Atlant (appliance company)
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Native name | Атлант |
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Company type | JSC (Russian: ЗАО) – closed joint-stock company |
Industry | Household appliances |
Founded | August 24, 1959 (1959-08-24) in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR |
Founder | Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian SSR |
Headquarters | Minsk , |
Key people | Viktor Stepanovich Shumilo (CEO) |
Products | refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, and other products |
Brands | Atlant, Minsk |
Website | atlant |
Atlant (Belarusian Атлант)[A] is a company, based in Minsk, Belarus, which makes household appliances, and also the brand of those appliances. It is one of the leading manufacturers of household appliances in the Commonwealth of Independent States.[1]
The company consists of three plants, the oldest and most important being the Minsk Refrigerator Plant (Belarusian: Мінскі завод халадзільнікаў), which produces household and commercial refrigerators and freezers, and by which name the entire enterprise is sometimes called. An abbreviated name for this plant is MZKh (Belarusian: МЗХ), and Minsk is the former brand used for the company's refrigerators.
In addition, Atlant owns and operates the Baranovichi Machine-Tool Plant (which produces compressors, technological systems for plastics processing, and conveyor systems) and the Household Appliances Plant (which produces washing machines and other electrical appliances).