- Belshina
Belshina is a tyre manufacturer in
Belarus . The name is an abbreviation for "Belаruskaya shina", or "Belarusian Tyre".The Belarusian tyre works is located in the Belarusian industrial city
Babruysk . Belshina produces over 180 tyre sizes for cars,truck s,mining truck s,road construction machinery,electrical vehicle s,tractor s andagricultural machinery . Over 90 per cent of tyres are radial. All types of products (pneumatic tyre s) are protected by patents by two parameters: design and appearance. Belshina cooperate with partners from 36 countries.Belshina have their own football team, called "FC Belshina Bobruysk" (Level: 1), which is very popular in Belarus and CIS countries.
History
The construction of the Belarusian Tyre Works "Belshina" in Bobruisk was sanctioned by Decree of the Council of Ministers of the
USSR #299 datedMarch 25 ,1963 "On steps aimed at better utilization of workforce of theBelarusian Soviet Socialist Republic " and by resolution No. 90-p datedJune 11 ,1965 bySupreme 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 forBelAZ 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 onSeptember 30 ,1976 . OnJanuary 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. OnSeptember 26 ,2002 the Executive Committee of Mogilev Province adopted resolution No.18-13 on registering anopen joint stock company Belshina (Certificate of Registration No.700016217 of 2003-09-27).Awards
# "The Arch of Europe" for excellence in corporate image and quality.
Madrid , 1995.
# "The Gold Globe" for competitive and high quality products.Copenhagen , 1996.
# Gold Medal For 175/70R13 tyre model Bi-391.Moscow , 2001.
# Silver medal For 21.00-33 tyre model Fbel-166AM. Moscow, 2001.
# Silver medal For 385/65R22.5 tyre model Bel-88 Moscow, 2002.
# Gold medal For 175R16C tyre model Bi-522 Moscow, 2002.
# Silver medal For 175/70R13 tyre model Bel-103 Moscow, 2003.External links
*Belshina Company Homepage - [http://www.belshina.net belshina.net] , [http://www.belshina.biz belshina.biz]
* [http://www.belshina.com Belshina Placement Homepage]
* [http://www.belarusembassy.org/news/digests/073004.htm Belarus Embassy Blog - Major Belarusian Producer of Tires]
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