustrem. It is located adjacent to the "Galenus" Factory
(see No. 3 of the sketch on pages 7 and 8) and is subordinate to the Ministry of
Public Health and Social Welfare and the Directorate of Medicines and Health
Materials. This factory consists of a single 1-story,"L"-shaped building,
approximately 40 x 30 x 20 meters in size. The factory is surrounded by a fence.
It employs. approximately 100 workers in two eight hour shifts.
24. The MIZ in Sofia produces the following _nstruments:
a. Miscellaneous medical instruments for surgery, gynecology, and'stomatology; and
b. Equipment for hospitals and dispensaries, such as metal and glass cabinets for
instruments, hospital and dispensary beds, syringes, etc.
Miscellaneous Products, Factories, and Depots
24. A factory for the production of bandages and gauze is located in Sofia on Belo
More Street, in the vicinity of the Workers' Hospital.
25. The "Pektin Zavod" is a factory for the production.of pectin and is located in
Krichim (N 42-03, E 24-26). This is a new chemical plant which went into
production in 1953. It extracts pectin from fruit used in the production of
marmalades and jam.
26. A depot for materiel of "Sovbolstroi" is located adjacent to the: Rubber Factory
located on Ilyansko Shose (see No. 7 of the sketch on pages 7 and,8). 25X1
Ministry of Health Directorates
27. The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare is composed of 5-6 general dir-
ectorates, among which
a.. Upravel:enie Medichinska Promislenost (Directorate of Medicines and Health
Materials) directed by Dr. Todor Koserkov;
b. The Apotekno Upravelenie (Directorate of Pharmacies)- directed by Boris
Yordanov until 1 duly 1954
c. Upravelenie Snabdutelno (Directorate of Supply) which furnishes health
materials to hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc.; and
d. The Upravelenie Kurortno (Directorate of Resorts).
Air Defense Units
28. A local antiair defense unit is situated in all industrial establishments. A
portion of the workers selected among the older men or those who are not subject
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to military duty are formed into cadres in this unit. These members follow courses
of elementary instruction in order to go on duty immediately following the air
bombing of an establishment.
The Sofia "TETS"
29. The Sofia "TETS" (Thermoelectric Station) is of new construction and went into
operation in 1949-1,950- It is powered by coal and its equipment and installations
are of Pzechos7_ovak manufacture.
It supplies electrical energy and steam to all the factories in the area; because
of the continuous breakdowns it works only half time. It is located in the area
between the main railway station of Sofia and the Nadezhda quarter (see No. 12. of
of the sketch on pages 7 and 8)..
1. Probably "Thiocol" (Potassium guaiacol sulphonate), an expectorant: 25X1
2. Probably "Streptocid", a sulfanilamide.
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