OREANDA-NEWS. On July 13, 2007 launching of the pipe rolling shop at Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) is a great contribution to the technological advancement of Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said at a ceremony to inaugurate the new shop in Zhlobin, reported the press-centre of Gomelinvest.

According to him, the shop was designed, built and equipped in the shortest period – 2,5 years. The Head of State said that in late 2004 he set forth the strategic task to bring the BMZ onto a new level both in terms of the product line and the level of processing of raw stock. There was a need to modernize the plant and extend its capacity by means of building a new manufacture equal in size to a large up-to-date industrial company, Alexander Lukashenko said.

He added that the launching of new industrial and social-cultural facilities in the oblast and regional centres is the most convincing proof of the dynamic development of the country. An ice arena was opened in Zhlobin half a year ago. Today this is a new, more important event – the launching of the pipe rolling shop, Alexander Lukashenko said.