Private company

BelOMA

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Belarusian producer of optoelectronic instruments

BelOMA (Belarus Optical & Mechanical Association; Belarusian: Беларускае оптыка-механічнае аб'яднанне, Bielaruskaye optyka-miehanichnaye ab'yadnannie; Russian: BelOMO or Belorusskoe Optiko-Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie - Беломо or Белорусское оптико-механическое объединение) is the leading optoelectronic device producer in Belarus, founded in 1954 as the Minsk Mechanical Factory. The main factory opened in Minsk 1957 and was named after the Soviet physicist Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891–1951).² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 15, 1954Founded¹

Industryinstrumentation engineering¹
HeadquartersMinsk¹
Founded inMinsk¹
Websitebelomo.by/by
Legal formopen joint-stock company¹

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Corporate structure

BelOMA sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

BelOMA Minsk
- Zenit-BelOMO Subsidiary

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

electronics

Listed on Wikidata.¹

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Vilia

From Wikipedia’s article on BelOMO, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Zenit-BelOMO

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Controversies and legal

International sanctions

In 2022, BelOMA was blacklisted by the European Union, the US, Switzerland and Japan, in response to Belarus's enabling of and support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In May 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions against several BelOMO subsidiaries On July 1, 2023, Ukraine further blacklisted the CEO of BelOMA Alexander Moroz, the director of the STC "LEMT" Alexey Shkadarevich and several enterprises of the association. In August 2023, BelOMA was also blacklisted by Canada and the United Kingdom. On December 5, 2023, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has added BelOMO, LEMT BelOMA and Zenit BelOMA, another BelOMA subsidiary, as well as their directors general, Moroz, Shkadarevich and Gaichuk, to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

In April 2024, Dzmitry Mikhaltsou, the technical director of the Vavilov Plant, was also added to the SDN list. In June 2024, BelOMO, Moroz, LEMT BelOMO and JSC Zenit BelOMA were added to the European Union's sanctions list. In July, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Ukraine joined these sanctions; New Zealand blacklisted BelOMA and Moroz in September. On August 23, 2024, the United States announced sanctions against yet another BelOMA subsidiary, the Diaproektor plant, as well as its director and two deputy directors.

Following sanctions, BelOMA has obtained parts and supplies from several Chinese companies.