What kind of companies produce sandpaper? Hardly anyone ever asked this question. It turns out that most of the abrasive materials sold on the territory of the Central Federal District are produced in one of the regions of the Black Earth Region at the Belgorod Abrasive Plant.
Where is the company located
The address of Belgorod Abrasive Plant OJSC is Belgorod, 2a Mikhailovskoye Shosse.
The company is located in an industrial area in the southeast of the city. Such placement allowed not to spoil the city’s appearance with industrial buildings and free residents of sleeping areas from harmful emissions and noise.
Getting here by public transport is not possible due to the absence of any stops near the Belgorod Abrasive Plant, so a taxi or your own car is a salvation for the visitor.
What the factory produces
The main product of the Belgorod Abrasive Plant is sandpaper and products made on its basis. The company has existed since the stagnant Soviet times. Multimillion investments in modernization of production have allowed the company to become one of the leaders in its niche.
In fact, everything is not as prosaic as it might seem at first glance. The skin that is used for domestic purposes in the repair of premises or small-scale manual production is only a fraction of what is produced from the conveyor of the enterprise.
Product Examples
We list what exactly the plant produces:
- more than 5 million m² of abrasive skin in one calendar year;
- sanding sheets for domestic and semi-professional use;
- grinding discs for grouting welds and other high-intensity work;
- self-locking "Deltas" for processing wood, plastic and metal;
- abrasive wheels with a hub and without, which are used in small and medium industry for processing curved surfaces from rust, as well as for grinding and polishing metal, wood, plastic and other materials.
And this is not the whole list of materials that go off the assembly line of the Belgorod Abrasive Plant. Its products are popular among companies of any profile and size of production.
Today we can safely say that this company is a good example of how the new owners of an abandoned Soviet factory can modernize their engineering infrastructure and build a competitive enterprise on the ruins of a once powerful industry.