Brief History

The history of the enterprise goes back to the year 1927, when a stocking-rope workshop artel “Red October” with 30 employees started its work in Rechitsa, producing cords and ropes.

In 1933 the artel mastered production of cotton carpets on manual looms.

During the war of 1941, part of the property of the artel was evacuated to the town of Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, the rest part of the artel was destroyed.

In January 1944 the artel proceeded with its work. 12 people and 2 manual looms were involved in the manufacturing process. The looms produced 5 running metres of fabric per day.

In October 1960 the artel was renamed into the weaving plant “Red October” with 478 employees.

In 1971 the BSSR Ministry of Local Industries founded an industrial weaving association “Red October” on the basis of three weaving mills based in Rechitsa, Korma and Vetka with the main production lines located in Rechitsa and 1942 employees.

The enterprises of the association produced cotton, normal and gros grain coverlets, cotton and normal headscarves, terry towels and sheets, cotton and gros grain tablecloths, cotton carpet roll.

In 1971 shuttle looms AT-175, AT-100, ATM-175 were used at the enterprise of the association.

Since 1974 terry towels have been exported to the countries of Western Europe: Denmark, Sweden, Norway and FRD. The enterprise has always expanded and developed. Special attention has been focused on the quality of the products.

In 1975 terry towels, produced at the enterprise, were the first among other enterprises of textile industry to be given State Quality Mark.

A bonanza period in the development of the enterprise falls on the 80’s. Over the period from 1976 to 1987 complete technical reequipment of weaving sheds was carried out. The change of shuttle looms into shuttleless ones was carried out. During this period new industrial objects have been built such as weaving shed at the subbranch ¹1, painting shop at the subbranch ¹ 2, twisting shop and domestic compartments at the headquarters plant. Technical rearmament facilitated improvement of the items quality and mastering production of furniture fabrics.

In 1994 the enterprise was one of the first to certify the production of weaving items.

In January 2003 the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Red October” became the Joint Stock Company “Rechitsa Textile”.

2004-2005 — preparing for the global technical reequipment, boiler-house reconstruction at the affiliate ¹2 in Korma and full boiler-house reconstruction at main enterprise in Rechitsa with the installment of 5 boilers (2 of them working on steam and 3 — water-heating).

Search of new assortment and the hi-tech equipment.

2006 — project introduction “Organization of terry fabric production” with the installment of new European equipment.

2007 — full upgrade of all buildings and plant constructions of the main enterprise, with thermal rehabilitation and partial replacement of flat roofs on pitched roofs, with use of modern finishing materials.

The accomplishment of industrial platforms and adjoining territories is made.

2008 — introduction of clipping technology of terry products as new project in The Republic of Belarus at the affiliate in Korma within the limits of the project “Reconstruction of the Affiliate ¹2”

2009-2010 — realization of the project “Organization of weaving and sewing home textile production, the 1^st and the 2^nd turn” with use of leading European weaving jacquard equipment and introduction of the automatic hemming transfer line of terry products.

The volume of investment for five-year period (2006-2010) has grown in 13,8 times and has made the sum more than 37 billion of rubles.

Today JSC “Rechitsa Textile” is one of largest textile manufacturers in the Republic of Belarus, which produces items for home, namely, terry towels, sheets, terry napkins and bathrobes; honeycomb tablecloths and towels; decorative diaper sets; coverlets for 1.5 and double beds.

Export deliveries are of top-priority among the activities of the enterprise. Today deliveries are maintained to many regions of Russian Federation stretching from Khabarovsk to St.-Petersburg, to the Ukraine, Moldova, the Baltic States and far-abroad countries.

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