TEMSA Skoda Sabancı Ulaşım Araçları A.Ş. is a Turkish manufacturer of buses, midibuses, and light-trucks. As of 2020, it is operating under the partnership of Sabancı Holding and PPF Group (Škoda Transportation).
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| Industry | Automotive |
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| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | Adana (Turkey) Istanbul (Turkey) Mechelen (Belgium) Budapest (Hungary) Warszawa (Poland) and 45 countries worldwide |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Buses and Coaches |
| Parent | Sabancı Holding (50 %) and Škoda Transportation (50 %) |
| Website | temsa.com |
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At the TEMSA Adana plant, which is established on an area of 500,000 m², a total of 11,500 vehicles are produced annually, including 4,000 buses, midibuses, and 7,500 light trucks, with 1,400 employees.
Some of the TEMSA buses were included in Bus Driver (video game) which was made by SCS Software in 2007.
TEMSA (Termo-Mekanik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş./ Thermo-mechanics Industry and Trade Incorporated) was founded in 1968 by Sabancı Holding to supply steel to the construction industry. Manufacturing of coaches began in 1984 with licensing and distribution agreements from Mitsubishi Motors. Service bus products were introduced in 1987.
The products have their own bodywork and include Mitsubishi Fuso, MAN, DAF, Cummins and Caterpillar engines and parts that meet the European emission standards (Euro4, Euro5).
Since 2000, a full range of coaches has been developed for Western European markets, utilizing MAN engines and axles and ZF transmissions. TEMSA became independent and flexible in using different engines with its own developments and started carrying out tailor-made production. A subsidiary, TEMSA Europe, has been established in Belgium and several rep offices have been established in 46 different countries of the world (Germany, France, Italy, Spain,...), under the management of Temsa Europe. Temsa has obtained over 7% of market share in its segment in Europe. Of the 1000 buses produced every year, 75% are exported.
Temsa is represented by three models in the US.[1] The TS 30, TS 35 and TS 45 are motor coaches of 30, 35 and 45 ft respectively.
TEMSA AR-GE ve Teknoloji Merkezi (Temsa Research & Development Center) is a branch of TEMSA that is responsible of new vehicle production and technology development. In June 2019, TEMSA was purchased by True Value Capital Partners of Switzerland.[2] In February 2020, Sabanci Holdings and Škoda Transportation have agreed and signed a letter of intent to become the new joint owners of Temsa.[3]
Temsa main markets are divided as Turkish (domestic), Europe, USA and Non-Europe.[4] Most domestic vehicles from Temsa are sold in export markets with or without domestic model names as well.
