Production of cars at the Belji plant was increased due to robots

The modernization of production at the Belarusian Belji plant has been completed, the changes primarily affected the welding and body painting workshops, the plant's press service reported on August 11.

Additional posts and equipment for welding and welding pins have been added to the welding shops. The floor welding equipment has been upgraded and an automated laser welding station has been added. The number of manual processes has been reduced, including thanks to two new robots. The paint shop has added robots for applying primer, painting openings, opening and closing doors, trunk lids and hood.

Some of the procedures that were previously performed manually have been switched to fully robotic mode. Two robots are used to apply sealant to the thresholds, four robots have been added to apply an anti-gravity coating, and four more robots perform tasks to seal welds. Due to this, the factor of human error in performing these operations was completely eliminated.

After the modernization, the number of robots at the Belji plant was increased from 10 to 43 units. The measures taken made it possible to increase the production of cars from 15 to 30 units per hour.

Currently, the production of such automotive components of the Belgee X50 crossover has been localized, such as batteries, front fender sound insulation elements, glass, luggage compartment organizer, standard emergency call device, front and rear bumpers, rims and tires.

Earlier, the analytical agency Autostat estimated that 120,649 new passenger cars were sold in Russia by the end of July 2025. This is 11.4% less than in July 2024.

Lada retains its leadership with an impressive advantage, accounting for about a quarter (23.41%) of the total volume, with 28,240 copies sold.
The most popular foreign brand in July was Chery, with a circulation of 13,502 units. Haval dropped to the third place (13,117 units), followed by Geely and Changan — 8,389 and 7860 units. accordingly. The sixth place was taken by the Belarusian brand Belgee with an indicator of 6511 cars. The top 10 last month included Jetour (4410 units), Solaris (3326 units), GAC (2842 units) and Omoda (2765 units).

Six of the ten leading brands showed negative dynamics in July. Omoda sank the most (-47.8%), while Chery was the least critical (-5.1%). Among the brands that have gone into growth, Belgee has distinguished itself (+75.2%), while Jetour's sales have grown the least (+24.6%).

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