EBIAM (standing for Elliniki Biomichania Agrotikon Michanimaton, English translation: Greek Agricultural Machinery Industry) was a

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company based in

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that, among others, produced 4x4 trucks. It belonged to a generation that benefited from a Greek law (modified in the mid-1980s) classifying any vehicle that could be used for agricultural purposes (including "proper" trucks and jeeps) as "agricultural machinery". Apart from tractors, there were different categories of vehicles that were developed and produced in Greece, classified according to the aforementioned law. The most common type was a "half tractor-half truck" contraption, usually with three-wheel chassis, that has been very characteristic of the country being a very common sight in the Greek countryside, especially in the 1970s. Companies that produced this type of vehicle include '' Candia'' (by far the largest), ''Kronos'', ''Minos'', ''Minotauros'' and others in

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, ''Demetra'' in

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, and several others. Another type was a family of lighter (500 kg – 1 tn payload) 4-wheel "jeep-type" trucks that were also supposed to be used as tractors. This type was produced by companies including ''Demetra'' in

, '' Diana'' in

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(not to be confused with '' AutoDiana'' of

), '' Record'' in

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, and others. Finally, another category included more advanced designs of heavier trucks, often with 4x4 chassis. This type was produced by a number of companies including (except for ''EBIAM''), ''Agroamax'' in Arta, '' Agrocar'' in

, and others. EBIAM produced between 1979 and 1984 two truck models on the same, robust 4x4 chassis it developed. Both models used a

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2300 cc engine; payload was .

References

*L.S. Skartsis and G.A. Avramidis, "Made in Greece", Typorama, Patras, Greece (2003) (republished by the University of Patras Science Park, 2007).
L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History", Marathon (2012)
(eBook)

External links

Dutch vehicle manufacturers catalog
{{Automotive industry in Greece Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Greece Truck manufacturers of Greece Manufacturing companies based in Thessaloniki