Quest partners Magellan for aerospace processing facility

Bangalore, Feb 6 (UNI) QuEST, a leading provider of engineering services offering end-to-end product development and engineering solutions, today announced the formation of 50:50 joint ownership company with Magellan Aerospace to launch India's first independent Processing Facility to cater to the needs of Aerospace Manufacturing Industry.

The launch of this processing facility positioned QuEST and Magellan as early adopters in the aerospace supply chain development in India. The facility, which would open in early 2008, would initially focus on processes for aluminum, titanium and stainless steel components for aerostructure and aeroengine components.

Magellan was working closely with its key customers to meet their needs in the Indian market, Quest said in a release here.

QuEST launched its manufacturing facility, QuEST Machining and Manufacturing, few months ago. It had won contracts from Magellan to manufacture landing gear parts for Boeing 747, 777 and 787 programmes.

Magellan had been sub-contracting in India for three years finished machine parts without outside processing and treatments.

This was seen as a gap in the supply chain. The key to fully develop the supply chain was to have OEM Approved Processing.

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