economy

Today, the Kangson Vinyl Sheet Factory is well known in the DPRK as a pioneer in recycling and a self-reliant factory.

Established in 1995, the factory produced vinyl sheets relying on imported materials to contribute to improving the living standards of Nampho citizens.

Later, it could not secure imported raw materials, so it set up a production process of recycled vinyl sheet by its own efforts and produced vinyl sheets with plastic waste as the material.

“At that time, we lost heart, thinking there was no other way without raw materials. Then, we happened to see vinyl sheet pieces being scattered around the factory and thought they would become waste if we threw them away and treasure if we recycled them. As a result, all the employees of the factory tried to find out the way to recycle plastic waste. We could do anything, once we were determined. It was our only way to survive to do away with the proclivity to imports and rely on our own strength and things,” said U Jae Myong, manager of the Kangson Vinyl Sheet Factory.

The factory built an automatic plastic waste washing process and made several wet moulding machines. To this end, it recycled a generator and motor and processed and assembled the rollers of the moulding machines by securing their parts with the assistance of a relevant unit. After putting production on a normal track, it produced vinyl sheets six times as much as before in the first quarter after the production began. Later, it carried out all the tasks by its own effort, including the production of different sizes of plastic pipes, raincoats, tents and vinyl sheets for package which were needed at construction sites of several projects in the city of Nampho.

Keeping in mind that their own things and self-development are the best, its employees put efforts into strengthening technical forces to fully equip the processes needed for normal production and increase the variety of products.

This year, the factory has organized on a regular basis the prize contest for developing new products, which are urgently needed for economic development and favoured by the people, and praised excellent employees in a significant way. In the course of this, it laid a foundation for further revitalizing the production of dozens of kinds of new plastic goods including decorative wallboards, boxes and pipes.

It also established a production process of vinyl chloride resin linoleum to make a breakthrough in promoting the development of new products.

It made and introduced such facilities as gravity water cooling device to save lots of labour and increase productivity by 1.5 times and has increased the proportion of domestically produced raw and other materials.

Now, demands for different kinds of goods produced at the factory are on the rise beyond the city.

Especially, toys and floats in various colours made to suit children’s mind were very popular and highly appreciated at the children's goods exhibition of the Pyongyang Children's Department Store held in March this year.

As all the employees devote their wisdom and passion in order to make their factory more prosperous with their own things and by their own efforts, the number of innovators, inventors and winners of official commendations increases day after day and Manager U Jae Myong was honoured to become a meritorious person of socialist patriotism.