Kanggye and Haeju knitwear factories manufactured cyclic flow dyers through a technological innovation movement and the Hamhung Woolen Mill succeeded in localizing filter fabric for vinalon spinning.

The Hamhung Shoes Factory developed a new adhesive for the production of vinyl chloride shoes with sea water and the Pyongyang Mechanical Pencil Factory upgraded color lead of plastic pencil by use of polyethylene glycol.

The technicians and workers in the light industrial field are now striving to boost the production of consumption goods with reliance on the domestic resources and technology.