Tüvasaş
| Türkiye Vagon Sanayi A. Ş. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Anonim Şirket , (Turkish joint stock company ) |
| founding | October 25, 1951 |
| Seat | Adapazarı |
| management | İbrahim Ertiryaki |
| Number of employees | 1142 |
| sales | $ 150 million |
| Branch | Railway construction |
| Website | www.tuvasas.com.tr |
Türkiye Vagon Sanayi A. Ş. ( TÜVASAŞ ) is a Turkish joint stock company that manufactures railway vehicles and their components. Tüvasaş is responsible for the maintenance and renovation of passenger trains for the Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (TCDD), the state railway company. The company exports to Pakistan , Bangladesh , Bulgaria and Iraq .
history
Tüvasaş was founded in 1951 as Vagon Tamir Atölyesi, i.e. wagon repair workshop, and was responsible for the repair of TCDD wagons. From 1961 the company produced passenger coaches in the factory in Adapazarı . From 1976 onwards, it also produced electrically operated S-Bahn trains in cooperation with Alstom . In 1985 the company got its current name.
organization
The company's headquarters are in Adapazarı. On almost 80,000 m 2 , 85 cars can be built and 600 repaired here every year. Tüvasaş today has around 1200 employees (as of September 2011). İbrahim Ertiryaki has been the General Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2003.
Products
The company produces, repairs and overhauls local and long-distance passenger coaches ( compartment cars , open- plan cars , sleeping cars ), electric and diesel multiple units as well as trams, vehicle components and bogies .
Tüvasaş has been building Turkey's first diesel multiple unit since 2011. The train is the result of a cooperation with Hyundai Rotem .
In 1990 the company presented the prototype of an automobile with the brand name Marti at the trade fair in Izmir . This was a small car. The open body offered space for three people. An electric motor propelled the vehicle.
Web links
- Official website of Tüvasaş
- Allcar index on automobile production (accessed October 31, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of TÜVASAŞ ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ RAILWAY SECTOR FACT-FINDING MISSION TO TURKEY ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.2 MB), UK Trade & Investment , May 2011.
- ↑ tuvasas.com.tr
- ↑ Tüvasaş product overview (PDF; 3.2 MB).
- ↑ first-domestic-Diesel train to be source of pride for turkey ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Turkish Financial News, accessed September 21, 2011.
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Marti.
