BELOMO
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BelOMO or Belorusskoe Optiko-Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie (Belarus Optical & Mechanical Enterprise) was founded in Minsk
in 1971 in Byelorussian SSR
, Soviet Union
, now Belarus
. The main plant of this enterprise is the Minskiy Mechanichesckiy Zavod imeni S.I. Vavilova (Minsk Mechanical Works named by S.I. Vavilov), founded in 1957.
At first, BelOMO made photographic equipment and lens-making machinery for state use. It now manufactures military and consumer optical products. During the 1980s it produced the now-discontinued Agat-18 and Agat-18K half-frame 35mm camera
s, still popular among lomographic
photographers.
A joint venture with German
optics maker Zeiss was begun in 1995. The firm produces lenses and optical elements for microscope
s and other optical equipment with ISO 9001 certification.
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
in 1971 in Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, now Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. The main plant of this enterprise is the Minskiy Mechanichesckiy Zavod imeni S.I. Vavilova (Minsk Mechanical Works named by S.I. Vavilov), founded in 1957.
At first, BelOMO made photographic equipment and lens-making machinery for state use. It now manufactures military and consumer optical products. During the 1980s it produced the now-discontinued Agat-18 and Agat-18K half-frame 35mm camera
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
s, still popular among lomographic
Lomography
Lomography is the commercial trademark of Lomographische AG, Austria for products and services catering to the Global Modern art community of Lomographic photography. The name is inspired by the former state-run optics manufacturer LOMO PLC of Saint Petersburg, Russia...
photographers.
A joint venture with German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
optics maker Zeiss was begun in 1995. The firm produces lenses and optical elements for microscope
Microscope
A microscope is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy...
s and other optical equipment with ISO 9001 certification.