Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant set to launch new workshop in 2023
<p> MINSK, Jun 14 – PrimePress. Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant (Vitebsk Oblast) is determined to complete the construction of a new shop to repair helicopter and aircraft parts and modules in 2023. The investment value of the project is about Br35 million ($14 million at the exchange rate of the National Bank of Belarus). The company’s Director General Pavel Sluchak shared this information with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, which visited the enterprise on June 14, the president’s press service said. </p> <p> </p> <p> “It will be a new joint manufacturing enterprise. It will allow us to minimize all the purchases and create new jobs. The total value of the project including the cost of the equipment is roughly Br32-35 million,” the president’s press-service reports citing Sluchak as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> In his words, there are no problems with the enterprise’s workload at present. The amount of work is sufficient to keep the enterprise operating in the black. “We have enough work for this year. Our traditional markets are Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. There are a number of countries, contracts with which are fairly advanced, this is why we are moving forward,” he said. </p> <p> </p> <p> Established in 1941, Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant is Belarus’ leading company to provide turnaround maintenance for different types of helicopters and aviation equipment. The company also specializes in overhaul and modernisation of the Mi helicopters, and maintenance of the IL-76 aircraft. </p> <p> </p> <p> Since 2012, the plant was owned by Ukraine’s Motor Sich (60%) and Belarus’ Investment and Innovation Systems CJSC (40%). According to media reports, the investors had pledged to invest at least $12 million into the upgrade of the plant by 2016. However, they failed to implement those plans in full. In October 2018, the plant was returned to state ownership. Motor Sich withdrew from the plant under pressure from the Belarusian authorities, said Vyacheslav Boguslayev, president of the Ukrainian company. He claims to have lost $10m on that project. End </p>
2021-06-15
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Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant set to launch new workshop in 2023
MINSK, Jun 14 – PrimePress. Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant (Vitebsk Oblast) is determined to complete the construction of a new shop to repair helicopter and aircraft parts and modules in 2023. The investment value of the project is about Br35 million ($14 million at the exchange rate of the National Bank of Belarus). The company’s Director General Pavel Sluchak shared this information with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, which visited the enterprise on June 14, the president’s press service said.
“It will be a new joint manufacturing enterprise. It will allow us to minimize all the purchases and create new jobs. The total value of the project including the cost of the equipment is roughly Br32-35 million,” the president’s press-service reports citing Sluchak as saying.
In his words, there are no problems with the enterprise’s workload at present. The amount of work is sufficient to keep the enterprise operating in the black. “We have enough work for this year. Our traditional markets are Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. There are a number of countries, contracts with which are fairly advanced, this is why we are moving forward,” he said.
Established in 1941, Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant is Belarus’ leading company to provide turnaround maintenance for different types of helicopters and aviation equipment. The company also specializes in overhaul and modernisation of the Mi helicopters, and maintenance of the IL-76 aircraft.
Since 2012, the plant was owned by Ukraine’s Motor Sich (60%) and Belarus’ Investment and Innovation Systems CJSC (40%). According to media reports, the investors had pledged to invest at least $12 million into the upgrade of the plant by 2016. However, they failed to implement those plans in full. In October 2018, the plant was returned to state ownership. Motor Sich withdrew from the plant under pressure from the Belarusian authorities, said Vyacheslav Boguslayev, president of the Ukrainian company. He claims to have lost $10m on that project. End