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QuEST Global Announces Acquisition of INTERFACE to Further Enhance Its Service Offerings

Dépèche transmise le 19 septembre 2011 par Business Wire

QuEST Global Announces Acquisition of INTERFACE to Further Enhance Its Service Offerings

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QuEST Global Engineering, a leading product development and engineering solutions company, with headquarters in Singapore, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of INTERFACE of Spain, a company with key capabilities in Product Design, Engineering of Processes and Logistic Support. The competencies acquired through this acquisition would include Test / Integration Engineering, Avionic System Engineering, Integrated Logistic Support, Process Engineering or Tech Translations and Technical Publications among others. This milestone further empowers QuEST Global to offer one of the broadest portfolios in end-to-end engineering services, focused on helping clients accelerate growth and mitigate risks and optimize costs.

“Most importantly with the combined scale and strength of both companies, customers stand to benefit the most, as the transition will open up a plethora of opportunities with renewed service standards. Our mindset, culture and vision are well aligned and this ensures the right formula for success”

This acquisition increases the headcount of QuEST Global to 2700 employees worldwide, thereby creating a milestone in QuEST’s diversification strategy and bringing them a step closer to achieving their 2015 goals.

INTERFACE, founded in 2003, is a Madrid based company, possessing key competencies in product & systems engineering, support engineering and process engineering catering to the aeronautical, power generation, oil & gas, naval and industrial markets. With its footprints spread across 9 cities in Spain, including Madrid, Sevilla, Valladolid, Ferrol, Cádiz, Zamudio, Cartagena, Pamplona, and Albacete, INTERFACE has a team of 224 engineers capable of supporting both military applications and commercial applications. The company’s experience serving global majors spans equipment design, system design and technical documentation.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Ajit Prabhu, CEO, QuEST Global Engineering, said, “This is an important day for QuEST Global and INTERFACE, and more importantly for the clients we jointly support. Independently, both companies are recognized industry leaders in their respective domains, but offering distinctive capabilities that complement one another. This association will now enhance capabilities of QuEST as a global leader, to better serve our clients - whatever their size, location or sector.”

“Most importantly with the combined scale and strength of both companies, customers stand to benefit the most, as the transition will open up a plethora of opportunities with renewed service standards. Our mindset, culture and vision are well aligned and this ensures the right formula for success,” said Marcos Vega Ortiz, Co-Founder and Director General, INTERFACE.

“Effectiveness and Efficiency are two critical areas for any business to succeed. With the amalgamation of complementary competencies, I see this as a great opportunity to leverage combined talents into one single service offering in engineering excellence. The other priority area for a successful business is to recognise and address the bigger picture in order to sustain long term goals. Needless to state, I am confident that we will address this as well. As a famous Spanish writer once said---‘You only progress when you think big, it is only possible to advance when you look far,’” added Pedro Lozano, Co-founder and Director of Operations, INTERFACE.

About QuEST Global Engineering:

QuEST Global Engineering is a diversified Engineering Services company, employing 2700 professionals across 13 global delivery centers. The company helps customers in Aero engines, Aerospace & Defense, Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Industrial Machines, Consumer Goods and other verticals to cut product development and project costs, shorten lead times, extend capacity and maximize engineering resources availability by providing support across the complete product life cycle. We leverage our local presence and global reach to support engineering cost reduction initiatives for our customers. More information is available at: http://engineering.quest-global.com/.