History

By a Decree of the Supreme Council of Belarusian Soviet Socialistic Republic dd. 11.09.1946 No. №137/308 it was decided to build a new plant for manufacturing of peat extracting vehicles.

The design works and negotiations on the project finished. The construction of plant premises started.

The company released first products - water sprinkling truck D-298.

The peat extracting vehicles plant was restructured for manufacturing of road construction and meliorative trucks and changed its name to "Dormash".

The company was renamed to "Belarusian Autoworks". A new 25-tonnes MAZ-525 truck was produced.

The 1000-th unit of MAZ-525 was manufactured.

 First models of MAZ-530 truck with payload capacity of 40 tonnes were produced.

The first trial unit of 27-tonnes BELAZ-540 mining dump truck was produced.

The first trial unit of 40-tonnes BELAZ-548 mining dump truck was produced.

BELAZ-540 was awarded with a golden medal at the international exhibition in Leipzig, Germany.

The plant was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

"Belarusian Autoworks" started serial production of BELAZ-548A mining dump truck with payload capacity of 40 tonnes - a basic dump truck for 40-45 tonnes payload.

The 1000-th gold medal was granted to BELAZ-548A at the anniversary Leipzig exhibition.

The first trial unit of basic BELAZ-549 truck with payload capacity class of 75-80 was produced.

The USSR State prize was granted to 11 employees of the plant.

First trial units of 110 tonnes BELAZ-7519 were produced. It was the basic model for 110-120 tonnes payload capacity class.

Start of production of aircraft tugs for towing of aircrafts with takeoff weight of 100 tonnes.

First trial units of 170 tonnes BELAZ-75211 were produced. It was the basic model for 170-200 tonnes payload capacity class.

The 1000-th unit of BELAZ-549 mining dump truck with payload capacity of 75 tonnes was assembled.

The biggest truck for the history of "Belarusian Autoworks" was produced.

The trial unit of 55 tonnes BELAZ-7555 was produced. It was the basic model for new series of dump trucks with hydromechanical transmission.

Mexican Institute of Marketing awarded "Belarusian Autoworks" with the International Diamond Award for Quality.

The company started the production of BELAZ-75131 with payload capacity of 130 tonnes - the basic model for new series of dump trucks with hydromechanical transmission.

"Belarusian Autoworks" was transformed to a production association.

PA "Belarusian Atoworks" was awarded with XVIII International prize "For Technologies and Quality".

PA "Belarusian Autoworks" started modernization of the existing production, oriented for updating of the manufactured range of mining equipment, developing of new models, improvement of quality and technical level both separate units and systems and the manufactured equipment in the whole.

PA "Belarusian Autoworks" was awarded with X Golden America Prize "For Quality".

PA "Belarusian Autoworks" was awarded with the Crystal Nike award under the international program "Partnership for the Sake of Progress".

For selfless labour and exceptional service to the development of national automotive industry Mr. P.L. Mariev, General Director of PA "Belarusian Autoworks", was one of the first people in the Republic of Belarus who was granted the title of "Hero of Belarus".

Before the celebration of Machine Builders' Day a monument dedicated to the creators of mining dump trucks was inaugurated in the 50 years of PA "BELAZ" Park.

"Mogilev Autoworks" became a part of PA "Belarusian Autoworks" (since 2006 - as a branch).

The trial unit of BELAZ-75600 was produced. It was a basic model for 320-360 tonnes payload capacity class.

Republican Unitary Enterprise "Starodorozhski Mechanical Works" became a part of PA "Belarusian Autoworks"

CJSC "Mogilev Wagon Works" became a part of PA"Belarusian Autoworks"

The sample model of BELAZ-75601 with payload capacity of 360 tonnes was produced. It was the biggest mining dump truck in the history of national machine bulding industry.

OJSC "Kuzlitmash" becomes a part of PA "Belarusian Autoworks".

The first unit of 90 tonnes BELAZ-75581 mining dump truck with AC electromechanical transmission was assembled.

"BELAZ-HOLDING" was established.

OJSC "Slutsk Lifting-and-Conveying Equipment Plant" enters into PA "Belarusian Autoworks".

On May 4, 2012, the corporate newspaper Novosti BelAZ became the winner among regional, city and large-circulation print media.

The first mining dump truck in the world with payload capacity of 450 tonnes (500 short tonnes) was created - BELAZ-75710.

October 8 - opening of the workshop for production of superheavy dump trucks.

On August, 21, 2014 - the first BELAZ-7571 with payload capacity of 450 tonnes was put into operation in Chernigovets coal mine.

The 5000-th unit of BELAZ-7547 with payload capacity of 45 tonnes was produced.

The dump truck with payload capacity of 450 tonnes was listed in the Book of Records of CIS and the Book of Records of Europe.

The "IMEL spa" painting complex for the components of heavy and superheavy mining dump trucks was put into operation.

According the data of navigation system, in February, 2015, BELAZ-75710 transported the first million tonnes of cargo.

On April 29 the 1000-th unit of BELAZ-7530 with payload capacity of 220 tonnes was produced.

On september 23 the workshop for dump trucks finishing was put into operation.

On June 16, OJSC "BELAZ" was assembled the 100-th chassis of BELAZ-75581 mining dump truck with payload capacity of 90 ton with AC electro-mechanical transmission.

On February 23 the 3000-th unit of BELAZ-7513 mining dump truck with payload capacity of 130 tonnes was produced.

On June 8 OJSC "BELAZ" presented BELAZ-75320 mining dump truck with payload capacity of 290 tonnes.

On August 24 the 3000-th unit of BELAZ-7555 with payload capacity of 55 tonnes was produced.

January. First supply of 55MT BELAZ dump trucks to the Philippines – another market opened up by BELAZ Company.

February 21. The representatives of the Sportsmen Association “My rodom iz sambo”, multiple champions of the USSR, World and Europe, merited masters of sport, famous coachers gave a master class for the students of BELAZ Olympic Reserve Specialized School. National team from Mongolia took part in the “A-category” International Sambo Competition for the prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus.

The BELAZ-HOLDING holding company includes JSC Automatic Control Instrumentation Plant

March 26. BELAZ-75453 of 45MT, the first mining dump truck supplied to Pakistan, was commissioned in Cherat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

April 2. First batch of 130MT BELAZ-75131 dump trucks was commissioned in Quảng Ninh Province, north of Vietnam.

The Olympic Flame was lit at OJSC “BELAZ” on the 13th of June during the 2nd European Games Minsk 2019 that took place from 21-30 June.

July 5. BELAZ Innovative project – new production facilities in OJSC "Crane plant". The unique for Belarus production facilities for bridge cranes of 240 tons payload capacity were opened on 5 July 2019 at Crane plant, Slutsk.

On August 15, an anniversary one and a half thousandth dump truck of the BELAZ-7530 series with a carrying capacity of 220 tons left the assembly line of the assembly and testing shop for cars and tractors of the Belarusian Automobile Plant.

September. The family of BELAZ branded mining dump trucks of the 7558 series has replenished with the new BELAZ-7558F model. The dump truck is equipped with engine with the capacity of 1,200 HP and AC transmission of new generation

Industrial Tourism Project “BELAZ – Brand of Belarus”: 100 thousand of tourists have visited BELAZ during 4 years. The 100 thousandth tourist came to BELAZ plant on the 6th of September.

On September 12, a press tour was held at OJSC “BELAZ” with the participation of journalists from leading Belarusian and Russian media, as well as heads of press services and representatives of key BELAZ partner companies.

On September 14, the day the first BELAZ dump truck was manufactured, OJSC “BELAZ” hosted an autumn ball that was held at the assembly workshop for production of ultra-heavy dumpers.

On September 24, the 4000th mining dump truck BELAZ-7513 was manufactured.

On September 27, BELAZ Challenge-2019, the II International Championship on machine building case studies, was held between students of Technical Universities. Eight teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine met in this technical battle.

On October 2-4, the first championship of BELAZ Operators’ Club was held. The best BELAZ operators from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan took part in this event.

On November 6, a high-tech robotic painting complex for parts and assemblies of BELAZ mining equipment of heavy and ultra-heavy payload capacity was opened.

Since March 4, JLLC “BELTRIBO” has been comprised in the holding of “BELAZ-HOLDING”.

BELAZ NEWS edition is recognized as the winner of the regional contest among mass-media in the nomination “Best industrial publication”

The largest in the BELAZ service infrastructure the Service Technical Center, the sixth in a row in the Russian Federation, was opened on August 24 in the Belovsky urban district of the Kemerovo region

On September 22 a new General Director of OJSC “BELAZ” was appointed

In June BELAZ started the production of prototypes of new class of equipment for airport maintenance.

June. Diesel trolley-truck BELAZ 7530E was assembled

On July 2, 2021, on the plant's territory, a test field for diesel-trolley trucks with contact lines with a total length of more than 400 meters was created with 33 supports and a traction substation with a capacity of 1.8 MW.

On October 29 the first issue of "BELAZ GLOBAL" was published. The objective of the magazine is to strengthen the image, increase the loyalty of the partners and clients, and become the effective way for communication with consumers who use BELAZ equipment on the world market.

In March BELAZ completed the assembly of the BELAZ-7540S dump truck with a gas-pistoned engine and a payload capacity of 30 tons.

30 June BELAZ presented innovative eco-project - mining dump truck powered by batteries BELAZ-7558E with payload capacity of 90 tons on the exhibition in Grodno.

30 June BELAZ presented hybrid mining dump truck. BELAZ-7513M combines low-powered diesel engine with batteries and recovery energy system, that allows to significantly decrease harmful emissions into the atmosphere and operational costs of the dump truck due to fuel economy.

From the 1st December, 2022 OJSC "MZOR" has joined the ranks of the holding as a subsidiary company.