Our early founders started with the manufacturing of sledge type winches for extracting logs in steep forested areas typically found in Austria and central Europe. The system operated using a skyline (cable) which had to be rigged between two standing trees.

The time needed to dismantle and re-erect the skyline when an area had been cleared made this method slow and labour intensive. Other methods involved utilising tractors, skidders and even horses and not only caused extensive soil damage, but also proved to be slow, difficult and sometimes impossible.

During the early 1960’s Mr Hinteregger designed a mobile system to replace the sledge winches which he then named the URUS. The first production unit was built in 1966 and was the first of its kind in Europe. The URUS system rapidly became the most popular method of forest harvesting in mountainous regions, and quickly found markets in many other parts of the world. The manufacturing plant in Austria expanded to cater for the steadily increasing demands. Hin-Tech Manufacturing takes pride in building strong, reliable and durable machines which provides buying confidence in their clients and potential clients.

In 1986 a second plant was established in South Africa to manufacture, supply and service the URUS range of cable logging systems for the Southern African market since then, the company has supplied over 300 machines to Southern African clients and over 90 machines have been exported to Chile.

This success in the supply of equipment to Chile led to the opening of an assembly, servicing and training facility in June 1991. The development of the URUS range of tower yarders has been based on experience gained from sales of machines worldwide.

More specifically the equipment produced in South Africa has been adapted to suite tough and remote conditions, especially taking into account a shortage of skilled maintenance personnel. This development has resulted in machines which are simple to operate and maintain while being extremely reliable and ruggedly constructed.

All URUS equipment is complemented by a full range of accessories and carriages for standard harvesting operations.

We are now operating in over 50 countries worldwide and have earned an enviable reputation for maximum productivity and minimum downtime. Various machines manufactured back in the late 1960’s are still operating at full productive capacity.  Our product line has and continues to evolve to meet our customers needs.