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.

URO, Vehículos Especiales, S.A.

Type	Sociedad Anónima
Industry	Automotive
Founded	23 October 1981; 41 years ago (1981-10-23)
Headquarters	Santiago de Compostela , Spain
Products	VAMTAC, URO
Subsidiaries	UROMAC
Website	www.urovesa.com

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.

Models

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  URO rural firefighting truck in North Spain
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  An URO VAMTAC
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  URO M3-24.14 of the Emergency Military Unit

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References

External links

• UROVESA Official site
• UROMAC Official site