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Note 1 - Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
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1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS


Hickok Incorporated and its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries ("Company") develop and manufacture products used by companies in the transportation and emissions testing industries. Among the products are indicators and gauges sold to companies in aircraft and locomotive markets. On a much larger scale, the Company manufactures diagnostic equipment used by technicians to test the various electronic systems in automobiles and trucks, and emissions testing equipment specified by various states for testing vehicle emissions. The Company serves the automotive, locomotive and general aviation markets predominately in North America. Sales in the Company's principal product classes, as a percent of consolidated sales, are as follows:


Product Classes

 

2014

   

2012

      2012  

Automotive Test Equipment

    76.3

%

    74.4

%

    66.1

%

Indicating Instruments

    23.7       25.6       33.9  

Total

    100.0

%

    100.0

%

    100.0

%


Current operating properties consist of a manufacturing plant in Greenwood, Mississippi, and a corporate headquarters, marketing and product development facility in Cleveland, Ohio.