tournikiotis tangalakis 1934 tangalakis 1965 temax headquarters athens greece products buses until 1963 fire trucks website http www.temax.gr 1955 tangalakis advertisement exhibiting one of the classic tangalakis bus models temax is today the leading greek manufacturer of fire fighting vehicles while under its previous name tangalakis it has been one of the most historic bus manufacturers in that country . contents 1 history 2 references 3 external links 4 passenger cars images 5 buses images 6 fire engines images history edit there has been more than 100 bus manufacturers in greece the vast majority being body manufacturers but tangalakis is particularly remembered to this date for its significance and the quality of its products . company activity effectively started in 1925 when petros tangalakis joined as a partner g. tournikiotis a vehicle body manufacturer based in athens founded in 1922 . the new joint company saw significant growth becoming the largest in its field producing a variety of vehicles on imported chassis . in 1934 tangalakis split off creating his own company which remained the leading greek vehicle producer for nearly three decades also briefly venturing into passenger car manufacture . during the axis occupation of greece in wwii the factory was put under german control but vehicle production was resumed in 1945 . the following years were tangalakis s golden era ; the company operating two factories in athens focused on all metal bus construction on chassis by studebaker daimler volvo and other manufacturers producing several models remembered to this date in some of which it introduced extensive chassis modification to accommodate higher loads and or different vehicle dimensions . the company know how was undoubtedly enriched through its assembly of wayne models in the late 1940s and early 1950s . in 1963 facing strong competition from other bus manufacturing companies in greece it ventured into fire fighting vehicle manufacture mainly on international harvester chassis chassis assembled by tangalakis from skd kits . in 1965 tangalakis family alexandros ginis fanourios gyrtatos & antonis kalogeropoulos created temax a new company entirely focused on fire fighting and other specialty vehicle production which operates successfully to date . another branch of the original company though has continued business under the tangalakis name as importers and distributors of fire fighting and rescue equipment vehicle parts etc. references edit l. s. skartsis greek vehicle and machine manufacturers 1800 to present a pictorial history marathon 2012 ebook p. tangalakis article in to volan greek auto magazine july 18 1957 a. chronis p. tangalakis article in pullman & leoforeio greek commercial vehicle magazine september 1992 l.s. skartsis and g.a. avramidis made in greece typorama patras greece 2003 isbn 960 7620 30 5 republished by the patras science park 2007 e. roupa and e. hekimoglou i istoria tou aftokinitou stin ellada history of automobile in greece kerkyra economia publishing athens 2009 isbn 978 960 8386 95 2 external links edit http www.temax.gr http www.tangalakis.gr greek bus builders in bus planet.com passenger cars images edit 1936 tangalakis austin light car inside view of 1936 tangalakis austin light car buses images edit 1924 tournikiotis city bus ford chassis . in 1925 the company became tournikiotis tangalakis producing this and other models 1935 tangalakis inter city bus ford chassis 1935 tangalakis inter city bus international chassis inside view of a 1936 tangalakis inter city bus 1953 tangalakis bus daimler chassis 1956 tangalakis bus volvo chassis 1962 tangalakis coach fire engines images edit temax fire fighting truck on assembled international truck chassis 1965 temax old fire fighting vehicle temax modern fire engine wikimedia commons has media related to temax . v t e automotive industry in greece automotive industry economy of greece transport in greece companies current bioman diana elbo namco replicar hellas saracakis sfakianakis tangalakis temax tropical defunct agricola ak hellas alta atlas attica autodiana autokinitoviomihania ellados automeccanica balkania biamax biotechnia ellinikon trikyklon bouhagier patras c.ar dim dinap ebiam emporiki autokiniton hercules mava renault mebea mego motoemil motorcar neorion pan car pantelemidis petropoulos pitsos record ros sam scavas styl kar theologou tzen related topics athens international motor show retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tangalakis temax & oldid 652994994 categories bus manufacturerscompanies based in athenscompanies established in 1925fire service vehicle manufacturersgreek brandsmotor vehicle manufacturers of greecespecialty vehicle manufacturers of greecehidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 22 march 2015 at 10 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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