Quest Global

QuEST Global (Formerly Quality Engineering & Software Technologies)[2] is a product engineering company in the Aero Engines, Aerospace & Defense, Hi-Tech & Industrial, Medical Devices, Oil & Gas, Power, and Transportation verticals. The company that has operations spread across 73 locations in 15 countries including US, Canada, Singapore, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Sweden, Romania, Japan, and India was founded in 1997 and employs 12800 as of February 2020. QuEST Global opened a regional operating office in Tokyo in June 2016, increasing its Japanese workforce size to 200 employees.[3]

QuEST Global Services Pvt. ltd.
Multinational Engineering Services Organization.
IndustryAerospace & Defence,
Aeroengines,
Transportation,
Power and Industrial,
Oil & Gas,
Medical Devices,
Hi-Tech
Founded1997 (1997)
HeadquartersSingapore
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Ajit Prabhu (co-founder, Chairman, CEO)
  • Ajay Prabhu (COO)
  • Rajendra Kumar Shreemal (CFO)
Number of employees
12800[1]
Websitewww.quest-global.com

As of February 2020, QuEST Global is valued at USD 2.5 billion[4] with a collective USD 350 million investment from Bain Capital, GIC and Advent International as minority stakeholders in the company.[5]

History

QuEST Global was started in 1997 by Ajit Prabhu and Aravind Melligeri in Schenectady, New York. The company made its first acquisition in 1998 by integrating Lexical Engineering.[6] The company later integrated Interface, a Spanish company, for establishing a Center of Excellence for Technical Data Services, as well as acquired the engineering arm of GKN Aerospace,[7] and Cincinnati based ASE You project has cleared Phase 2 round and is in among top 100.for building service capabilities in high-end engineering domain.[8] Some of QuEST Global’s recent acquisitions include the Houston based Beeken[9] for Oil and Gas, NeST Software for Embedded & Electronics, Medical Devices and other emerging industries,[10] and EDF, a German automotive engineering services organization.[11] In mid-2016, QuEST Global acquired Singapore based HASK Engineering & Management Pte. Ltd.[12]

Industry partnerships
  • Partnership with aPriori[13]

QuEST global offices
ContinentCountryLocation
North America
USACincinnati, East Hartford, Houston, Rockford, Schenectady, Charlotte, Greenville, Phoenix, San Diego, Windsor, Indianapolis, West Lafayette, Dearborn, Durham, Orlando
CanadaBritish Columbia
Europe
UKDerby, Filton, Saltney
GermanyBremen, Wolfsburg, Sindelfingen, Munich, Mahlo
FranceToulouse
ItalyFlorence
SpainMadrid, Sevilla, Murcia, Bilbao, Valladolid, Barcelona
RomaniaCluj-Napoca, Craiova
Asia
SingaporeSingapore
JapanTokyo, Sanda, Kawasaki
IndiaBangalore (two locations), Belgaum, Trivandrum, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Pune, Hyderabad
KoreaSeoul

Key acquisitions
S.No.YearCompanyCountryNo. of employeesBusinessReference
1January 12, 2009ASE Technologies (ASE)Cincinnati, USAdvanced engineering technology, research, product design and process development[14]
2September 19, 2011INTERFACESpain224Product & systems engineering, support engineering and process engineering[15]
3December 1, 2011GKN AEROSPACE290Engineering services[16]
4February 24, 2014Beeken TechQuest LtdHouston, USEngineering services, sustenance engineering, new product development, engineering analysis, rapid prototyping, engineering documentation and reverse engineering[17]
5February 24, 2014UFT Beeken Engineering Services Private LtdIndiaEngineering services, sustenance engineering, new product development, engineering analysis, rapid prototyping, engineering documentation and reverse engineering[18]
6October 28, 2014NeST SoftwareTrivandrum,India1900Engineering software, embedded systems & hardware[19]
7February 2015Engineering und Design imFahrzeugbau GmbH (EDF)Germany320Automotive engineering services and prototyping[20]
8July 2016HASK Engineering & Management Pte. Ltd. (HASK)Singapore [21]
9September 2017DETECH Fahrzeugentwicklung GmbH & Co.KG (DETECH)GermanyEngineering services[22]
10October 2017IT Six Global ServicesRomaniaCustom application development, embedded solutions, mobile applications design & usability, quality assurance, resting and IT consulting[23]
11February 2018Mobiliya TechnologiesUSGlobal enterprise mobility and mobile System integration (SI) company based in Dallas, Texas, USA. [24]
12 March 2018 EXILANT Technologies India 900 Product engineering services, mobility and social media applications, business intelligence and analytics, and cloud-based services [25]
13 June

2018

 Engicom Spain Mechanical design services - technical concepts, feasibility studies, testing, 2D-3D drawing & modeling, technical documentation & simulation, FEM analysis, small series assembly and prototyping. [26]
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References
  1. "Engineering Services, Product Design, Software Testing". QuEST Global. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. "Quality Engineering & Software Technologies Private Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  3. Global, QuEST. "QuEST Global Opens Office in Japan and Germany". www.indiatimes.com.
  4. PM, Indulal; Balakrishnan, Reghu (2019-12-10). "Advent, Bain, GIC in talks to sell stake in Quest Global". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  5. www.ETTelecom.com. "Bain Capital, GIC, Advent pump in $350 million for minority stake in QuEST - ET Telecom". ETTelecom.com.
  6. "Bain, GIC & Advent buy out Warburg Pincus, others in QuEST for $350M". 22 February 2016.
  7. "QuEST Global Buys Engineering Services Division Of GKN Aerospace". 2 December 2011.
  8. "QuEST Global Acquires ASE Technologies". 14 January 2009.
  9. "Quest Global buys US engineering firm - Times of India".
  10. Mishra, Bibhu Ranjan (15 September 2014). "QuEST Global to acquire engg services biz from NeST Group" – via Business Standard.
  11. "QuEST Global Acquires Engineering und Design im Fahrzeugbau (EDF) GmbH". www.businesswire.com.
  12. Global, QuEST. "QuEST Global Engineering Integrates HASK Engineering and Management Pte. Ltd. Into its Fold". www.prnewswire.co.uk.
  13. "QuEST Global and aPriori Forge Strategic Partnership for Accelerating Cost Management Services". MarketWatch. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  14. "MACHINIST - QuEST Global Acquires ASE Technologies". Machinist.in. 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  15. Empresas (2011-09-19). "QuEST Global Announces Acquisition of Interface to Further EnhanceIts Service Offerings". elEconomista.es. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  16. Das, Anil (2011-12-02). "QuEST Global Buys Engineering Services Division Of GKN Aerospace – VCCircle". Vccircle.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. "Quest Global chief upbeat over Nest Software acquisition - Business Line". Thehindubusinessline.com. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  20. "Quest buys German engineering firm EDF | Bengaluru News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  21. "QuEST Global Engineering Integrates HASK Engineering and Management Pte. Ltd. Into its Fold". Finanznachrichten.de. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  22. "DETECH Fahrzeugentwicklung has been acquired by QuEST Global Engineering - Oaklins". Oaklins.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  23. "IT Six Global Joins Hands With QuEST Global Engineering - BW Businessworld". Businessworld.in. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  24. Global, QuEST. "Mobiliya Joins QuEST Global on a Hi-Tech Journey". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  25. Global, QuEST. "QuEST Global Acquires EXILANT Technologies to Bolster Capabilities in a Converging World and Enter New Markets". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  26. "QuEST Global Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Engineering Community S.L. to Accelerate Engineering Innovations for Customers in Europe". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
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