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April 25, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 Izovac has supplied $200\u202fmillion worth of goods to Russian defense contractors since February 2022, when Russia launched full-scale war against Ukraine, the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) said in its recent report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izova\u0441, specializing in vacuum coating technologies and owned by U\u0142adzimir \u0160yrypa\u016d, Mika\u0142aj La\u016d\u010duk and Siarhiej Mary\u0161a\u016d, is little known to the general public, yet its customers included tech giants such as Apple, Tesla and Samsung. Touch screens for iPhone and iPad were originally manufactured using Izova\u0441’s equipment, according to the World Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izovac\u2019s affiliated Izotek-M is involved in the mechanical processing and manufacturing of optical elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2023, Izotek-M sold a used plasma etching system manufactured by the US-based Applied Materials to Russia’s NM-Tech LLC, the BIC said. This equipment is reportedly used for producing microchips, which are crucial for Russia’s military industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US export control rules prohibit supplies of American-made plasma etching systems to Russia, including the sale of used equipment to Russia, the journalists noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the US and EU sanctions imposed on NM-Tech in early 2022, the company started producing weapons and ammunition in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From November 2022 to December 2023, Izotek-M supplied $6 million worth of goods to NM-Tech, the BIC said, citing an industry source. Russian Engineering Group, a subsidiary of Izovac in Russia, reportedly acted as an intermediary between NM-Tech and Izotek-M, receiving more than $100 million from NM-Tech, setting up chip and microchip production for the latter and training employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian national Siarhiej Janovi\u010d, owner of Engineering Group since April 2022, worked for Izovac at least until 2024, the BIC added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izovac’s revenue has doubled each year after 2021 with a 36-percent growth reported last year to 72 million rubels ($22.2 million) in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 25, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Izovac has supplied $200\u202fmillion worth of goods to Russian defense contractors since February 2022, when Russia launched full-scale war against Ukraine, the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) said in its recent report. Izova\u0441, specializing in vacuum coating technologies and owned by U\u0142adzimir \u0160yrypa\u016d, Mika\u0142aj La\u016d\u010duk and Siarhiej Mary\u0161a\u016d, is little known to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76805,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-135720","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJournalists expose Belarusian company\u2019s links with Russian defense industry | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 25, Pozirk. 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