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{{Short description|Machinery factory in Taean-dong, Taean-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul    =대안중기계련합기업소
| hanja     =大安重機械聯合企業所
| rr        =Daean Junggigye Yeonghap Kieopso
| mr        =Taean Chunggigye Ryŏnghap Kiŏpso
| koreanipa =
| context   =north
| image     =Tae’an Heavy Machine Tool Complex (16179495765).jpg
| caption   =
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The '''Taean Machine Complex''' is machinery factory in Taean-dong, [[Taean-guyok|Taean-guyŏk]], [[Nampo|Namp'o Special City]], [[North Korea]] producing a wide array of electric machinery for industrial and household use. <ref name="cybernk">{{cite web |url=http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanCultureDetail.aspx?mc=CC0301&sc=A32005001&tid=CC030100146299&direct=1&direct=1 |title=북한지역정보겟: 대안중기계연합기업소(大安重機械聯合企業所) North Korea Information: Taean Heavy Machine Complex (in Korean) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=14 December 2016 |quote=}}</ref>

Products include electric motors, transformers, power generation equipment such as hydro and thermal power generators, machinery for use in metallurgical and chemical factories, coal mining equipment, etc. Employing approximately 14,000 workers, the complex can produce up to 1,000 electric motors of {{convert|75|kW|abbr=on}} to {{convert|320|kW|abbr=on}}, 100-200 560kWA ~ 125,000VA transformers and 100 hydraulic turbine generators of {{convert|300|kW|abbr=on}} to {{convert|125,000|kW|abbr=on}} annually.<ref name="nkinfo">{{cite web |url=http://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/search/search.do?collection=ALL&query=%EB%8C%80%EC%95%88%EC%A4%91%EA%B8%B0%EA%B3%84%EB%A0%A8%ED%95%A9%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%85%EC%86%8C&detailYn=n |title=북한정보퍼털: 대안중기계련합기업소 North Korea Information Portal: Taean Machine Complex (in Korean) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=14 December 2016 |quote=}}</ref>

==History==

Only a small iron workshop prior to Liberation, it was nationalised in November 1945, becoming a branch facility of the [[Chollima Steel Complex|Kangsŏn Steel Works]] producing small farm equipment. Production of {{convert|3.75|kW|abbr=on}} electric motors and 10kVA transformers began in 1948. Later, production of motors and pumps for rural irrigation began. In October 1975 it became an integrated machinery factory, and on 25 September 1980 the Taean Electric Factory and the Taean Machinery Factory were merged to form the current Taean Machine Complex. The complex was awarded the [[Order of Kim Il-sung]], and was twice awarded the "Ch'ŏllima Factory" award.<ref name="cybernk"/>

The Taean Machine Complex was heavily involved in projects such as the [[West Sea Barrage]], the [[Sunchon Vinylon Complex|Sunch'ŏn Vinylon Complex]], the [[Sariwon Fertiliser Complex]], the [[coal gas]] plants at the [[Namhung Youth Chemical Complex|Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex]], the [[Samsu Power Plant]], the [[Orangchon Power Plant|Ŏrangch'ŏn Power Plant]], the [[Wonsan Chongnyon Power Plant|Wŏnsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Power Plant]], the [[Anbyon Chongnyon Power Plant|Anbyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Power Plant]], the [[Ryesong River Power Plant|Ryesŏng River Power Plant]], the [[Naepyong Power Plant|Naep'yŏng Power Plant]], the [[Namgang Power Plant]], the [[Hungju Chongnyon Power Plant|Hŭngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Power Plant]] the [[December Thermal Power Plant]], the [[Tongpyong Thermal Power Plant|Tongp'yŏng Thermal Power Plant]], the [[Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center#History|T'aech'ŏn Nuclear Power Plant]], and the [[Taechon Hydroelectric Power Plant|T'aechŏn Hydroelectric Power Plant]].<ref name="nkinfo"/>

==Description==

The Taean Machine Complex is made up of a central primary facility and subordinate facilities. The central facility consists of the primary manufacturing plant with facilities for production of electromechanical machinery, insulating materials, building materials, household goods and sewing equipment. The secondary facilities include the first and second processing workshops, and facilities for the production of metal cutting equipment, large generators and turbines, large gears and other similar equipment. The electromechanical machinery facility manufactures electric machinery required for power generation facilities, along with other workshops for the production of electric motors, transformers and other electric machinery, while the insulating material facility produces insulation needed in transformers and electric motors. Other workshops manufacture household items such as fans, universal transformers and sewing machines. There are also facilities for the production of glass fibre and insulation for use with molten steel, along with subsidiaries such as the Yonggang Motor Factory and the T'aesŏng Electric Factory. Other entities forming part of the complex are an insulation research institute, an industrial test centre, an automation design workshop, along with the Taean Industrial College, an electrical engineering college, a design college and a school for related trades.<ref name="cybernk"/>

The facility is served by the [[Korean State Railway]] via [[Taean Hwamul Station|Taean Freight Station]] on the [[Taean Line]].<ref name="cybernk"/>
==Four brother factories==
According to North Korean media, along with [[Kumsong Tractor Factory]], [[Chollima Steel Complex]] and [[Taean Friendship Glass Factory]], the factory is a member of the  "four brother factories(네형제공장,Nehyongjegongjang)" and is reported to engage in "Socialist competitions" between the companies that are held every year in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifein.news/news/articleView.html?idxno=12014|title=서해를 잇는 항구도시 남포를 바라보다 (종결)|website=lifein|date=2021-03-03}}</ref>

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* {{cite web |url=http://m.blog.naver.com/ipa1983/220611344111 |title=조그마한 철공소에서 연합기업소로, 대안중기계연합기업소 (in Korean)|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=14 December 2016 |quote=}} 

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[[Category:Engineering companies of North Korea]]