History of WESTA Corporation
After the collapse of the USSR, all battery plants remained outside of Ukraine. Independent Ukraine faced a severe shortage of batteries. Imported products were often of unsatisfactory quality and lacked manufacturer warranties.
In the early 1990s, a group of scientists from the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, led by V.A. Dzenzersky, initiated the creation of a domestic battery manufacturing industry. Later, V.A. Dzenzersky proposed the concept of creating and developing a new industry in Ukraine for the production of lead-acid starter batteries, initially low-maintenance and later sealed. The idea received support in academic circles as well as from local and central authorities.
1992
V.A. Dzenzersky organized PJSC "ISTA" as part of the concept to create and develop a new industry in Ukraine for the production of lead-acid starter and industrial batteries.
1994-1995
Construction and commissioning of Ukraine's first battery plant, CJSC "ISTA-Center," with a design capacity of 1.3 million starter batteries per year.
1997-2001
Establishment of the Scientific-Industrial Corporation "ISTA," which oversaw the design and construction of two enterprises: the second battery plant for the production of heavy starter batteries, the State Combined Plant "Energoavtomatika," with a design capacity of 1 million units per year; and a plant for the processing of used batteries, lead waste, and scrap into lead and lead alloys, LLC "Ukrspav," with a design capacity of up to 30,000 tons per year.
2001
The plants CJSC "ISTA-Center," the State Combined Plant "Energoavtomatika," and LLC "Ukrspav" joined the National Battery Corporation (NBC) "ISTA" and acquired new shareholders.
2002
The "WESTA" plant was organized, becoming the main enterprise of the International Scientific-Industrial Corporation (ISIC) "WESTA," created as part of the implementation of a large-scale innovative project of national importance titled "Development and Production of the Latest Autonomous Integrated Power Supply Systems Using Solar Energy Systems, Wind Installations, and Energy Storage Devices." The project underwent a comprehensive state examination and was recognized by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 2002 as "a priority and particularly important for the state."
2003
Participation in commissioning works, staff training, and the launch of a new battery plant of the Uzbek-American JV "Uzexide" in Jizzakh (Uzbekistan), with a production capacity of 1 million starter batteries per year and a total production area of over 13,000 sq.m.
2003
Establishment of a trading and procurement house (Dnipro, Ukraine), which became part of ISIC "WESTA." Sales departments for battery products were created, and staff were recruited and trained. Since 2005, the trading and procurement house has taken on the functions of servicing the "WESTA" plant by supplying components and raw materials and actively promoting products in target markets (Ukraine, CIS countries, and Europe).
2004
Creation of a commodity and raw materials logistics complex (Dnipro, Ukraine), which became part of ISIC "WESTA" and included specialized warehouse facilities with a total area of over 12,000 sq.m. and transport. Since 2005, the logistics complex has been servicing the "WESTA" plant and providing services for warehousing, storage, sorting, loading, and unloading of finished products, raw materials, and materials.
2005
Commissioning of a modern high-tech plant for the production of starter batteries "WESTA" (Dnipro, Ukraine). The total area of the plant's production facilities exceeds 31,000 sq.m. The plant's production capacity is 3.6 million conventional batteries per year.
2008-2010
ISIC "WESTA" specialists constructed and commissioned another modern enterprise (Dnipro, Ukraine) with an additional production capacity of 4 million batteries per year. This plant, in terms of technical equipment and technologies, has no analogs in the CIS or Europe. In addition to starter batteries, the plant plans to produce VRLA batteries with AGM separators, which have a wide range of applications, including for the latest START/STOP automotive systems, traction batteries, and stationary energy storage systems. The total area of the plant's production facilities exceeds 31,000 sq.m.
