Pantelemidis-TITAN

The Pantelemidis family owned a company producing farm machinery (specializing in threshing machines) and buses, using the Titan brand name.

The chassis featured a complex hydraulic mechanism and axle design which enabled the driver to adjust ground clearance (e.g. low, for easier loading, or elevated, for all-terrain drive).

Pantelemidis's struggle to get a licence to produce the vehicles are indicative of the Greek state's historically negative attitude to the local motor industry.

A series of delays and refusals to conduct approval tests by the state (with the claim of insufficient legal framework concerning novel developments) lead Pantelemidis to "parade" his vehicles through Thessaloniki to gain public support.

He exhibited his truck in the 1956 Thessaloniki International Fair, while in an article published in 1958 he claimed that successful tests were conducted in a Greek military facility.