The chronicle of Eger Tobacco Factory

The chosen company

Once again the age of the machinery is evident, as well as its lack of standardisation. And even within machines of the same type there were differences, so that with only a little exaggeration it is possible to say that as many machines as there were, so one had to keep as many different spare parts.

In filter production there was no upgrading in the machinery in this period. The only change was that the new building offered this section a more spacious and comfortable working environment. Filter production machinery at the end of 1991 was as follows:

No

Type

Year

Filter type

4

Garant

1963-64

paper/charcoal paper

1

KDF 1

1968

acetat/charcoal acetat

1

KDF 2

1973

acetat

4

DAPTCM

1967-71

combined

Speed (m/minute)

The chosen few of the chosen factory at a Mayday parade