Hidromek

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Hidromek
Company typeS.A. (corporation)
IndustryHeavy equipment
Founded1978
FounderHasan Basri Bozkurt
Headquarters Ankara, Turkey
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Hasan Basri Bozkurt (Founder, Former Chairman of the Board) [1]
Mustafa Bozkurt (Chairman of the Board)
Products Construction equipment, Mining equipment
Revenue $602 million (2023)
Number of employees
2,400 (2024)
Website www.hidromek.com.tr

Hidromek is a Turkish heavy equipment manufacturer of backhoe loaders, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, and motor graders. Founded in Ankara in 1978 by Hasan Basri Bozkurt, as of 2024, Hidromek has around 2400 employees across six production facilities - four in Ankara, one in Izmir and one in Thailand. [2] [3]

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History

Hidromek was founded in 1978 by Hasan Basri Bozkurt in a small workshop in Ankara. In the first years, Hidromek produced parts such as pumps and torque converters for construction machines. In the following years, Hidromek was engaged in the business of producing and assembling loader and digger attachments on the agricultural tractors and converting them into a construction machine. In 1989, Hidromek produced its first original machine, the first backhoe loader. In 1999, Hidromek made its first international sale to Tunisia. In 2000, Hidromek produced the first excavator. Production and assembly facilities are located in Ankara and Izmir, overseas production and assembly facilities are located in Spain, Russia and Thailand. [4] In 2013, Hidromek acquired the Motor Grader unit of Japanese machinery manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Hdromek started to develop military heavy equipment for armies. In 2014, the Spanish Army bought HMK102B backhoe loaders. [9]

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