FABREQUIPA is a Portuguese company working in the area of heavy mechanical engineering and specialized in the conception, design and manufacture of heavy road equipment. FABREQUIPA range of products includes the semi-trailers, port-Machines, IRR, General Cargo, container, steel and aluminum tipper etc. and stand out in particular the Special semi-trailers for transportation of machines with weights up to 80 tons, some of which are extensible.
FABREQUIPA has developed its activity in the design, manufacturing and commercialisation of heavy-duty transportation equipment namely trailers, semi-trailers and equipment designed for transportation of goods, heavy machinery, military equipment, vehicles, etc.
An important part of FABREQUIPA production still is in semi-trailers specially designed for certain specific applications, especially mobile units to substations including power transformers and other electrical equipment. The produced units are sold in the domestic market (small percentage) and the biggest part to foreign markets (Costa
Rica, Argentina, Philippines, Vietnam, Egypt, USA, Dominican Republic, etc.).
ACTIVITIES
Recently FABREQUIPA initiated its activity also in the military area, producing the wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur II 8×8 destined to the Portuguese Armed Forces, in a partnership with the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug Gmbh, of the General Dynamics group.
With the construction of these vehicles, now in full production, FABREQUIPA set off to a new stage, developing the abilities for the construction of this type of armoured vehicles, specifics related transport equipment in the military area, armoured protection systems, etc.
PRODUCTS
From FABREQUIPA standard product range, the low-loader machine carrier semitrailers stand-out with load capacities from 30 tons to 80 tons, including the extendible variants and the specific semi-trailers with detachable goose-neck and equipped with hydraulically controlled steering axles.
MARKETS
In the area of transport equipment, an accumulated experience related with the development of very specific solutions, as the semi-trailers designed for mobile substations equipped with hydraulic steering systems. These units can be found all over the world in particular in: Portugal, United States of America, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, etc.
CERTIFICATIONS
This enterprise is authorised by the Portuguese MOD to develop activities related to defence armaments industry. Besides that this firm is taking part of the AICEP and NAMSA databases.
