Hyundai EURotem

EUROTEM train at Bostancı (M4) station
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	4 July 2006[1]
Founder	TÜVASAŞ (Turkish state owned company) Hyundai Rotem (South Korea)
Headquarters	Istanbul , Turkey[1]
Number of locations	1: Adapazarı (production plant)[1]
Key people	President: Mr. Gil-Young Chung[1]
Products	Light rail vehicles, EMU, DMU, high-speed trains, coaches[1]
Number of employees	150[1]
Website	hyundai-eurotem.com

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^[2] and started production in December 2007.^[2]

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.^[3]

Product history

Hyundai EURotem has built 24 DMU units^[4] and 96 EMU units^[5] 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.^[6] Hyundai EURotem will build a total of 92 new wagons for the M2 line, at a total cost of $127 million.^[6][7] These trains are air conditioned and equipped with LCD screens, as well as dynamic digital maps showing the location and direction of the train.^[7]

Future products

In 2008 Hyundai EURotem received an order for 440 EMU cars for the Marmaray project.^[1]