Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Founded | 4 July 2006 [1] |
Founder |
TÜVASAŞ (Turkish state owned company) Hyundai Rotem (South Korea) |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 1: Adapazarı (production plant) [1] |
Key people | President: Mr. Gil-Young Chung [1] |
Products | Light rail vehicles, EMU, DMU, high-speed trains, coaches [1] |
Number of employees | 150 [1] |
Website |
hyundai-eurotem |
EUROTEM, alternatively Hyundai EURotem, is a joint enterprise between Hyundai Rotem of South Korea and TÜVASAŞ and ASAŞ of Turkey which was founded in 2006 [2] and started production in December 2007. [2]
The Hyundai EURotem factory in Adapazarı, Turkey, was built as the Hızlı Tren Fabrikası (High-Speed Train Factory) with the purpose of manufacturing the next generation of Turkey's high-speed trainsets. [3]
Hyundai EURotem has built 24 DMU units [4] and 96 EMU units [5] for the Turkish State Railways.
On January 30, 2009, the first 8 trains (each with 4 coaches) built by Hyundai EURotem for the Istanbul Metro entered service. [6] Hyundai EURotem will build a total of 92 new wagons for the M2 line, at a total cost of $127 million. [6] [7] These trains are air conditioned and equipped with LCD screens, as well as dynamic digital maps showing the location and direction of the train. [7]
In 2008, Hyundai EURotem received an order for 440 EMU cars for the Marmaray project. [1]