Pyongyang, September 25 (KCNA) -- The light industry sector of the DPRK is improving the quality of products by dint of scientific and technological force.

The Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory has introduced new equipment into production lines and enhanced the role of the members of the three-revolution team and the April 15 Technical Innovation Shock Brigade, thus improving the quality of shoes.

The Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill and the Sariwon Textile Mill have remodeled the equipment by themselves to produce quality cloth of various kinds. The Sinuiju Textile Mill is ensuring the qualitative indices of products by subdividing the quality inspection system and heightening the role of process inspectors and quality supervisors.

The Pyongyang Hosiery Factory has developed and produced various kinds of antibacterial hosiery with a capacity of absorbing sweat, which are favoured by the people.

The Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory is making progress in the research and development of new products to meet the people's diverse tastes and aesthetic and emotional demands.

The Songyo Knitwear Factory produces quality fabrics with silk yarn and high-stretch yarn and introduced a technical innovation proposal capable of ensuring the density of knitwear and the uniformity of colors.

The Mangyongdae Revolutionary Site Souvenir Factory manufactured and installed an advanced electroplating equipment and doubled the quality of products and productivity and laid a foundation for lowering the norm of materials consumption per unit of output.

The Pyongyang Rayon Factory, the Ryuwon Footwear Factory and the Hamhung Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic Goods Factory are organizing technical study, passing-on technique session and skilled workers' contest to raise the overall technical skills of their employees. -0-