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 {{Infobox organization , name = Defense Industry Sector , full_name = , native_name = , native_name_lang = , logo = , logo_size = , logo_alt ...

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

Ethiopian National Defense Force The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) () is the combined military force of Ethiopia. ENDF is consisted of 10 command forces which is controlled by the Chief of General Staff. Commanders of the Military Supreme Commander – Taye At ...

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 or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "Civil government, civilianized" the ...

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 b ...

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