The Korea General Machinery Trading Corporation is a large North Korean machine

Machine

A machine manages power to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, and a molecular machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work...

 company. The company is headquartered in the Tongdaewon District near the capital, Pyongyang

Pyongyang

Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...

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The company imports steel

Steel

Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

, chemical raw stock, and machine tools. The company produces machine tools, metal parts, gears, electric motors, generators, hydroelectric generators, pumps, valves, mining equipment, rolling stock

Rolling stock

Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...

 and other machinery.

Taean Heavy Machine Complex

An important part of Korea General Machinery is the Taean Heavy Machine Complex in Tongdaewon. This is where its hydroelectric generators and other thermal power generating equipment is manufactured, including turbines, motors, transformer

Transformer

A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...

s, etc. Taean manufactures different sizes classes of hydroelectric equipment in its Tongsuse Class including a 50,000 kVA generator. The factory complex is up-to-date in its computerization.

Huichon Machine Tool Factory

Huichon Machine Tool Factory in Huichon

Huichon

Hŭich'ŏn is a city in the southern part of Chagang Province, North Korea. The population is 163,000 .-History:Hŭich'ŏn was formerly a small village, since the Korean War and an influx of government investment, it has become a base for electronics and machinery production for...

 is North Korea's leading manufacturer of heavy-duty machine tools for domestic use and for export. The 50-year old factory group is involved in machine tool production processes including steel-making, casting, processing

Industrial process

Industrial processes are procedures involving chemical or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacture of an item or items, usually carried out on a very large scale. Industrial processes are the key components of heavy industry....

, assembly

Assembly line

An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods...

, painting and packing. Product is produced on serial basis and small lot basis.

Its output of precision machine tools includes an assortment of spline-grinding machines and industrial lathes

Lathe (metal)

A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials. They were originally designed to machine metals; however, with the advent of plastics and other materials, and with their inherent versatility, they are used in a wide range of...

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