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); Warsaw (Poland); and 45 other countries
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Buses and Coaches
Revenue	353 million USD (2023)
Parent	Sabancı Holding (50%) and Škoda Transportation (50%)
Website	temsa.com

TEMSA Skoda Sabancı Ulaşım Araçları A.Ş. is a Turkish manufacturer of buses, midibuses, and light-trucks. As of 2020, it is operating under the partnership of Sabancı Holding and PPF Group (Škoda Transportation).^[1]

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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.^[2]

TEMSA's Avenue, Diamond, Opalin, Safari HD and Tourmalin IC buses were included in a special edition of Bus Driver (video game), made by SCS Software in 2007.^[3]

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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.^[4]

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 countries (including Germany, France, Italy and 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.^[5] 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 for new vehicle production and technology development. In June 2019, TEMSA was purchased by True Value Capital Partners of Switzerland.^[6] In February 2020, Sabanci Holdings and Škoda Transportation have agreed and signed a letter of intent to become the new joint owners of Temsa.^[7]

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Temsa main markets are divided as Turkish (domestic), Europe, USA and Non-Europe.^[8] Most domestic vehicles from Temsa are sold in export markets with or without domestic model names as well.