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Hyundai Rotem is a South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n company manufacturing rolling stock
Rolling stock
Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...

, defense products and plant equipment. It is part of the Hyundai Motor Group. Its name was changed to the current one from Rotem on December 2007.

Notable projects include Hong Kong MTR
MTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

's "K-Stocks
MTR K-Stock EMU
The K-Stock is an electric multiple unit that operates on the MTR rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong.There are two variants: those delivered for the Tseung Kwan O Line now , and those delivered in 2006 to 2007 for the Tung Chung Line...

", trains for the New Delhi Metro and automated trains for the Canada Line
Canada Line
Canada Line is a rapid transit line in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. Opened in August 2009, it is the third line in TransLink's SkyTrain metro network, servicing Vancouver, Richmond, and the Vancouver International Airport...

 between Vancouver and Richmond
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...

 in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. They are also to supply the Silverliner V commuter trains for SEPTA Regional Rail
SEPTA Regional Rail
The SEPTA Regional Rail system consists of commuter rail service on thirteen branches to over 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and its suburbs. Service on most lines runs from 5:30 AM to midnight...

 in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 area. The Philippine National Railways
Philippine National Railways
The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...

 have partnered with Hyundai Rotem to upgrade and construct its train and stations in the Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...

 island for convenience and fast transportation on the said island; the trains have been delivered and are currently in service. Some of the stations have been finished and are just in need of minor touches.

History

The company was founded in 1999 as Korea Rolling Stock Corporation (KOROS), the result of merger between then three major rolling stock divisions of Hanjin Heavy Industries
Hanjin Heavy Industries
Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. is a Korean shipbuilding company, founded in 1937. It is a multinational company, and is an affiliate of the Hanjin Group.- Situation :...

, Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Precision & Industries
Hyundai Mobis
Hyundai Mobis was established in 1977 as Hyundai Precision & Industries Corporation. It is an auto parts company with headquarters based in Seoul, South Korea. In 2000, the company changed its name to Hyundai Mobis...

. The company subsequently changed its name to Railroading Technology System, or Rotem, on 1 January 2002. This change was made because KOROS resembled the Japanese word korosu (殺す), which has a similar pronunciation, means "to kill." It adopted its current name in December 2007 to reflect its current owner. Hyundai Rotem currently employs 3,800 and exported to 29 countries worldwide.

Rail

  • Light rail vehicle
    Light rail
    Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

    • Manila Light Rail Transit
      Manila LRT Yellow Line
      The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...

       - Line 1 (with Adtranz
      Adtranz
      ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation , commonly known under its brand Adtranz, was a multi-national rail transport equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the USA....

      )
    • Adana Metro
      Adana Metro
      Adana Metro is a rail rapid transit system extending 14 km on the north-south corridor of Adana. It has 13 stations and can transport 21,600 passengers per hour one-way...

  • High Speed Train
    • Korail
      Korail
      Korea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...

       KTX-I
      KTX-I
      The KTX-I or simply KTX, also known as TGV-K, is a South Korean high speed train class based on the French TGV Réseau. The 20-car formation of the trainsets without restaurant car is optimized for high capacity...

    • Korail KTX-Sancheon

  • Maglev
  • Diesel multiple unit
    Diesel multiple unit
    A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...

    • Iran
      Iran
      Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

    • Ireland
      Ireland
      Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

       - Iarnród Éireann
      Iarnród Éireann
      Iarnród Éireann is the national railway system operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann . It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the...

       22000 Class
      IE 22000 Class
      The 22000 Class "InterCity Railcar" is a Diesel multiple unit type in service with Iarnród Éireann in Ireland.In a new departure for Iarnród Éireann they will be the first railcars to have been built specifically to serve on InterCity routes and are capable of up to 100 mph .-History:In 2005,...

    • Philippines
      Philippines
      The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

       - Philippine National Railways
      Philippine National Railways
      The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...

    • Thailand
      Thailand
      Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

    • South Korea - Korail
      Korail
      Korea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...

       Diesel Hyduralic Car

  • Electric multiple unit
    Electric multiple unit
    An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...

    • FP class for Greater Wellington Regional Council
      Wellington Region
      The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.-Governance:The official Wellington Region, as administered by the Wellington Regional Council covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each...

      , for use in Wellington, New Zealand
    • SEPTA Regional Rail
      SEPTA Regional Rail
      The SEPTA Regional Rail system consists of commuter rail service on thirteen branches to over 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and its suburbs. Service on most lines runs from 5:30 AM to midnight...

       Silverliner V
      Silverliner V
      -Overview:The cars feature expanded interiors and windows, additional entrances, and screens used to display information about the service. They are all ADA compliant and meet FRA safety requirements....

       in Philadelphia
    • Supervia
      SuperVia
      SuperVia is a Brazilian train operator founded in Rio de Janeiro in November 1998. It carries around 126 million passengers a year on a railroad network comprising 89 stations in 11 cities: Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, Nilópolis, Mesquita, Queimados, São João de Meriti, Belford...

       (Rio de Janeiro
      Rio de Janeiro
      Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

      ) Commuter trains

  • Metro cars
    • Seoul Metro
      Seoul Metro
      Seoul Metro is a public corporation which runs the Seoul Subway Lines 1 to 4.From 1970 to 2006, it was called Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation.-Lines:- See also :* Korail* Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation...

      , SMRT
      Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
      Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was established in 1994 to operate the Seoul Subway lines 5, 6, 7, 8 in Seoul, South Korea.The corporation operates a total of 201 subway trains at 148 stations on lines 5-8. The operation intervals are from 2.5–6 minutes during rush hours and 5–10...

      , Korail
      Korail
      Korea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...

      , DJET, DGSC, BTC
      Busan Transportation Corporation
      The Busan Transportation Corporation was established January 1, 2006, following the abolition of the Busan Urban Transit Authority , founded November 1987. It currently operates the Busan Subway in Busan, South Korea.-External links:...

      , AREX
      AREX
      AREX, spelled A'REX as a brand name, is a South Korean railway line that links Seoul with Gimpo Airport and Incheon International Airport. The section between the two airports opened on March 23, 2007, the extension to Seoul Station opened December 29, 2010...

      , Incheon Metro
      Incheon Metro
      Incheon Metro was established in 1998 to operate Line 1 of the Incheon Subway. In the future, Incheon Metro also has plans to operate Line 2 as well.-See also:*Seoul Metropolitan Subway*Korail, operator of line 1, 3, 4 , Bundang Line, Jungang Line....

    • MTR
      MTR
      Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

       in Hong Kong
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

       - "K-stock"
      MTR K-Stock EMU
      The K-Stock is an electric multiple unit that operates on the MTR rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong.There are two variants: those delivered for the Tseung Kwan O Line now , and those delivered in 2006 to 2007 for the Tung Chung Line...

       (with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
      Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
      , or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...

      )
    • SkyTrain
      SkyTrain (Vancouver)
      SkyTrain is a light rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability...

       Canada Line
      Canada Line
      Canada Line is a rapid transit line in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. Opened in August 2009, it is the third line in TransLink's SkyTrain metro network, servicing Vancouver, Richmond, and the Vancouver International Airport...

       in Vancouver
      Vancouver
      Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

    • Manila Light Rail Transit
      Manila LRT Purple Line
      The Manila LRT Purple Line is the second line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line contains eleven stations and runs over 13.8 kilometers of mostly elevated track, with the exception of Katipunan station, which is underground...

       - Line 2
    • Athens Metro
      Athens Metro
      The Athens Metro is an underground rapid transit system serving Athens, the capital city of Greece. It was constructed and owned by Attiko Metro S.A. and operated until 2011 by Attiko Metro Etaireia Leitourgias S.A....

       EMU, Lines 2,3 (+Athens Airport).
    • Ankara Metro EMU, Lines CapitalRail.
    • Istanbul Metro
      Istanbul Metro
      The Istanbul Metro, or the M2, is a mass-transit underground railway network that serves the city of Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 2000, it now includes 13 stations. The system currently consists of a single north-south line...

       Cross-Bosphorus Marmaray.
    • Delhi Metro
      Delhi Metro
      Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground...

       Phase 1(RS1 - Lines1,2,3)
    • Delhi Metro
      Delhi Metro
      Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground...

       Phase 2(RS3 - Lines5,6)
    • Sao Paulo Metro
      São Paulo Metro
      The São Paulo Metro is the principal rapid-transit system in the city of São Paulo and the largest in Brazil. It is also the second largest system in South America and the third largest in Latin America, behind Mexico City and Santiago....

       Line 4
    • Salvador Metro
      Salvador Metro
      The Salvador Metro is a currently under-construction metro project for the city of Salvador, Brazil. The city has the Line 1 , began operation in 2012. The Line 2...

    • Almaty Metro
      Almaty Metro
      Almaty Metro is a rapid transit system currently under construction in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The first branch of the system is currently opened on 1 December 2011...


  • Electric Locomotive
    • Korail 8000
      Korail Electric Locomotive 8000
      Korail Class 8000 is a series of South Korean electric locomotives operated by Korail. This locomotive was introduced from 1972, after electrification of several industrial lines...

      , 8100, 8200
      Korail Electric Locomotive 8200
      Korail Class 8200 is a South Korean electric locomotive operated by the Korean national railroad operator Korail. This locomotive has HEP capabilities in place of an dynamo car, which could be used with up to 12 passenger cars...


  • Diesel-Electric Locomotive
    • Bangladesh
    • Korail Class 4400, 7000, 7100, 7200, 7300, 7400, 7500(GT26CW Series)

  • Electric Push-pull train
    • Taiwan
      Taiwan
      Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

    • India
      India
      India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


  • Bi-level cars
    • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
      Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
      The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...

    • Metrolink
      Metrolink (Southern California)
      Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....

      , which ordered 117 coaches in 2009.

  • Bogies - Bolsterless, XG EMU, Power Motor Car, In-board, HST

  • Electronic equipment

Defense

  • K1A1 Main Battle Tank
  • K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tank
  • K1 Armoured Recovery Vehicle
  • Decon Machinery
  • 60-Ton Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET)
  • K1 Tank Gunnery Trainer
  • Depot Maintenance
  • Integrated Logistics System

Plant and Machinery

  • Mechanical Press, Hydraulic Press, Auto Racking System
  • Electric Arc Furance - Steel
  • Ladle Furnace
  • Cranes
  • Passenger Boarding Bridges
  • plant construction
  • Wind turbine development

Clients

  • TransLink (British Columbia)
  • MTR
    MTR
    Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

  • SEPTA
  • Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
    Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
    The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways is the national state-owned railway system of Iran. is an associate of the IR and manages its passenger trains including international trains between Tehran and Istanbul and Tehran and Damascus...

  • Seoul Metro
    Seoul Metro
    Seoul Metro is a public corporation which runs the Seoul Subway Lines 1 to 4.From 1970 to 2006, it was called Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation.-Lines:- See also :* Korail* Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation...

    , SMRT
    Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
    Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was established in 1994 to operate the Seoul Subway lines 5, 6, 7, 8 in Seoul, South Korea.The corporation operates a total of 201 subway trains at 148 stations on lines 5-8. The operation intervals are from 2.5–6 minutes during rush hours and 5–10...

    , Korail
    Korail
    Korea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...

    , BUTC, DGSC, DJeT
  • Supervia
    SuperVia
    SuperVia is a Brazilian train operator founded in Rio de Janeiro in November 1998. It carries around 126 million passengers a year on a railroad network comprising 89 stations in 11 cities: Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, Nilópolis, Mesquita, Queimados, São João de Meriti, Belford...

    , Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

     suburban trains
  • Attiko Metro S.A.
  • General Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports at the Ministry of Transport of Turkey
  • ViaQuatro
    ViaQuatro
    ViaQuatro is a entreside belonging to Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias, which will be responsible for work and maintenance for Line 4 a concession contact for 30 years between a public-private partnership with the government at São Paulo....

    , Sao Paulo Metro
    São Paulo Metro
    The São Paulo Metro is the principal rapid-transit system in the city of São Paulo and the largest in Brazil. It is also the second largest system in South America and the third largest in Latin America, behind Mexico City and Santiago....

     Line 4 private company operator
  • Light Rail Transit Authority
    Light Rail Transit Authority
    The Light Rail Transit Authority is a public transport operator that is in charge of operating and maintaining the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Founded on July 12, 1980, it is also responsible for monitoring the progress of construction of all LRT lines...

     A GOCC which operates Lines 1 and 2
  • Philippine National Railways
    Philippine National Railways
    The Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...

     A GOCC which operates PNR Northrail and Southrail
  • Metrolink (Southern California)
    Metrolink (Southern California)
    Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....

     A commuter rail system serving Los Angeles county.
  • Bangladesh Railway, supplying them with diesel locomotives

Istanbul Marmaray project

Hyundai Rotem announced on November 11 2008, that it had signed a €580m contract to supply the rolling stock for the Marmaray cross-Bosporus tunnel project in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

. The Korean firm saw off competition from short-listed bidders Alstom, CAF and a consortium of Bombardier, Siemens and Nurol for the 440-vehicle contract which was placed by the Ministry of Transport's General Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports.

The 22 m long stainless steel cars will be formed into 10 and five-car EMUs. Some production will be carried out locally by Eurotem
EUROTEM
EUROTEM, alternatively Hyundai EURotem, is a joint enterprise between Hyundai Rotem of South Korea and TÜVASAŞ of Turkey which was founded in 2006 and started production in December 2007....

, Hyundai Rotem's joint venture with Turkish rolling stock manufacturer TÜVASAŞ
TÜVASAS
Türkiye Vagon Sanayi Anonim Şirketi, more commonly known as TÜVASAŞ, is a railcar manufacturer based in Adapazarı. TÜVASAŞ is responsible for the construction, refurbishment and repair of railcars for the Turkish State Railways, and is a 100% shareholding of the Turkish State Railways, reporting...

. The cars will arrive in three batches, the first 160 cars by 2011, the last by June 2014.

Hyundai Rotem won its first contract in Turkey in 1996, and has now completed seven orders for a total of 804 vehicles worth US$1·6bn. In July it signed a contract to provide a 84 DMUs in conjunction with Tüvasas.

'Hyundai Rotem has earned the trust of Turkey by providing high quality products and technology', said Executive Vice-Chairman Yeo-Sung Lee. 'We believe this brightens the outlook for future business opportunities in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 such as the Istanbul line and the Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

line.'
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