Temax

Temax SA
legal form	SA
founding	1925
Seat	Athens
Branch	Motor vehicles
Website	www.temax.gr

Historic vehicle based on International Harvester

Equipment vehicle body on a Mercedes-Benz Atego

Temax SA ( Greek Τέμαξ ) is a fire fighting equipment manufacturer from Athens that used to manufacture buses and automobiles .

Company history

G. Tournikiotis and Petros Tangalakis founded the Tournikiotis-Tangalakis company in 1925 after taking over a body shop founded in 1922. The operation was rationalized and designed for the construction of buses. In 1934 the two founders separated and Petros Tangalakis renamed the company Tangalakis . The assembly of automobiles began in 1936. In 1963 the production of special vehicles for the fire brigade started , initially only on International Harvester chassis, later also on those of other manufacturers. The company has been called Temax since 1965 .

Automobiles

The Tangalakis company assembled passenger cars for some time from 1936 . They were Austin and DKW models . The engines were imported.

literature

Labros S. Skartsis: Greek vehicle & machine manufacturers. 1800 tons present. A pictorial history. Marathon 2012, ISBN 978-960-93-4452-4 pasiphae.lis.upatras.gr . (English)

Web links

Commons : Temax - collection of images, videos and audio files

Company website (English and Greek, accessed February 8, 2013)
Photo of a Tangalakis Austin from 1936 in the English language Wikipedia
Photo of a Tangalakis DKW from 1937 (accessed February 8, 2013)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Skartsis: Greek vehicle & machine manufacturers. 1800 tons present. A pictorial history.

[Greek_vehicle_&_machine_manufacturers-1] Skartsis: Greek vehicle & machine manufacturers. 1800 tons present. A pictorial history.