Koch Industries will continue to operate its factories in Russia.

Koch Industries, the commercial conglomerate run by the billionaire Charles Koch, has stated it would proceed to function factories in Russia as different corporations pull out after Russia’s assault on Ukraine.

Dave Robertson, the president and chief working officer, stated in a press release dated Wednesday that the aggression in Ukraine was an “affront to humanity,” however that Koch wouldn’t cease working two Russian glass factories in its Guardian Industries unit.

Guardian’s enterprise employs 600 folks and makes up a small portion of the privately held firm, which had estimated income of $115 billion final yr. Koch Industries will “not stroll away from our staff there or hand over these manufacturing services to the Russian authorities so it will possibly function and profit from them,” Mr. Robertson stated.

In latest days, dozens of huge firms, together with British American Tobacco, McDonald’s and Ikea, have stated they had been briefly suspending gross sales, closing shops or winding down operations in Russia. Many had invested thousands and thousands or billions of {dollars} within the nation in latest many years.

Final week, the Russian authorities warned that it might nationalize the property of Western corporations that had been pulling out of Russia and advised its leaders to “act decisively” to protect jobs within the nation as its financial system crumbled.

For the reason that battle began, Koch Industries has offered monetary help to staff and their households in Ukraine and can proceed to take action, Mr. Robertson stated.