The construction of a large multi-brand machine-building plant is planned in the Vitebsk region, as reported by Andrey Sidorov, General Director of Private Unitary Enterprise "Vitstroytehmash".
"Vitstroytehmash" is a young, actively developing, and self-sufficient enterprise. Located in the regional centre, it is widely known as "Machine-building Company "Vitebskiye Podemniki", which is currently part of a holding company. In less than 20 years, the Vitebsk machine builders have progressed from a small service enterprise for repairing lifting equipment to a major manufacturer of special machinery, employing approximately 330 people today.
– The secret to success is the desire to keep pace with the times and adapt to customer needs. The available modern equipment allows for the production of a wide range of utility and special-purpose machinery for construction and installation work, maintenance of trolleybuses and electrical networks: aerial platforms with lifting heights from 12 to 56 metres, truck cranes with lifting capacities from 16 to 32 tonnes, manipulator cranes, garbage trucks, and drilling rigs. Recently, we manufactured a combined fire-fighting vehicle based on a four-wheel-drive KamAZ truck, – said Andrey Sidorov. – Our capacity is over 4,000 units of machinery and equipment. We are capable of performing any work in our field, from design to conducting necessary tests and setting up for mass production.
"Vitstroytehmash" demonstrates strong economic performance: production volumes this year have increased by 60% compared to the same period in 2022, and wages have risen by more than a third.
– Over 10 thousand square metres of additional production facilities have been commissioned. More than 5 million dollars have been spent on the purchase of high-efficiency technological equipment. Dozens of jobs have been created. We actively participate in many state programmes, implement social projects, including providing assistance to kindergartens and schools. We also cooperate with leading universities in Belarus and Russia to develop innovative equipment within the framework of research and development projects in partnership with them, including those related to import substitution, – noted the General Director. – We pay great attention to career guidance activities: the reality is that future employees need to be nurtured from school age. Therefore, my colleagues and I are frequent guests at educational institutions, we arrange excursions for them to the enterprise so that they understand what machine builders of various specialities do.
UP «Vitstroytekhmash» is known far beyond the borders of Belarus and is a corporate partner of leading truck manufacturers in the CIS: MAZ, KamAZ, Ural, GAZ, UAZ. Its products are in demand in Russia, Central Asian countries, and other regions.
– We are not going to rest on our laurels. For example, we are planning to start the construction of a multi-brand machine-building plant in the territory of the FEZ «Vitebsk» soon. It will create about 300 new jobs and several production lines for the manufacturing of the latest hydraulic systems, vans, and lifting equipment (overhead, gantry, tower, and jib cranes). The workshops will occupy over 20 thousand square metres, – emphasised Andrey Sidorov. – The sanctions imposed against Belarus do not affect the enterprise's activities because we are accustomed to being technologically independent. For instance, our lifts currently contain only 8% of imported parts. But this is not the limit: we are developing production to eliminate the need to purchase anything abroad. Furthermore, restrictions from the West have reduced competition in our traditional market, which has contributed to an increase in orders and the expansion of their geography.
Source: vitebsk-region.gov.by
