Industry Automotive Subsidiaries UROMAC Founded 1981 | Products VAMTAC, URO Website www.urovesa.com Type of business S.A. | |
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Headquarters Santiago de Compostela, Spain | ||
URO, Vehículos Especiales, S.A. (UROVESA) is a Spanish heavy vehicle manufacturer based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. It is best known for the production of the URO VAMTAC, a Humvee-like four-wheel drive motor vehicle, and URO trucks.
History
The company was founded in 1981 by a group of former employees of IPV. Since 1984 they have been an official supplier of the Spanish Army - who currently have over 1,000 URO vehicles.
In 1991 a subsidiary was created; UROMAC, based in Castropol, Asturias manufactures forklift trucks and dump trucks.
References
UROVESA Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA