The first Soviet domestic refrigerators were produced at the Kharkov Tractor Factory in 1937, but World War II soon caused production to be halted.

This, and the subsequent devastation of Soviet industry, delayed the mass production of refrigerators until the 1960s, while iceboxes continued in common use.

[2] Authorization for the building of a plant in Minsk to produce electric refrigerators was established by the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic by resolution 554 on August 24, 1959.

The location selected for the plant was near Victory Park[3] in the northwest sector of Minsk, which at that time was in the Soviet Union.

A consignment of refrigerators was delivered to Greece in 1973, and in the following years models were exported to France, England, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia,[4] and also to Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, China, and Spain[citation needed] and elsewhere – a total of 21 countries.

The collapse of the Soviet Union disrupted Atlant's ties with suppliers, markets, and constituent plants, and almost led to the demise of the company, but it survived and eventually thrived.

Also in 2001, the Baranovichi Plant delivered its first production batch of equipment for plastics processing - the BZST 125/250 injection molding models - and produced its ten millionth compressor.

The Minsk Refrigerator Plant was issued a certificate of compliance with ISO 9001-2000 by the government, and commenced production of small lightweight mini-refrigerators, for use in offices, hotel rooms, etc.

[4] In 2004, production began of the New Wave model refrigerators with electronic controls and displays, and the Household Appliances Plant produced the first Atlant ranges with flat glass-ceramic cooktops.

In 2008, the Baranovichi Plant was commissioned to produce a new line of high-performance compressors under license from the Danish firm Danfoss.