Hibret Manufacturing and Machine Building Industry (Amharic: ሕብረት ማምረቻ እና የማሽን ግንባታ ኢንዱስትሪ; ''Hibret mamireti ina yemashini ginibata'') is a military-civil engineering complex of the

Ethiopian Defense Industry {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2021 The Defense Industry Sector is an office under the Ministry of Defense responsible for administering several defense industries in Ethiopia. Its objective is to provide for and support the Ethiopian National Defen ...

. It specializes in production of Machines and spare parts for the

Ethiopian National Defense Force The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) ( am, የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, Ye’īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit=FDRE Defense Force) is the military force of Ethiopia. Civilian control of the military is carried out ...

History

Hibret Machine tools was established on May 5, 1953 to produce bullets for light weapons under the name ''Emperor Haile Sellassie I'' (Amharic: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ) ''Ammunition Factory''. In 1984, the

Derg The Derg (also spelled Dergue; , ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally " c ...

regime invested heavily to expand the ammunition production line and create a tools and spare parts production unit.

Structure

Hibret Machine tools were restructured which resulted in its ammunition unit transferred to

Homicho Ammunition Engineering Complex Homicho Ammunition Engineering Complex is the part of Metals and Engineering Corporation and is also one of the military production facilities of the Ethiopian Defense Industry Sector. It specializes in producing wide range of ammunition for use by ...

and currently is organized as follows: * Tools and spare parts and medium weapons production unit * Engraving and pressing products unit * Metals and product packaging production unit

Products

Military - a variety of mortars Civilian - hand tools, hospital beds, aluminum saddles, household and office furnitures

References

Hibret Machine tools profile
- FDRE Defense Industry, May 2008 Military industrial facilities of Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-struct-stub