Quester Tangent Corporation

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Quester Tangent Corporation
Company type Private
Industry Manufacturing
Founded1983
Headquarters 48°33′37″N123°25′27.08″W / 48.56028°N 123.4241889°W / 48.56028; -123.4241889 ,
Saanichton, British Columbia
,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Products Rail transit electronics
Revenue$10 million (2011) [1]
Number of employees
75 (2015) [2]
Website http://www.questertangent.com/

Quester Tangent Corporation (QTC) is an independent North American supplier of train electronics and software for the rail transit industry. [3] [4] Quester Tangent designs, develops and manufactures vehicle monitoring hardware and software for the global rail transit industry, [4] including monitoring and control products, on-train displays, communication and data networks, and passenger information systems. [5]

Contents

Quester Tangent facilities include 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) of working space. The company has over 6,000 sq ft (560 m2) of environmentally controlled manufacturing floor including 1,000 sq ft (93 m2) for engineering prototyping, 2,500 sq ft (230 m2) of inventory space and 3,000 sq ft (280 m2) of testing space including a full electromagnetic compatibility/electromagnetic interference (EMI/EMC) lab. [2]

History

Founded in 1983, Quester Tangent Corporation initially served the marine sciences markets, providing equipment and systems for non-destructive, acoustic remote sensing of the seabed to assist with seabed classification and environmental monitoring. [4] In 1994, Quester Tangent started producing monitoring and diagnostic systems for the rail transit industry. [6]

In June 2013, Quester Tangent won the VIATeC Award for Technology Company of the Year. [5]

Quester Tangent was a finalist in the Advancing Technology & Innovation category of the 2014 BC Export Awards. [7]

On August 12, 2014 ownership of Quester Tangent's Marine Division - including all the assets, intellectual properties and patents of the QTC Seabed Classification Technologies - were transferred to Maritime Way Scientific Ltd. [8] [ better source needed ]

Overview

With over 7,000 products installed in revenue-service, [9] Quester Tangent supplies train management, passenger information and fleet diagnostics systems for new builds, retrofits and overhauls. [4]

Products include monitoring and control, on-train displays, event recorders, communication and data networks, passenger information systems, [9] and wayside software. Quester has customers in many countries including Canada, France, China, and the USA [2] [4] ; some notable clients using Quester products and services include the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), New York City Transit Authority, and the SkyTrain in Vancouver, BC. [4] [ better source needed ]

References

  1. ↑ A closeup look at nine of the region’s manufacturers, Times Colonist, by Cara Wilson, October 23, 2014 Archived March 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 "Industry Canada profile for Quester Tangent". Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  3. ↑ Improving passenger comfort through data management innovation, SmartRail World, October 21, 2014
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Quester Tangent Website
  5. 1 2 Victoria tech sector hands out annual awards, Times Colonist, by Andrew Duffy, June 20, 2013
  6. ↑ "Quester Tangent thinks inside the box, Peninsula News Review, by Steven Heywood, November 23, 2012". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ BC Export Awards - Advancing Technology & Innovation: Finalists
  8. ↑ "Maritime Way Scientific website". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  9. 1 2 SmartRail Speaks: Dan Cumming, Director of Sales & Marketing, Quester Tangent, SmartRail World, September 30, 2014
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