Machine-building industry of Korea
KCNA
Pyongyang, February 20 (KCNA) -- On February 20, Juche 60 (1971) President Kim Il Sung visited the Huichon Machine Tool Factory to kindle the flame of technical innovations. His field guidance signaled a radical turn in Korea's machine-building industry.
In the past there were two rounds of the machine tool-begets-machine tools movement which was successful in improving the technical equipment of the national economy.
Old machine plants were updated, the Taean Heavy Machine Complex and the then Ryongsong Associated Machinery Bureau expanded into ordered equipment producers and large and modern machine plants built.
Machine plants have manufactured a 10,000 ton press, 125,000 KW hydroelectric generators, 210 ton boilers, large vessels, lorries, numerical control machine tools, 8-axis locomotives, etc. with their own designs, technologies and materials.
In recent years all the sectors of the national economy has been seriously affected by the U.S. persistent efforts to isolate and stifle the country.
Many machine factories and enterprises have suffered losses in production for shortage of electricity and raw materials.
The country, in spite of the difficult conditions, has continued directing deep attention to the development of the machine-building industry to improve the technical equipment and the structure of production and consolidate the material and technical foundations of this sector.
The Huichon and Kusong machine tool factories have produced NC machine tools, all-purpose lathes and other kinds of machine tools, greatly contributing to the industrial development of the country.
The Rakwon machine complex has manufactured hydraulic excavators, hydraulic automobile cranes and other modern machines and equipment.
