EUROTEM

{{short description|Rolling stock manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Hyundai EURotem | logo = File:EUROTEM_logo.png | caption = | image = | image_caption = EUROTEM train at Bostancı (M4) station | type = Joint venture | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 4 July 2006<ref name="p">[http://www.rotem.co.kr/Common/uFileDownload.asp?Idx=10&Fgbn=1&Brd=EngWebzine Hyundai Rotem newsletter] 1/2009 ''www.rotem.co.kr''</ref> | founder = TÜVASAŞ (Turkish state owned company) <br> Hyundai Rotem (South Korea) | defunct = | location_city = Istanbul | location_country = Turkey<ref name="p"/> | location = | locations = 1: Adapazarı (production plant)<ref name="p"/> | area_served = | key_people = President: Mr. Gil-Young Chung<ref name="p"/> | industry = Rail transport | products = Light rail vehicles, EMU, DMU, high-speed trains, coaches<ref name="p"/> | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 150<ref name="p"/> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|hyundai-eurotem.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }}

'''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<ref name="p2">[http://www.euromedtransport.org/fileadmin/download/maincontract/tf/TF_R_RTransport_21Nov08/PPP_Rail_Transport_Turkey.pdf Presentation of the Rail Transport - Turkey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522222201/http://www.euromedtransport.org/fileadmin/download/maincontract/tf/TF_R_RTransport_21Nov08/PPP_Rail_Transport_Turkey.pdf |date=2019-05-22 }} Tevfik Muhammed YEŞİLÇAM (TCDD) 21/11/2008 Page 29, ''www.euromedtransport.org''</ref> and started production in December 2007.<ref name="p2"/>

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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221114214946/https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/kurumsal/fabrikalar/hizlitrenfabrikasi.pdf TCDD: Hızlı Tren Fabrikası (High-Speed Train Factory)] ''www.tcdd.gov.tr''</ref>

==Product history== Hyundai EURotem has built 24 DMU units<ref>[http://www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr/Eng/Business/Rail/Railroad/Product/rail1_pop15.asp TCDD DMU units] ''www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr''</ref> and 96 EMU units<ref>[http://www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr/Eng/Business/Rail/Railroad/Product/rail1_pop03.asp TCDD EMU units] ''www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr''</ref> 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.<ref name="r1"> [http://www.ibb.gov.tr/tr-TR/SubSites/raylisistemler/Pages/taksimyenikapielektro.aspx Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality: Taksim-Yenikapı Metro Hattı] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505070833/http://www.ibb.gov.tr/tr-TR/SubSites/raylisistemler/Pages/taksimyenikapielektro.aspx |date=2009-05-05 }} ''www.ibb.gov.tr''</ref> Hyundai EURotem will build a total of 92 new wagons for the M2 line, at a total cost of $127 million.<ref name="r1"/><ref name="r2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220314071925/https://www.istanbululasim.com/default.asp?ml_pn=1&menu_id=7&makale_tip=guncel&makale_id=00163.txt&modul_id=guncel İstanbul Ulaşım: Metro Şişhane'den Maslak'a uzandı] ''www.istanbululasim.com''</ref> These trains are air-conditioned and equipped with LCD screens, as well as dynamic digital maps showing the location and direction of the train.<ref name="r2"/>

In 2008, Hyundai EURotem received an order for 440 EMU cars for the Marmaray project.<ref name="p"/>

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Category:High-speed trains of Turkey Category:Rail vehicle manufacturers of Turkey Category:2006 in rail transport Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2006 Category:2006 establishments in Turkey Category:Companies established in 2006 Category:Turkish companies established in the 2000s Category:Manufacturing companies based in Istanbul