MINSK, 19 December (BelTA) – Assisted by partners, the Belarusian company Integral has managed to enable the manufacturing of import-substituting products on commercial scale over the course of a few years. Andrei Buinevich, Director General of OAO Integral, the managing company of the holding company Integral made the statement at a session of the 7th Belarusian People’s Congress on 19 December, BelTA has learned.
Andrei Buinevich noted that Integral Company had faced the toughest sanctions that have been implemented since 2010. “But we didn’t break. We’ve increased our production and export by several times. Certainly, serious investments into modernization, the mastering of new technologies as well as the preservation and development of microelectronics competences in our country have helped with that,” he noted.
The Integral CEO recalled that in 2022 the presidents of Belarus and Russia declared that microelectronics is of critical importance from the point of view of national interests. “Literally over the course of three years of interaction with our partners from the Russian Federation we’ve managed to enable the manufacturing of modern import-substituting products on commercial scale: more than 130 commodity headings worth over $100 million. These goods enjoy extremely high demand on the markets of the Union State [of Belarus and Russia] and in faraway countries,” he stressed.
On behalf of the Belarusian manufacturing sector the Integral CEO backed the approaches stipulated by the program on Belarus’ social and economic development till 2030. And he shared plans on developing the enterprise.
“We will continue stepping up innovation efforts in the manufacturing sector. The modernization of manufacturing facilities of the holding company Integral will continue as well as the robotization of manufacturing processes, the mastering of new submicron design norms, and the production of integrated microcircuits. In the next five-year term we intend to start making a new generation of power electronics with the minimal feature size of 90 nanometers,” he said.
Andrei Buinevich also pointed out that in his address to the Belarusian nation and the parliament Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that he expected concrete results from every branch of the economy. “Essentially, our task is to implement into practice all the approved plans and ensure the high quality of products. We don’t have many superior competitors in our segment. And we should keep up the bar,” the Integral CEO noted.
The director general of the holding company stressed that the program on Belarus’ social and economic development till 2030 gives answers to all the modern challenges and meets expectations of the real sector of the economy.
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