Quest Global Services Pvt. ltd.
| File:Quest Global logo.svg | |
| Multinational Engineering Services Organization. | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defence, Aeroengines, Transportation, Power and Industrial, Oil & Gas, Medical Devices, Hi-Tech |
| Founded 📆 | 1997 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Singapore |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Members | |
Number of employees | 17000[1] |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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Quest Global (Formerly Quality Engineering & Software Technologies)[2] provides end to end global product engineering services in the Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Energy, Hi-Tech, Medical Devices, Rail and Semiconductor industries. The company has operations spread across 56 locations in 17 countries including US, Canada, Singapore, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Romania, Japan, and India. It was founded in 1997 and employs more than 13000 as of March 2022.
As of February 2020, Quest Global is valued at US$2.5 billion[3] with a collective US$350 million investment from Bain Capital, GIC and Advent International as minority stakeholders in the company.[4]
History[edit]
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.[5] 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,[6] 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.[7] Some of QuEST Global's recent acquisitions include the Houston-based Beeken[8] for Oil and Gas, NeST Software for Embedded & Electronics, Medical Devices and other emerging industries,[9] and EDF, a German automotive engineering services organization.[10] In mid-2016, QuEST Global acquired Singapore based HASK Engineering & Management Pte. Ltd.[11]
Industry partnerships[edit]
- Partnership with aPriori[12]
Key acquisitions[edit]
| S.No. | Year | Company | Country | No. of employees | Business | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 12, 2009 | ASE Technologies (ASE) | Cincinnati, US | Advanced engineering technology, research, product design and process development | [13] | |
| 2 | September 19, 2011 | INTERFACE | Spain | 224 | Product & systems engineering, support engineering and process engineering | [14] |
| 3 | December 1, 2011 | GKN AEROSPACE | 290 | Engineering services | [15] | |
| 4 | February 24, 2014 | Beeken TechQuest Ltd | Houston, US | Engineering services, sustenance engineering, new product development, engineering analysis, rapid prototyping, engineering documentation and reverse engineering | [16] | |
| 5 | February 24, 2014 | UFT Beeken Engineering Services Private Ltd | India | Engineering services, sustenance engineering, new product development, engineering analysis, rapid prototyping, engineering documentation and reverse engineering | [17] | |
| 6 | October 28, 2014 | NeST Software | Trivandrum,India | 1900 | Engineering software, embedded systems & hardware | [18] |
| 7 | February 2015 | Engineering und Design imFahrzeugbau GmbH (EDF) | Germany | 320 | Automotive engineering services and prototyping | [19] |
| 8 | July 2016 | HASK Engineering & Management Pte. Ltd. (HASK) | Singapore | [20] | ||
| 9 | September 2017 | DETECH Fahrzeugentwicklung GmbH & Co.KG (DETECH) | Germany | Engineering services | [21] | |
| 10 | October 2017 | IT Six Global Services | Romania | Custom application development, embedded solutions[buzzword], mobile applications design & usability, quality assurance, resting and IT consulting | [22] | |
| 11 | February 2018 | Mobiliya Technologies | US | Global enterprise mobility and mobile System integration (SI) company based in Dallas, Texas, USA. | [23] | |
| 12 | March 2018 | EXILANT Technologies | India | 900 | Product engineering services, mobility and social media applications, business intelligence and analytics, and cloud-based services | [24] |
| 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. | [25] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Engineering Services, Product Design, Software Testing". QuEST Global. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "Quality Engineering & Software Technologies Private Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ www.ETTelecom.com. "Bain Capital, GIC, Advent pump in $350 million for minority stake in QuEST - ET Telecom". ETTelecom.com.
- ↑ "Bain, GIC & Advent buy out Warburg Pincus, others in QuEST for $350M". 22 February 2016.
- ↑ "QuEST Global Buys Engineering Services Division Of GKN Aerospace". 2 December 2011.
- ↑ "QuEST Global Acquires ASE Technologies". 14 January 2009.
- ↑ "Quest Global buys US engineering firm - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ Mishra, Bibhu Ranjan (15 September 2014). "QuEST Global to acquire engg services biz from NeST Group". Business Standard India – via Business Standard.
- ↑ "QuEST Global Acquires Engineering und Design im Fahrzeugbau (EDF) GmbH". www.businesswire.com. 26 February 2015.
- ↑ Global, QuEST. "QuEST Global Engineering Integrates HASK Engineering and Management Pte. Ltd. Into its Fold". www.prnewswire.co.uk.
- ↑ "QuEST Global and aPriori Forge Strategic Partnership for Accelerating Cost Management Services". MarketWatch. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "MACHINIST - QuEST Global Acquires ASE Technologies". Machinist.in. 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ Empresas (2011-09-19). "QuEST Global Announces Acquisition of Interface to Further EnhanceIts Service Offerings". elEconomista.es. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ Das, Anil (2011-12-02). "QuEST Global Buys Engineering Services Division Of GKN Aerospace – VCCircle". Vccircle.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "India's Quest Global Engineering buys Houston-based outsourcing firm Beeken TechQuest - the American Bazaar". Archived from the original on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-11. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Quest Global chief upbeat over Nest Software acquisition - Business Line". Thehindubusinessline.com. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "Quest buys German engineering firm EDF | Bengaluru News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "QuEST Global Engineering Integrates HASK Engineering and Management Pte. Ltd. Into its Fold". Finanznachrichten.de. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "DETECH Fahrzeugentwicklung has been acquired by QuEST Global Engineering - Oaklins". Oaklins.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "IT Six Global Joins Hands With QuEST Global Engineering - BW Businessworld". Businessworld.in. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ Global, QuEST. "Mobiliya Joins QuEST Global on a Hi-Tech Journey". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
External links[edit]
- "Aerospace Engineering Firm Quest Global's Changing Lanes", Forbes India.
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