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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 regime invested heavily to expand the ammunition production line and create a tools and spare parts production unit.
METEC (acronym for Metals and Engineering Corporation) is an Ethiopian arms and machinery industry founded in 2010. [2] It is the state largest military industrial complex, responsible for the production of military equipment and civilian products.
A simple home-built jib furler, showing the furling line ready to furl the jib, and (inset) showing the furled jib This staysail schooner's large genoa has been roller-furled away, while its staysails are hanked on. Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay.
A level-luffing crane is a crane mechanism where the hook remains at the same level while luffing: moving the jib up and down, so as to move the hook inwards and outwards relative to the base. [ 1 ] Usually the description is only applied to those with a luffing jib that have some additional mechanism applied to keep the hook level when luffing.
Accordingly, it is preferable to fly a separate, smaller jib—the solent—instead. On a sloop, there is a single forestay that runs from the top of the mast forward to the prow, and in addition to bracing the mast it provides a firm support to which a jib can be attached. When this forestay is covered with a roller-furling jib, which cannot ...
Light machine gun Soviet Union: RPD [1] 7.62×39mm: Squad automatic weapon Soviet Union: RPK [1] 7.62×39mm: Squad automatic weapon Soviet Union: PKM [6] 7.62×54mmR: General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union: KPV: 14.5×114mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: DShK [1] 12.7×108mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: M2 Browning [1].50 BMG: Heavy ...
Manufacturing in Ethiopia was, before 1957, dominated by cottage and handicraft industries which met most of the population's needs for manufactured goods such as clothes, ceramics, machine tools, and leather goods. Various factors – including the lack of basic infrastructure, the dearth of private and public investment, and the lack of any ...
In one instance, inflation could heavily impact the growth, requiring food demand. From 2005 to 2012, maize grain in Addis Ababa drastically increased from 1,469 to 5,013 ETB per ton, and the price was tripled in the last five years. Overall, the food price inflation was increased from 7.4% to 15.8% between 2014 and 2019 years. [2]