About us

HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT

• 1990

   

  Opening of a small entity called "BATT".

   

• 1991

  Opening of branches in such cities as Moscow, Astana, Pavlodar, Uralsk, Kostanay, Petropavlovsk, Taraz and Arkalyk.

• 1992

  The Trade House "BATT" was established, being a distributor of the world-famous European brand of outer clothing "Berghaus".

• 1994

  Significant year when the Company was transformed into CJSC " BATT Corporation".

  Start of wholesale trade of agricultural products.

• 1996

  There was established a subsidiary holding company called "BATT-Agro"  in  Petropavlovsk (Northern Kazakhstan), which activities were production, processing, storage of agricultural products, as well as trade of grain and flour at the domestic and foreign markets.

• 1997

  The "BATT-Agro" holding had united a number of entities in the northern grain-producing regions of Kazakhstan such as  agricultural producers, elevators, flour mills.

• 1999

  Establishment of "North Star" LLP, which had implemented the reconstruction of production and the construction of its own distillery after an acquisition of the Petropavlovsk Distillery.

• 2000

  The foundation of the "Holy Sounds", an international charitable foundation to promote mutual understanding between people of different cultures through music.

• 2001

  The establishment of "АDEM" CJSC for the construction of the "ADEM" shopping mall.

  There was also started a construction of village for 40 elite houses at the Almaty foothills.

• 2001

  A foundation of  "BK TRADE" LLP - a stone processing plant with the Italian producing line "SIMEC". The entity includes marble deposits, granite, travertine.

• 2002

  Acquisition of "Central Asian Oil" LLP, which is the parent company for  large oil and gas projects such as JV "Tenge", reconnaissance blocks "Mukhtar-Konyr-Akmechet", Ural-Volga, Kolzhan-Uyaly, the multifunctional geophysical company "Azimut" LLP, and the service company "Caspian Energy Services" LLP.

• 2002

  The first phase of the construction of  ADEM shopping mall is completed. The largest in Central Asia and one of the newly built shopping centers in Almaty was opened to its visitors.

• 2002-2003

  Acquisition of the Tula Distillery factory in Russia and following reconstruction of production, rebranding and expansion of the range of products such as famous trademarks of vodka "Medved", vodka "Starley”, vodka "Czar’s Goblet" and many others.

• 2005-2006

  Acquisition of subsoil use rights for the Tenge field (oil and gas production), investment in exploration works.

  Investments in Balazhal, Bolshevik, Khan-Tengri gold deposits.

• 2005-2007

  Investment in ZAO "PreobrazhenskNeft" (Russia), a large commercial oil producer at the Kolgan oil field.

  As well investments in the Khanty-Mansiysk project - oil exploration and production companies.

• 2008

  Together with partners there was founded and opened an international "Haileybury school" in Almaty, operating on a non-commercial basis.

• 2008

  Investment in the oil and gas company "Timan Oil & Gas" PLC with exploration and production units in the northwest of Russia.

• 2011

  Completion of the construction of an absolutely new five-star hotel of the Serena hotel chain in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.

• 2015

  Investment in the nickel and cobalt ore extraction project of Ekibastuz-Shidertinskoye deposit in the north-east of Kazakhstan.

• 2018

  Acquistion of the Bozoba oil and gas field in the south of the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.

• 2019

  Participation in the Hydrocarbon Finder SAOC (HCF), an international group of diversified oil and gas companies engaged in business activities at the Arabian Gulf.

• 2019

  Investment in the "KazCobalt" company for exploration and production at the nickel-cobalt ore deposits in the north-west of Kazakhstan.

• 2021

  The company rebranded to