Lukashenko visits Planar company

Belarus has preserved not only the industrial sites, but also the scientific infrastructure in microelectronics. Today the President while visiting a Planar holding enterprise, told how in the 90s they tries to persuade him to sell Planar, Integral, BelOMO and Horizont and buy their products from the West. What would have happened now, when the rivalry for these enterprises and markets even causes military clashes?

The President was informed about the state of things at Planar and the most promising areas of work. Back in June, 2022, Alexander Lukashenko targeted the company’s specialists for foreign markets. He meant not only Russia as a permanent partner, ready to participate in financing the sector, but also the American and Japanese platforms, where there is a high level of competition, not always fair. The President held a meeting on the development prospects of the Belarusian microelectronics here, without leaving the company.

Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus:

Technology is decisive in the struggle for the redistribution of the world. Those who possess it are able not only to survive, but also to establish their own rules of the game in the future. The so-called civilized and democratic western world shamelessly uses the leverage of technology in imposing sanctions and trying to bring the unwanted countries and competitors to their knees. As we understand, science does not stand still, scientists cooperate, and in the development of microelectronics we cannot close ourselves to national borders. Belarusian manufacturers even today occupy their niche on the global market. And this despite the global trend towards not even micro-, but nanoelectronics, when several players with technologies of about 4 nanometers appeared. Yet, our rather large chips remain in demand; they are reliable.

The main emphasis of the President's experts is to give an impetus to the development of the microelectronics industry, because it is more relevant than ever, especially since we have something to offer, and we feel half a step ahead in competition with Western countries. What else will be done to succeed? The Minister of Industry told about it after the meeting.

Alexander Rogozhnik, Minister of Industry of Belarus:

This is a particularly knowledge-intensive industry, very few countries in the world have these technologies: Japan, the United States and a number of others, and we are standing in that line. We have preserved our potential in the development of microelectronics and we understand where we're going. And the President set the task to move faster, to build up the volumes of production, to take over the markets that have survived today in the friendly countries and to develop at a double or triple pace.