Belshina

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Belshina
Founded1963; 58 years ago (1963)
HeadquartersBabruisk, Minsk Region, Belarus
Key people
Andrej Bunakou (Andrei Bunakov)(CEO)
Productstyres
Websitewww.belshinajsc.by/en/

Belshina is a tyre manufacturer in Belarus. The name is an abbreviation for "Belaruskaya shina", or "Belarusian Tyre".

The Belarusian tyre works is located in the Belarusian industrial city Babruysk. Belshina produces over 180 tyre sizes for cars, trucks, mining trucks, road construction machinery, , tractors and agricultural machinery. Over 90 per cent of tyres are radial. All types of products (pneumatic tyres) are protected by patents by two parameters: design and appearance. Belshina cooperate with partners from 36 countries.

Belshina is a main sponsor of football team Belshina Bobruisk which plays in Belarusian Premier League.

History[]

The construction of the Belarusian Tyre Works "Belshina" in Bobruisk was sanctioned by Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR #299 dated March 25, 1963 "On steps aimed at better utilization of workforce of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic" and by resolution No. 90-p dated June 11, 1965 by Supreme Soviet, which approved the design task for construction of the Works.

The construction itself was started in September 1965. In 1968 the mechanical services unit was put into service (which later became a mechanical plant), where the equipment for the future production areas was assembled and manufactured, new techniques of tyre building were developed, practical training of the workers was conducted.

On December 31, 1971 the research facility of the mechanical services unit produced the first Belarusian tyre for BelAZ mining truck of 27-ton lifting capacity.

On December 31, 1972 the farm tyre plant was put into service. Truck and car tyre plant began to roll out tyres on September 30, 1976. On January 31, 1985 a fourth plant joined Belshina family, it was the earthmover tyre plant. In May 1992 the State Committee on Industry of the Republic of Belarus issued a decree transforming the Belshina Production Amalgamation into Belarus Tyre Works Belshina. On September 26, 2002 the Executive Committee of Mogilev Province adopted resolution No.18-13 on registering an open joint stock company Belshina (Certificate of Registration No.700016217 of 2003-09-27).

On April 13, 2011 Belshina Radial for bus and truck got Standard Nasional Indonesia (SNI) - Indonesia National Standard which Indonesia is not produce the items, although Indonesia export more than 80 percent of the production of lighter tyres.

US Sanctions[]

In 2011, following the violent crackdown of opposition protests after the falsified 2010 Belarusian presidential election, the United States has imposed sanctions against several Belarusian state-owned companies, including Belshina. U.S. citizens were prohibited from doing business with several companies of the Belneftekhim conglomerate: Naftan oil refinery, Grodno Azot fertilizer manufacturer, fiber manufacturer and Belshina tire factory.[1]

The sanctions against Belshina and other Belneftekhim companies were temporarily suspended in 2015.[2][3][4]

In April 2021, full-scale sanctions against Belshina were renewed following brutal political repressions against the opposition after another rigged presidential election that took place in August 2020 and was accompanied by mass protests across Belarus.[5][6][7] On 9 August 2021, the US has added Belshina CEO Andrei Bunakov to the SDN list.[8]

Political repressions, labour rights issues[]

In 2020, several hundreds workers of Belshina have joined mass nationwide protests against the authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko after a rigged presidential election. A strike with political demands was declared but never started as Belshina's management executed pressure on the company's workers. Several striking workers were fired.[9][10][11]

Awards[]

  1. The Arch of Europe for excellence in corporate image and quality. Madrid, 1995.
  2. The Gold Globe for competitive and high quality products. Copenhagen, 1996.
  3. Gold Medal For 175/70R13 tyre model Bi-391. Moscow, 2001.
  4. Silver medal For 21.00-33 tyre model Fbel-166AM. Moscow, 2001.
  5. Silver medal For 385/65R22.5 tyre model Bel-88 Moscow, 2002.
  6. Gold medal For 175R16C tyre model Bi-522 Moscow, 2002.
  7. Silver medal For 175/70R13 tyre model Bel-103 Moscow, 2003.

References[]

  1. ^ US Imposes New Sanctions on Belarus - Voice of America, August 10, 2011
  2. ^ Robin Emmott (2015-10-29). "EU, U.S. temporarily ease some sanctions on Belarus". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. ^ US and EU Temporarily Ease Belarus Sanctions - Steptoe, November 4, 2015
  4. ^ How do you sanction a problem like Lukashenka?
  5. ^ Economic expert explains how U.S. sanctions may affect Belarusian state-owned enterprises - Belsat, 21/04/2021
  6. ^ Issuance of Belarus General License 2H - U.S. Department of the Treasury, official website, 19 April 2021
  7. ^ US reimposes sanctions on Belarus firms after protest clampdown - France 24, 19/04/2021
  8. ^ "Treasury Holds the Belarusian Regime to Account on Anniversary of Fraudulent Election". United States Department of the Treasury. 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  9. ^ «Дваіх звольнілі». Рабочыя расказалі, што на «Белшыне» страйк «душаць на корані» ["Two were fired." Workers told that the strike at Belshina was being "choked"] (in Belarusian) - Radio Svaboda, 21 August 2020
  10. ^ На "Белшыне" звальняюць актывістаў забастоўкі, якая не адбылася [Belshina fires activists of the strike attempt] (in Belarusian) - European Radio for Belarus, 26 August 2020
  11. ^ «За прогулы». На «Белшине» идут увольнения активистов несостоявшейся забастовки ["For being absent at work". Belshina fires activists of the strike attempt] (in Russian) - Tut.by, 26 August 2020

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