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Bangalore,
14 February 2006. Quality Engineering and Software
Technologies (QuEST), a leading provider of engineering
solutions for advanced technology products, has announced
a tie-up with Industrial and Power Systems & Services
Company (IPS), one of the in-house companies of Japan’s
Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba). This tie-up will enable
IPS to leverage QuEST’s resources and skills in areas of
engineering and manufacturing services.
As part of the agreement, QuEST will extend its support to
IPS in the areas of turbo-machinery components and their
related accessories, specifically in the power generation
equipment segment.
“India has emerged as a strong technology hub in the Asian
region and we are enthusiastic about using its vast talent
pool,” said Mr. Atsuhiko Izumi, Deputy General Manager,
Toshiba Keihin Product Operations. “We are impressed by
what QuEST can offer and we look forward to taking advantage
of QuEST’s resources and expertise in the future. We place a
strong emphasis on full understanding of our quality
requirements and on-time delivery. The QuEST team
understands this and has been able to demonstrate the kind
of value in services that we need from our partners. We look
forward to growing our relationship with QuEST.”
“We have signed a three-year contract with Toshiba and set
up a team comprising of 30 members for the current project,”
said Mr. Aravind Melligeri, President, QuEST.
“Presently we are in the build stage of the project and
influx of new projects should scale up in terms of technical
complexity and value addition realized by the customer.
Toshiba will provide us the technical know how and processes
needed to execute the work as per their requirements. QuEST
has established a dedicated team to support Toshiba. We will
continue to invest and mature this relationship.”
“QuEST will support Toshiba in specific functions such as
automation of their design process to cut down the time to
market, detailed design including: Finite Element Analysis (FEA),
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Detailing, and
Manufacturing Vendor Management Support Services,” Mr.
Melligeri added. |
