TEMSA

TEMSA Skoda Sabancı Ulaşım Araçları A.Ş.

Industry	Automotive
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Adana , Turkey
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

TEMSA Skoda Sabancı Ulaşım Araçları A.Ş. is a manufacturer of buses, midibuses, and light-trucks. As of 2020, it is operating under the partnership of Sabancı Holding and PPF Group (Škoda Transportation).

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.

History

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]

Product line as of May 2016

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.

Domestic market (Turkey)

Coach

• Maraton
• Safir Plus

Midi Coach

• Opalin
• Prestij SX

Inter City

• LD SB Plus
• MD9 LE

City

• Avenue LF
• Avenue LF CNG
• Avenue Electron
• Avenue EV
• MD9 ElectriCITY
• Prestij City SX

Van

• Maxus (licensed Maxus V80)

Export markets

Coach

• TS45
• Maraton
• HD
• HD RHD
• HD C12
• LD
• TS35

Midi Coach

• TS30
• MD9
• MD9 RHD
• MD7 Plus
• Prestij SX

Inter City

• LD SB Plus
• MD9 LE

City

• LF12
• LF12 CNG
• Avenue Electron
• LF EV
• MD9 ElectriCITY

Light truck

• Mitsubishi Fuso Canter (1988 - )

Gallery

• 
  Bus of Jean-Claude Juncker in 2014
• 
  Temsa used as a Police bus
• 
  Temsa Maraton on Istanbul Bogazici Bridge
• 
  TEMSA Safir in Jordan
• 
  TEMSA Opalin in Dresden, Germany
• 
  TEMSA Tourmalin in Kielce, Poland
• 
  TEMSA Avenue in Antalya, Turkey
• 
  TEMSA Prestige in Zhytomyr, Ukraine
• 
  TEMSA Safir in Turkey 2011.
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  Temsa bus in Atlanta, USA
• 
  Temsa LD 13 SB Plus in Thénioux, France
• 
  Temsa Avenue in Rome, Italy
• 
  Avenue Electron

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Temsa vehicles.

• TEMSA International website
• Temsa Global Corporate website
• Temsa Safir Plus Bus

This page was last edited on 27 October 2023, at 19:52