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105874
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 20:22
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N Korean leader makes 2 visits to chemical plants over several days (adds)
PYONGYANG, February 10 (Itar-Tass) - For the second time over a period
of several days, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has visited a large
chemical factory in the county's east.
Local mass media said Wednesday he visited a large chemical facility
in the province of Hamgyong-namdo /South Hamgyong/. In the course of the
trip, the North Korean leader was accompanied by Prime Minister Kim Yong
Il.
Kim Jong Il "for several hours exercised leadership on the spot" at a
factory in the city of Hamhung where the synthetic fibre known as vinalon
is produced.
This eastern city is generally known as the centre of synthetic fibres
manufacturing in North Korea and the trip there took place Monday,
February 8.
Media reports say Kim Jong Il was generally satisfied with the
production process at the factory, saying that vinalon "is in no ways
worse in terms of quality than cotton or wool and it serves as a perfect
raw material for the national textile industry."
The streamlining of a comprehensive production process at the factory
in Hamhung "has become a crucial event for the entire country and it
signals yet another great victory scored by the Korean people."
He praised the workers of the factory, "who managed to construct new
production premises over a brief period of time on the basis of own
identical technologies and most recent achievements of science."
"This will enable us to make a breakthrough in the manufacturing of
clothes in this country shortly," Kim Jong Il said.
He urged the Koreans to turn this year, which marks the 65th
anniversary since the foundation of the Korean Workers' Party, into a time
of great changes opening up the road to the rise of a great and affluent
state.
Vinalon was developed in 1939 by a Korean researcher who worked for a
chemical research institute in Takatsuki, Japan. His invention remained
largely unnoticed until he defected to North Korea, where the
manufacturing of vinalon began in 1954.
As a synthetic fibre, it is produced from polyvinyl alcohol, with
anthracite and limestone used as raw materials. The first Vinalon Complex
in Hamhung went on stream in 1961.
This fibre is utilized in the North Korean textile industry on a much
broader scale than cotton and Nylon, which are produced nationally in
small enough amounts.
International reference sources describe vinalon as a material
resistant to heat and chemicals but indicate that it has some technical
disadvantages, too. For instance, it is said to be stiff and prone to
shrinking.
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of several days, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has visited a large
chemical factory in the county's east.
Local mass media said Wednesday he visited a large chemical facility
in the province of Hamgyong-namdo /South Hamgyong/. In the course of the
trip, the North Korean leader was accompanied by Prime Minister Kim Yong
Il.
Kim Jong Il "for several hours exercised leadership on the spot" at a
factory in the city of Hamhung where the synthetic fibre known as vinalon
is produced.
This eastern city is generally known as the centre of synthetic fibres
manufacturing in North Korea and the trip there took place Monday,
February 8.
Media reports say Kim Jong Il was generally satisfied with the
production process at the factory, saying that vinalon "is in no ways
worse in terms of quality than cotton or wool and it serves as a perfect
raw material for the national textile industry."
The streamlining of a comprehensive production process at the factory
in Hamhung "has become a crucial event for the entire country and it
signals yet another great victory scored by the Korean people."
He praised the workers of the factory, "who managed to construct new
production premises over a brief period of time on the basis of own
identical technologies and most recent achievements of science."
"This will enable us to make a breakthrough in the manufacturing of
clothes in this country shortly," Kim Jong Il said.
He urged the Koreans to turn this year, which marks the 65th
anniversary since the foundation of the Korean Workers' Party, into a time
of great changes opening up the road to the rise of a great and affluent
state.
Vinalon was developed in 1939 by a Korean researcher who worked for a
chemical research institute in Takatsuki, Japan. His invention remained
largely unnoticed until he defected to North Korea, where the
manufacturing of vinalon began in 1954.
As a synthetic fibre, it is produced from polyvinyl alcohol, with
anthracite and limestone used as raw materials. The first Vinalon Complex
in Hamhung went on stream in 1961.
This fibre is utilized in the North Korean textile industry on a much
broader scale than cotton and Nylon, which are produced nationally in
small enough amounts.
International reference sources describe vinalon as a material
resistant to heat and chemicals but indicate that it has some technical
disadvantages, too. For instance, it is said to be stiff and prone to
shrinking.
-0-kle/usn
