European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pari of the new penicillin Plant of far Werke Koch St which soon will be in full production to intricate lacing of pipes and tanks will make unnecessary Many of the processes heretofore done by hand. Inset at left is a pct i dish contain in five samples of penicillin Mold. At right inset shows two Laboratory employees at work Germany wears a scientific landmark Estern Germany in about seven i weeks will pass a scientific land Mark and move up one More step on the Road  that Lime the far Werke in Hochst just onside Frankfurt is expected to be Gin mass production  penicillin potent versatile foe of disease according to  Schild. Assistant to the Farb worke  runs Are now under Way at the far Werke s new penicillin Plant still inthe finishing stages and if the runs Are new Hockst Plant starts production of penicillin using u. S. Know How a stars and stripes report work such As this in the old Plant will a eliminated by the new process. Feature Section successful As it is expected they will be the Plant will begin producing up to 400,000,000,000 units monthly. The plan twill be one of the most modern according to Walter e. Burkhard . Consultant from Merck & co., inc., who is providing the germans with the know How in Mak  the ,which  As pneumonia syphilis gonorrhoea and Many others will at last be available to millions of germans who apparently through the Short sightedness of the nazi regime have been Long deprived of the drug. Before the War penicillin development and production lagged far behind that of the . And Britain because before 1942,the nazi government looked upon penicillin As a drug soon to be supplanted by something better. As a re fault very Little penicillin was available in German during and after the wat when it was most needed. The project of building a. Penicillin Plant in Germany was first conceived by . Military government in 1946, wit occupation authorities Visualising a mod Ern German Plant helping to fight Man serious diseases and through exports of the drug strengthening the German Economy to relieve the allies of a part of the financial Burden. Today the project is continuing under the Industry division office of eco nomic affairs Hico. The Plant has been under construction More than 15 months with the assistance of Merck & co., inc., a major penicillin producer in the . Merck sent a Survey Mission to Germany i the Spring of 1947to Aid in appraising the technical and economic problems involved and an agreement was signed nov. If 1948, be tween Jena far Werke and Merck. This provided for a Plant capable of producing up to 400,000,000,000 units of pure Peni Cillin g a month. There Are five varieties of penicillin of f de Hydro fax a and the All important a used to fight disease Merck in its contract agreed to Supply certain Basic drawings special cultures of the penicillin producing microbe and technical assistance in designing and building the  is to reimburse Merck on a Royalty basis. Far Werke in Hochst is apart of the . Farben Combine now under Allied control and operating under the direction of or. Michael erlenbach trustee. Money made by the huge Plant which also produces chemicals dyes fertilizer is held in Trust until a decision on the. Farben Cartel is made. The new penicillin Plant House Din a reconstructed building impartially financed by Erp counter part funds funds in the local currency put up by the country receiving Marshall plan Aid to match every Erp Dollar total Cost of the Plant according to h. A Taylor chief Industry Branch Hico is about 5,665,000 Marks of that sum Erp is releasing 1,500,000 Marks in counterpart funds. The rest is being put up privately by the far Werke in Hochst and Merck in the .during the first planning stage for production it was feared that much equipment would not be available in Ger Many but this difficulty has been Over come and the Hochst penicillin Plant will be a German product one obstacle was obtaining food on which penicillin Mold feeds. However German dairies Corn starch manufacturers and chemical plants Coo Peraich to Supply the necessary raw  new Plant at Hochst is the most modern yet devised. Floors and Wall shave been sanitized with tile ultraviolet sterilizing lamps have been installed an huge air filters built. Part of the process requires utmost cleanliness and uses Large quantities of air which must be purified it also requires pure water simple distil lation is not enough and special equip ment is being set it for his two girl Laboratory workers  solution used in making Pencil in. Ill