Note 1 - Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Nature of Operations [Text Block]

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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 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. In addition, the Company is a manufacturer of flexible interlocking metal hose and a distributor of silicone hose with the recent addition of Federal Hose Manufacturing LLC (“Federal Hose”). The Company serves the automotive, trucking, 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	2016			2015			2014
Automotive Test Equipment		55.5	%		77.8	%		76.3	%
Indicating Instruments		18.0			22.2			23.7
Flexible Hose		26.5			-			-
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

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