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Note 1 - Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Nature of Operations [Text Block]
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
2015
2014
2013


Automotive Test Equipment
 
77.8
%
76.3
%
74.4
%
Indicating Instruments
22.2
23.7
 
25.6
 
           
       
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.