Pyongyang, April 19 (KCNA) -- Officials and workers in the field of knitting industry in the DPRK are waging a dynamic drive for increased production and economy by giving definite precedence to science and technology.

The Hamhung Knitwear Factory is ensuring the processing of products at a high level while concentrating on improving the technical knowledge and skills of its employees and increasing the ranks of skilled workers.

The technicians and skilled workers of the factory invented and installed a machine for shortening the time spent in tying thread, thus creating a large amount of reserves for economy.

Officials of the Pyongyang Children's Knitted Goods Factory acquired wide-ranging science and technology at sci-tech learning space, which led to the achievements in selecting talents, training them and putting production on a normal footing and improving the quality of products.

The Jongju Disabled Soldiers' Knitwear Factory and the Sinuiju Disabled Soldiers' Knitwear Factory, too, have improved their equipment to increase the production by 2.5 times and invented and introduced technical innovation proposals to produce quality knitwear. -0-