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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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