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10.07.2024 09:02:00
Growth through innovation
Belarusian multidisciplinary industrial enterprise Vityaz JSC based in Vitebsk
Smart stops, medical equipment and breathing apparatus for rescuers — Belarusian multidisciplinary industrial enterprise Vityaz expands horizons
The company’s production growth rate has reached nearly 140 percent compared to 2023. Exports have soared by 20 percent in five months, and salaries have increased by almost a third. Vitebsk-based Vityaz JSC demonstrates a consistent upward movement in the above economic indicators from year to year. Let us bring to light the innovative developments that have become the driving force of progress at the enterprise.
Assembly workshop at Vityaz
From timetable to the sights
The design bureau of non-standard solutions — the Vityaz subdivision — knows how to surprise. Thousands of guests and participants of the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk International Festival of Arts will soon be able to personally verify this. The public transport stop closest to the Summer Amphitheatre has already been fitted with state-of-the-art equipment, and a complex information system is being set up.
“This is going to be the first smart stop in Vitebsk Region,” Gennady Azarov, General Director of Vityaz JSC, revealed the news. “The idea has been developed by our designers together with Beltelecom specialists. I hope both Vitebsk residents and guests of the city will be pleased with the result. In the future, residents of other Belarusian cities will also get a chance to appreciate this novelty.”
What services will an unusual IT facility offer to users? First, the screen will display a real-time traffic plan of public transport — schedule, time, routes. Secondly, the My City app will indicate the location of all city sights and possible ways to get to them. Thirdly, it will be possible to watch presentation videos about Belarus in general and Vitebsk in particular. In addition, the smart stop will be equipped with charging devices. According to the developers, the general-purpose system of smart stop software envisages the possibility to replenish and expand its functionality, if necessary.
“This is going to be the first smart stop in Vitebsk Region,” Gennady Azarov, General Director of Vityaz JSC, revealed the news. “The idea has been developed by our designers together with Beltelecom specialists. I hope both Vitebsk residents and guests of the city will be pleased with the result. In the future, residents of other Belarusian cities will also get a chance to appreciate this novelty.”
What services will an unusual IT facility offer to users? First, the screen will display a real-time traffic plan of public transport — schedule, time, routes. Secondly, the My City app will indicate the location of all city sights and possible ways to get to them. Thirdly, it will be possible to watch presentation videos about Belarus in general and Vitebsk in particular. In addition, the smart stop will be equipped with charging devices. According to the developers, the general-purpose system of smart stop software envisages the possibility to replenish and expand its functionality, if necessary.
Capital in business
Assembly fitter Irina Yershova
Assembly fitter Yuri Gribanov
TV sets still occupy approximately 75 percent in the Vityaz production structure. How does the company manage to stay in the market? Gennady Azarov highlighted the figure: in 2023, the plant produced 946,000 TV sets. This is an absolute record for the entire time of the company’s existence. Almost 95 percent of the products were exported.
“The assortment has already exceeded 150 item names, which we produce under various brands,” the head of the enterprise gave an insight into the product range. “Customer preferences change, therefore we try to match them, staying one step ahead and anticipating their desires. A few years ago, 32-inch TVs were the favourites. Now, however, 43-50-inch models are at the peak of popularity, the production of which we have expanded. This also refers to TVs with OLED screens — the thickness of the super-thin panel is as little as 4 millimetres.”
Indeed, factory workers did not even dream of producing 85-90-inch screens five years ago, whereas it is a common thing now. Interestingly, such giants are ordered not only by enterprises and organisations for presentation purposes, but also by ordinary customers to equip their spacious cottages and apartments.
Whatever the screen size, one trend is unshakable — a TV set should have a wide range of functionality, including Internet access, a smart system, platforms with applications and interfaces. That is, three in one — receiver, computer, smartphone. In order to satisfy customers’ wishes and stay competitive in the global market, Vityaz JSC has to implement a large production modernisation programme. Its next and very important stage, which will require serious investments, is scheduled for the coming years.
“The project is already under development,” noted the General Director of Vityaz JSC. “It will be a new modern television production for products based on complex software and information systems involving the most advanced technologies. It will feature several workshops and highly efficient lines, where we will create a large and clear mechanism with a well-thought-out chain of streamlined operations, logistics, quality control, and storage facilities. We plan to implement the idea with the involvement of foreign capital. The project will require substantial costs, but it will create the solid foundation for the plant’s operation for many years to come, and will enable to expand the geography of supplies. In addition, new jobs will be opened.”
“The assortment has already exceeded 150 item names, which we produce under various brands,” the head of the enterprise gave an insight into the product range. “Customer preferences change, therefore we try to match them, staying one step ahead and anticipating their desires. A few years ago, 32-inch TVs were the favourites. Now, however, 43-50-inch models are at the peak of popularity, the production of which we have expanded. This also refers to TVs with OLED screens — the thickness of the super-thin panel is as little as 4 millimetres.”
Indeed, factory workers did not even dream of producing 85-90-inch screens five years ago, whereas it is a common thing now. Interestingly, such giants are ordered not only by enterprises and organisations for presentation purposes, but also by ordinary customers to equip their spacious cottages and apartments.
Whatever the screen size, one trend is unshakable — a TV set should have a wide range of functionality, including Internet access, a smart system, platforms with applications and interfaces. That is, three in one — receiver, computer, smartphone. In order to satisfy customers’ wishes and stay competitive in the global market, Vityaz JSC has to implement a large production modernisation programme. Its next and very important stage, which will require serious investments, is scheduled for the coming years.
“The project is already under development,” noted the General Director of Vityaz JSC. “It will be a new modern television production for products based on complex software and information systems involving the most advanced technologies. It will feature several workshops and highly efficient lines, where we will create a large and clear mechanism with a well-thought-out chain of streamlined operations, logistics, quality control, and storage facilities. We plan to implement the idea with the involvement of foreign capital. The project will require substantial costs, but it will create the solid foundation for the plant’s operation for many years to come, and will enable to expand the geography of supplies. In addition, new jobs will be opened.”
Help for medics and rescuers
Disinfectant of medical waste developed by Vityaz
Production of electric charging stations for e-vehicles by Vityaz
Currently, Vityaz JSC is actively working for the country’s medical industry. There are several dozen models of equipment and their varieties for healthcare institutions on the assembly line. Leonid Karpov, Chief Designer of Engineering and Industrial Complexes, showed a novelty, the clinical trials of which finished in May. The equipment has passed the registration procedure, and now a cutting-edge duo of disinfectant and a medical waste destructor is ready to be put on stream. The specialist shared the details, “Hospitals and polyclinics used to accumulate waste of used cans, syringes, ampoules, and intravenous infusion systems to later hand it over to commercial companies for recycling, or bought expensive containers for this purpose themselves. It was expensive and inconvenient… Our complex allows reducing costs, simplifying the procedure and ensuring environmental protection.”
The equipment has already been appreciated during the tests by the staff of the Vitebsk City Emergency Hospital.
All waste in bags is loaded into a special 100-litre disinfectant box. At a temperature of 134 degrees Celsius under atmospheric pressure, it undergoes a half-hour treatment, after which is moved to a destructor and crushed. The procedure results in carefully packaged harmless fine fraction, which can be disposed of in the usual way at landfills for household waste.
By the way, the Vitebsk City Emergency Hospital decided to purchase this equipment after the experimental testing — doctors loaded the disinfectant 5-6 times every day and appreciated the convenience of its use.
All waste in bags is loaded into a special 100-litre disinfectant box. At a temperature of 134 degrees Celsius under atmospheric pressure, it undergoes a half-hour treatment, after which is moved to a destructor and crushed. The procedure results in carefully packaged harmless fine fraction, which can be disposed of in the usual way at landfills for household waste.
By the way, the Vitebsk City Emergency Hospital decided to purchase this equipment after the experimental testing — doctors loaded the disinfectant 5-6 times every day and appreciated the convenience of its use.
The same workshop of the plant produces new sterilisers for the medical industry, veterinary medicine and pharmaceutical industries, as well as a mobile irradiator. “Do you know those wall-mounted ultraviolet radiators in hospital wards and other places of medical institutions? Now it is possible to abandon stationary equipment — our mobile device can be easily moved to the right point at the right time,” Leonid Karpov explained the operation principle of another novelty. “It can be used not only in medical institutions, but also in kindergartens, schools, and food enterprises… In other words, anywhere where there is a need for thorough disinfection of premises.”
These developments are far from the only ones. Every year, Vityaz JSC replenishes its production with new products that are in demand in various sectors of the national economy of Belarus and the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Moldova. Thus, more than 3,500 pieces of medical devices were produced in 2023 alone.
Heating equipment for electric houses, the production of which was mastered at Vityaz at the end of last year, turned out to be in great demand. Several hundred boilers have already been sold to consumers. Now the factory workers in liaison with Belarus’ Emergencies Ministry are conducting scientific research and preparing for the manufacture of an innovative product — a compressed air breathing apparatus (CABA), which is capable of saving people’s lives in emergency. Its mass production within the framework of the import substitution project will kick off in about a year.
These developments are far from the only ones. Every year, Vityaz JSC replenishes its production with new products that are in demand in various sectors of the national economy of Belarus and the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Moldova. Thus, more than 3,500 pieces of medical devices were produced in 2023 alone.
Heating equipment for electric houses, the production of which was mastered at Vityaz at the end of last year, turned out to be in great demand. Several hundred boilers have already been sold to consumers. Now the factory workers in liaison with Belarus’ Emergencies Ministry are conducting scientific research and preparing for the manufacture of an innovative product — a compressed air breathing apparatus (CABA), which is capable of saving people’s lives in emergency. Its mass production within the framework of the import substitution project will kick off in about a year.
By Yelena Begunova
