Information about the Belarusian manufacturer of storage batteries.
Zubr Energy LLC is a plant for the production of a wide range of batteries. The plant was designed to supply starter batteries to the assembly lines of global and domestic automakers.
Since 2024, Zubr Energy LLC has been mastering the manufacturing technology of AGM type starter batteries, as well as the production of PzS and OPzS cells for traction and stationary industrial batteries.
Batteries has been produced since 2000. Collaboration with the global corporation Exide allowed us to gain the necessary experience in the field of battery production. In 2018, Exide Technologies JLLC was renamed Zubr Energy LLC and incorporated in the structure of 1AK-GROUP.
1AK-GROUPRepublic of Belarus, 225710Pinsk, pr. Kalinovskogo, 2
Some 500 people have gathered in downtown Brest. They are carrying yellow balloons with the word"life" printed on them.That''s what they are fighting for: long and healthy lives. Lives free of cancer.
These peoplefear their health is in danger. For months now, they have been vehemently protesting afactory that has been built near their town, which lies in the southwest corner of Belarus on the border with Poland. The factory will make vehiclebatteries that containhighly toxic lead, and it hopes to churnout some twomillion a year. Activists say the factorydoes not adhere to environmental standards and could cause a catastrophe.
The balloon-bearing groupisn''t officially a protest though, admits Julia Subik, who is among the crowd. "The authorities have not authorized our demonstrations," she says, "so we come up with creative alternatives, like collectively feeding pigeons downtown."Or like silently marching though town with yellow balloons, as Subik and her fellow protesters are doing today.
The activists allege thatauthorities are being negligent by ignoring their warnings. "We are doing what the municipality should be doing and making sure residents can live healthy lives," says Subik. She invites us over to her houseto explain how she is affected by the factory.
Subik lives just one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the plant in a house that she and her husband only just finished building. The couple are now worried that living so close to the factory could harm their health and the health of their two sons. She has hundreds of pages of reports that supposedly show that the factory management is downplaying the health hazards connected to its battery production.
IPower, as the factory is called, plans to manufacture lead-acid batteries. But this could produce serious quantities of lead waste, which can seepinto the ground and water and eventually cause cancer.
Brest-based activists commissioned foreign experts to produce environmental studieson the ramifications of lead-acid battery manufacturing, and the findings differed greatly from those that came out of Belarus. While the former warn that lead-acid battery factories in Europe and Asia have been found to discard up to 900 kilos (1,984 lbs) of toxic lead waste per year,IPower claims its factory produces no more than threekilos.
Even in China, the world''s biggest supplier of lead-acid batteries, the number of battery factories using outdated technologyhas fallen ever since the government introduced stricter environmental regulations.
"Look around," says Subik and points to the green fields surrounding the battery factory. "If this is where cows come to graze, the lead will end up in their milk and meat." Amilk factory and a mushroom greenhouse lie just a few hundred meters away.
She displayspicturesof the battery factory compound that were secretly taken by fellow activists. The photosshow tall, partially corroded cylindrical metal containers. Subik and the other activists suspect these are old machines, takenfrom decommissioned factories abroad — something the company denies.
Outside the factory, IPower manager Sergey Dubnovitsky tells us that the plant has been constructed under supervision of the country''s environmental agency. He admits thatsuch factories can be harmful. "But we have invested a lot of energy and asufficientamount of money into this project to ensure it is as ecologicallysafe as possible," he says.
Dubnovitsky insists all machines are brand newand says the plant uses state of the art technology, which explains why this site supposedly produces far less lead waste than plants elsewhere. The manager says Belarus has strict environmental standards and his company adheres to them with its high-tech sewage-treatment facilities.
But Subik and 38,000 other concerned Belarusiansdo not trust these claims,which is why they penned a letter to President Alexander Lukashenko expressing their concerns. So far, they have not heard back.
"We''llprobably never get a reply," says Subik and sighs. IPower isdeemed so innovative that it is granted state subsidies. But Subik finds this ludicrous. "What is innovative about these outdated technologies?" she asks. The company, meanwhile, says it deserves state backing because it is Belarus''very first plant to produce entire batteries, rather than just components
Incidentally, some 70%of these batteriesare earmarked for export, includingto Asia, which provided funds to build the factory —or, more specifically, China did, withPresident Lukashenko organizingbillions in loans. Trade with China appears to be a priority:AhugeBelarus-China industrialcomplex, more than 100 square kilometers,is being built near the capital Minsk thanks to Chinese investment. Giant posters praising the countries''amicable ties can be found everywhere.
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