Hyundai Rotem Company

Type	Subsidiary
Founded	July 1, 1999
Headquarters	Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Lee, Yeo Sung (President, CEO)
Industry	Railway system Defense system Plant system
Products	Rolling stock units K1 and K1A1 main battle tank
Employees	3800
Parent	Hyundai Kia Automotive Group
Website	http://www.Hyundai-rotem.co.kr

Hyundai Rotem
Hangul	현대로템
Hanja	現代로템
Revised Romanization	Hyeondae Rotem
McCune–Reischauer	Hyŏndae Rot'em

Hyundai Rotem is a South Korean company manufacturing rolling stock, 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.^[1]

Notable projects include MTR's "K-Stocks", trains for the New Delhi Metro and automated trains for the Canada Line between Vancouver and Richmond in British Columbia, Canada. They are also to supply the Silverliner V commuter trains for SEPTA Regional Rail in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.

Contents 1 History 2 Products 2.1 Rail 2.2 Defence 2.3 Plant and Machinery 3 Clients 4 Istanbul Marmaray project 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] 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, Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Precision. The company subsequently changed its name to Railroading Technology System, or Rotem, on 1 January 2002. It is because 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 employes 3,800 and exported to 29 countries worldwide.

[edit] Products

[edit] Rail

• LRV cars
• High Speed Train
  • Korail KTX

• Maglev
• DMU
  • Iran
  • Ireland - Iarnród Éireann
  • Philippines - Philippine National Railways
  • Thailand
  • South Korea - Korail

• EMU
  • MEM class for KiwiRail, for use in Wellington
  • SEPTA Regional Rail Silverliner V in Philadelphia

• Metro cars
  • Seoul Metro, SMRT, Korail, DJeT, DGSC, BUTC
  • MTR in Hong Kong - "K-stock" (with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
  • SkyTrain Canada Line in Vancouver
  • Manila LRT Purple Line
  • Athens Metro EMU, Lines 2,3 (+Athens Airport).
  • Ankara Metro EMU, Lines CapitalRail.
  • Istanbul Metro Cross-Bosphorus Marmaray.
  • Delhi Metro Phase 1(RS1 - Lines1,2,3)
  • Delhi Metro Phase 2(RS3 - Lines5,6)

• Electric Locomotive
  • Korail 8000, 8100, 8200

• Diesel-Electric Locomotive
  • Bangladesh
  • Korail 4400, 7x00

• Electric Push-pull train
  • Taiwan
  • India

• Bi-level cars
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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

• Electronic equipment

[edit] Defence

• 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

[edit] Plant and Machinery

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

[edit] Clients

• TransLink (Vancouver)
• MTR
• SEPTA
• Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
• Seoul Metro, SMRT, Korail, BUTC, DGSC, DJeT
• Supervia, Rio de Janeiro suburban trains
• Attiko Metro S.A.
• General Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports at the Ministry of Transport of Turkey

[edit] 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. The Korean firm saw off competition from shortlisted bidders Alstom, CAF and a consortium of Bombardier, Siemens and Nurol for the 440-vehicle contract whch 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, Hyundai Rotem's joint venture with Turkish rolling stock manufacturer Tüvasas. 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 such as the Istanbul line and the Ankara line.'

[edit] See also

• Economy of South Korea

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hyundai Rotem Homepage

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