Minsk Tractor Works

MTZ-2 (1954-1958) tractor near Minsk Tractor Works. Minsk, Belarus.

MTZ-5 (1957-1972)

MTZ-52 (1962-1985)

MTZ-80 (since 1974)

Main assembly line

The plant was established on May 29, 1946. The first tractor, the MTZ-2 model, was manufactured on October 14, 1953.

As of 2005, it had nearly 20,000 workers. The plant produces over 62 models of vehicles. Its main civil production has been four-wheeled tractors of model "MTZ", known as Belarus. By 1995 the plant manufactured 3,000,000 tractors. In 1999, it produced 58% of all tractors manufactured in CIS. In 2017, its share in the production of wheel tractors in CIS countries was 87%.[1] For several years the plant has been holding 8-10% share of the world market of wheeled tractors.

Mtz tractors were exported to western Europe.The most popular exported model was Mtz-50(52). There were no major differences between the exported ones and not exported ones, except that the exported tractors were painted red.

Since 2000, the tractors of the plant manufactured for export have been certified for the European Union. During their operation in the era of the Soviet Union, they have been awarded the collective titles of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution.

In 2013, the plant tractors were certified in USA by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and in Canada by Environment Canada and received full approval for their import and distribution in both countries. Since 2010, distribution of Belarus tractors in USA and Canada is carried on through a local distributor MTZ Equipment Ltd.[2]

One of the contributing factors to the return of the MTZ tractors to North America was the fact that the factory started making tractors with compression ignition diesel engines matching the current emissions standards, including Tier 3/4i/4 (USA/Canada) and Euro 3a, 3b, 4 (Europe).

In 2017, 92.1% tractors of 31,011 produced were exported. 8 countries imported more than 500 "Belarus" tractors: Russia (11,135), Pakistan (4,845), Ukraine (4,028), Kazakhstan (2,106), Azerbaijan (1,637), Hungary (871), Romania (812), Lithuania (736).[1]

In 2020, after the Presidential elections, police brutality, and the mass torture of protesters, the workers of MTZ joined the national strike and opposition. [3][4]

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Joint assembly production of MTZ tractors began in 2013 in Cambodia, at MTZ's first assembly plant in the ASEAN region. Tractors are now exported to all ASEAN countries. [5]

Until 2010 Minsk Tractor Works was a sponsor of a Belarusian Premier League football team MTZ-RIPO Minsk. Games were played at Traktor stadium, which is located near the plant.

The Palace of Culture of the plant hosts the ballroom Dance Club Mara.[6]

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  MTZ-82
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  MTZ-820
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  MTZ-952
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  MTZ-921
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  MTZ-320
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  MTZ-1221
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  MTZ-1522
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  MTZ-1523
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  MTZ-1220
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  MTZ-1222
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  MTZ-1025
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  MTZ-2422
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  MTZ-3022
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  MTZ-4522
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  MTZ-5022

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