URO, Vehículos Especiales, S.A. (UROVESA) is a Spanish heavy vehicle manufacturer based in

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. It is best known for the production of the URO VAMTAC, a

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-like

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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

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- who currently have over 1,000 URO vehicles. In 1991 the subsidiary UROMAC was created, based in Castropol,

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manufactures

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and dump trucks.

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

References

External links

UROVESA Official site

UROMAC Official site
{{Automotive industry in Spain Companies based in Galicia (Spain) Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1981 Truck manufacturers of Spain es:UROVESA gl:Uro (automoción) pl:URO