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Appoints Nicholas Belbin as advisory board member to
leverage over 45 years of experience in aerospace
manufacturing
Bangalore, India, July 15, 2008 – QuEST, a leading
provider of outsourced engineering services and
manufacturing announced today that QuEST Manufacturing, its
wholly owned subsidiary, is setting up a dedicated sheet
metal fabrication facility for aerospace in its 300 acre
Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
This facility would in close proximity to machining and
special processing and would support both engine and
structural sheet metal forming. Phase-1 of this facility
would consist of sheet metal cutting, brake forming, hydro
forming / fluid forming, heat treatment for aluminum and
assembly operations like riveting, etc.
“Setting up of the sheet metal processing facility will
enable QuEST and its current customers to graduate towards
integrated sourcing and assemblies. It reiterates our
commitment to setup an ecosystem for the supply chain
catering to global aerospace industry requirement. Combined
with the rest of our capabilities it positions us uniquely
in the aerospace industry in India.” said Aravind
Melligeri, Chairman & Co-founder, QuEST.
QuEST has appointed Nicholas Belbin, as an advisory board
member at QuEST Manufacturing to leverage his extensive
experience in aerospace sheet metal processing. He has been
instrumental in establishing FMS and computerized systems
for various forming processes like brake forming,
hydro-forming, hot forming etc. He has also written detailed
specifications for forming and processing of sheet metal
fabrication and assembly.
QuEST is participating in the Farnborough International
Airshow 2008 – UK, during which, it would be showcasing its
end-to-end capabilities in aerospace engineering which
include design and drafting/modeling, analysis/simulation,
design automation, technical documentation, instrumentation
and controls, electrical wiring/harness, avionics, embedded
systems, manufacturing engineering, prototyping, in-house
precision machining, sheet metal work and special
processing.
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