Other Names: 17 April Factory, 17 Nissan General Company
Location: Baghdad, Al-Musta'asim sector, Al-Numan Ibn Al-Munter Street
Subordinate to: Military Industrialization Corporation
Primary Function: Precision casting of liquid-propellant engine and guidance parts for Al-Samoud and Ababil-100 missiles; casting of civilian-related products
Description:
The facility used the lost wax gravity casting process ("investment casting") to produce, among other parts for Iraq's LPE missiles, turbine blades, turbine disks, elbow pipes, flanges, gyro gimbals, and gyro bases. This production was supplied primarily to the Karama State Establishment. The site contained six main workshops—waxing, shelling, de-waxing, etc.—as well as a storage and support buildings. Some 90 percent of the parts manufactured at the site were for civilian use (irrigation, textiles, and others); military work was intermittent. The site employed some 300-400 workers, with only a small percentage being qualified professionals, such as engineers and chemists.
Key Sources: UN Inspection Data.
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