Temsa Global
Temsa Global, one of Turkey’s leading automotive companies, manufactures and exports its products in the coach and midi-coach segments under its Temsa brand. At the same time, the company represents Mitsubishi and Komatsu as their distributor in Turkey. Temsa Global first started its production activities in 1987 in Adana and launched its own Temsa brand in 2001. In 2008, the firm expanded its production capabilities by adding the Egypt and Adapazarı production sites to manufacture coaches, midi-coaches and light trucks. The total yearly production capacity of Temsa’s Adana and Egypt plants are 4,000 vehicles, namely 1,500 coaches and 2,500 midi-coaches. The yearly production capacity of the Adapazarı plant is 7,500 light trucks.
Temsa’s Adana facilities, established on a land of 555,000 m2 produces the intercity coaches Diamond, Safari and Safir, as well as the Powerbus, Metropol and Prestij midi-coaches, the vehicles defined as small coaches, and the 12-m Temsa Avenue which has been developed particularly for urban public transportation. In 2009 Temsa has designed and produced the final version of the Avenue product range, the Hybrid Avenue and completed the series with the vehicle’s earlier introduced Diesel and CNG versions. Additionally, Temsa Safir has been completely renewed at the end of 2009 with the purpose of catering to the growing expectations of the market addressing both intercity passenger transportation and tourism transportation.
Executing its Europe operations from the headquarters located at Mechelen, Belgium under the name of Temsa Europe, Temsa Global has further established after sales services companies in Austria and Germany as well as Belgium. Temsa Global exports 75% of its production, with 80% of its foreign trade being to European countries.
In October 2009 Temsa Global presented the new identity and logo of the “Temsa” brand to the general public with a launch event organised at Busworld Kortrijk. Combining its values of “Agility, Entrepreneurial Ability, and Accessibility” with the tagline “Value in Motion” under a new brand identity, Temsa Global defines the Temsa brand as a value chain created by focusing on sustainable customer satisfaction.
The distributor of Mitsubishi products since 1984, Temsa Global conducts the sales, services and spare parts operations for Mitsubishi passenger cars, as well as panel van and pick-up light commercial vehicles within the framework of its distributorship agreement with Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi Fuso Canter light trucks, the market leader in Turkey, are produced at Temsa Global’s Adapazarı plant together with superstructures and trailers. Besides being the distributor of Mitsubishi FUSO Canter light trucks in Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Temsa Global is also the Kazakhstan distributor of DAF trucks.
Additionally, Temsa Global has entered transport refrigeration through collaboration with Carrier Transicold in 2009, offering within the framework of this collaboration 29 different models of 87 Carrier Transicold products in panel van minibus, pick-up trucks, trucks and trailer segments.
Being the distributor of Komatsu construction machines for 27 years, Temsa Global offers construction machines, forklifts and after sales services to many sectors. Bucket production was re-launched in 2008 and attracted high interest in the construction machines sector with the high-quality functional structure the product offers. Acting with the goal of becoming a regional player, Temsa Global Komatsu Construction Machines business unit has established distributorships in Azerbaijan and Georgia and continues its initiatives with new contacts established in other regions.