UROVESA
{{Short description|Spanish heavy vehicle manufacturer}}
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1981|10|23|df=y}}
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| location_city = Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
| location_country = Spain
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| industry = Automotive
| products = VAMTAC, URO
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| subsid = UROMAC
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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 are an official supplier to the Spanish Army - who currently have over 1,000 URO vehicles.
In 1991 the subsidiary UROMAC was created, based in Castropol, Asturias manufactures forklift trucks and dump trucks.
The end of the first decade of the 21st century was for UROVESA a period of intense decline in its business volume, due to the drop in public budgets coupled with a delay in the call for tenders for the acquisitions of the different customers.{{Cite web | url=http://www.ardan.es/ardan/media/ejemplos/ejemploinformers.pdf| title=Referencias sectoriales Galicia - Sistema productivo: Automoción y equipo (2009)| accessdate=2023-09-08}}{{Cite news | url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/06/16/galicia/1213611493_850215.html| title=La industria gallega de defensa vende 600 millones en cuatro continentes| newspaper=El País| date= 2008-06-16| accessdate=2023-09-08| last1=Rodríguez| first1=Julián}}
UROVESA currently supplies its products to more than twenty-five countries on five continents, making it an international benchmark in the sector.{{Cite web | url=https://www.farodevigo.es/arousa/2014/02/04/empresarios-concello-valga-planifican-salida-17283193.html| title=Los empresarios y el Concello de Valga planifican la salida del túnel de la crisis| newspaper=Faro de Vigo| date= 2014-02-04| accessdate=2023-09-08}}
Models
File:Uro_Pesoz.jpg|URO rural firefighting truck in North Spain
File:URO VAMTAC with Mistral missile.jpg|An URO VAMTAC
File:URO M3-24.14 UME.JPG|URO M3-24.14 of the Emergency Military Unit
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References
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External links
- [http://www.urovesa.com/ UROVESA Official site]
- [http://www.uromac.com/ UROMAC Official site]
{{Automotive industry in Spain}}
Category:Companies based in Galicia (Spain)
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1981
Category:Truck manufacturers of Spain