Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 13-14. (1984)
II. Istorie
ш NICOLAE D. PETRA 26 velops continually and becomes the most powerful unit of wood working in the town, on the present-day territory of the Sawn Wood Section. In 1911 the 'Anonymous Society Foresta finishes modernizing its sawn wood factory, providing individual electric drive of machines, being the first industrial unit of the Superior Mure? basin which used, on a large industrial scale, electric energy for driving the equipments of the whole enterprise. The year 1944 marks the setting on fire and destruction of the wood working factories at Reghin by the Hitleriste and Horthyst troops during their retreat. In those merciless conditions generated by the war, the workers, struggling with material poverty, contributed by utmost efforts to the restoration of the destructions produced by the war in the town and surroundings. The production of the year 1945 in wood industry of the town was 15 times lower as comparing to the years 1940—1941. The transition to planned economy provided the increase of wood working production in the town, between the years 1948—1988, in annual average rythms of over 11%. The industrial production of wood working in the town was much diversified and the increases were made on the account of new technologies of superior revaluation of wood, production wastes and logwoods in very useful products as: pal, veneer, laminated board, wood yams; and especially on the account of superior finite products made of wood, such as: sports and utilitarian crafts, sports goods, furniture, musical instruments, etc. The results obtained during these years by the community of workers of the two enterprise existing in the town (IPL and IFET) were reflected in top places occupied in the socialist competition within the wood working branch all over the country, as well as in the distinctions received by the workers who proved to be excellent workers in carrying out their tasks. The great number of international exhibitions in wich participated the products of the enterprises from 1873, as well as the commercial relations maintained with over 50 states of the world, USA, England, the F.R.G., France included, demonstrate that these products are demanded by the customers, and upkeeping of the commercial relations with the same partners for many years confirm good quality and competence of the products, as well as durability of a profitable collaboration which is reciprocally advantageous. From their current production the enterprises can offer to their external partners a large scale of products such as: — wooden semi-products for various uses, sculpture included; — pellets for depositing and transport, packages, pellet boxes, etc. — wood yarns and blinds for window panes; — boards made of chip of woods {PAL, hydrofuge); — rustic furniture made of resinous wood, as well as verneered furniture: — tennis rackets and badminton rackets; '
