23.11.2009Gomselmash to showcase grain harvester Palesse GS812 in Uzbekistan The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Gomselmash will present its self-propelled grain harvester Palesse GS812 for the first time at the international agribusiness expo UzAgroExpo 2009. The event will take place in Tashkent on 25-27 November, Gomselmash Marketing Center Director Vladimir Frolov told.
20.11.2009Khimvolokno to invest Br120bn in development of production in 2010-2011 Svetlogorsk-based Khimvolokno plans to invest more than Br120 million in the development of production in 2010-2011, Khimvolokno’s Director General Vasily Kostyukevich told reporters on 18 November.
20.11.2009Gomselmash to increase deliveries of machine sets to Kazakhstan in 2010 In 2010 the Gomselmash Production Association will deliver at least 300 machine sets to the Kostanai diesel plant. This is 1.5 times up from 2008. The agreement was reached during the negotiations with representatives of the Agromashholding company, Gomselmash’s main partner in Kazakhstan, it was learnt from Igor Korotkevich, the chief of the Gomselmash sale department.
20.11.2009U.S. renews limited sanctions waivers for Lakokraska and Polotsk Steklovolokno The U.S. Treasury renewed temporary waivers for two companies covered by U.S. sanctions, Polotsk Steklovolokno and Lakokraska, informs the official website of the U.S. Treasury, it was learnt.
19.11.2009Moscow business delegation to visit Mogilev A delegation of the Sokolinaya Gora Municipal Council of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow will visit Mogilev on 19 November. The delegation will include heads of ten companies of the machine building, light and processing industries, it was learnt from Tatyana Ivanchenko, main specialist of the department of foreign economic relations, investments and business development of the Mogilev City Hall.
19.11.2009Belarus’ FEZs report $26.9m foreign trade surplus in January-September In January-September resident-companies of the free economic zones (FEZ) of Belarus had a $29.6mn surplus in trade in goods. It is down 2.8 times over the same period of 2008, it was learnt from the National Statistics Committee.
19.11.2009Sidorsky urges to spread Lakokraska technologies across Belarus The chemical waste treatment technologies used by the Lakokraska company should be implemented throughout the country, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said when visiting the Lakokraska company in Lida.
19.11.2009Belgospishcheprom initiates quality control over imported chocolate The Belgospishcheprom concern initiates the introduction of quality control over the chocolate imported in Belarus, deputy head of the department responsible for sugar and pastry enterprises affiliated with the concern Liudmila Fomina told reporters on 17 November, it was learnt.
18.11.2009Minsk hosts Bank IT-2009 international forum An international forum on banking information technologies, Bank IT-2009, opened in Minsk on 18 November.
18.11.2009Minsk Engine Plant, Navistar to set up joint engine productio The Minsk Engine Plant and Navistar International Corp. are planning to set up the joint diesel engine production, it was learnt from the Industry Ministry press service.
18.11.2009Belarusian refineries may process Venezuelan oil Venezuelan companies are interested in getting oil processed by Belarusian oil refineries, said Barinder Dhami, Vice President of the Venezuelan company Venro Energy, at an international conference in Minsk on 16 November.
18.11.2009Belarus’ businessmen to visit Ryazan 23-26 November A Belarusian delegation is set to pay a business visit to Ryazan, Russia, on 23-26 November, it was learnt from the Minsk office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
17.11.2009Armenian-Belarusian trading house to be opened in Yerevan The Ar-Be Armenian-Belarusian trading house, a joint Belarusian-Armenian company, has been established in Yerevan, it was learnt from the spokeswoman for the Belgospischeprom concern Irina Guseva. The relevant documents have been signed in Yerevan.
17.11.2009Belarusian Railways seeks investor for major project Belarusian Railways seeks an investor for implementing a major project for electrifying two railway sections: Gomel-Zhlobin-Osipovichi and Zhlobin-Kalinkovichi. The information was released by Vasily Khvalko, Head of the Technical Policy and Investment Service of Belarusian Railways, at a roundtable session at the Belarusian Investment and Economic Forum on 13 November.
17.11.2009Pinskdrev boosts export to United States In January-October 2009 Pinskdrev boosted its export to the United States 14 times to $500,000, it was learnt from Dmitry Kirikovich, aide to Pinskdrev’s director general for media relations.