Achievements have been registered in the readjustment and reinforcement of production foundations as a result of their efforts.

The Ministry of Machine-building Industry has taken measures for supplying materials while solving sci-tech problems arising in readjustment and reinforcement after drawing up stepwise plans for implementing the economic strategy of the Party.

The Ryongsong Machine Complex pushes ahead with the remodeling of a furnace and the production of a Korean-style mechanical hand after assembling more than 10 facilities.

The Ryangchaek Bearing Factory has improved the efficiency of machine tools by producing various accessory parts and opened the prospect for saving materials needed for production of grinding tools by 15 percent more than the past.

The Anju Insulating Material Factory is making innovations in the production of insulating varnish after establishing a process of producing solvent with locally available raw materials.

The Anju Pump Factory is producing many highly efficient pumps to be sent to major socialist construction sites by providing necessary welding electrodes by itself.

The Taean Heavy Machine Complex, the Ranam Coal-mining Machine Complex, the Pyongyang Electric Cable General Factory 326, the Taean Electric Appliances Factory, the Taedonggang Electric Appliances Factory and others direct efforts to strengthening the material and technical foundations for stepping up the current production and the production of custom-built equipment.