Quester Tangent Corporation

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

Quester Tangent facilities include 20000 sqft of working space. The company has over 6000 sqft of environmentally controlled manufacturing floor including 1000 sqft for engineering prototyping, 2500 sqft of inventory space and 3000 sqft of testing space including a full electromagnetic compatibility/electromagnetic interference (EMI/EMC) lab.

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. In 1994, Quester Tangent started producing monitoring and diagnostic systems for the rail transit industry.

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

Products include monitoring and control, on-train displays, event recorders, communication and data networks, passenger information systems, and wayside software:


 * FleetWise Software
 * TestWise
 * TrainWise Monitoring and Control
 * TrainWise Networks
 * TrainWise Passenger Information
 * TrainWise Engineering Management Interface
 * TrainWise Train Configuration Manager
 * Train Display Panels
 * Driver Display Units
 * Fault Display Panels
 * Controllers
 * Event Recorders
 * Train Network Controllers
 * Train-Wayside Controllers
 * Emergency Braking Acceleration Limiting Devices (EBALD)
 * Brake Assurance Monitors (BAM)
 * Low Voltage Power Supplied and Controllers
 * Driving Simulators

Quester Tangent also offers a number of services:


 * System integration
 * Project management
 * Custom engineering
 * Manufacturing
 * Maintenance and warranty support
 * Customer service
 * Training

Clients
Clients include:


 * Detroit People Mover
 * Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
 * Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
 * Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
 * Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
 * NJ Transit (NJT)
 * New York City Transit Authority (NYCT)
 * Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO)
 * Rapid KL
 * SkyTrain / British Columbia Rapid Transit Company (BCRTC)
 * SEPTA
 * Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Countries served
Currently, Quester Tangent is associated with operations in:


 * Canada
 * China
 * France
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Korea
 * Malaysia
 * USA

Historically, Quester Tangent Marine Division operated in:


 * Australia
 * Belgium
 * Brazil
 * Canada
 * Chile
 * China
 * Croatia
 * Cyprus
 * Denmark
 * England
 * France
 * Germany
 * Iceland
 * India
 * Iran
 * Ireland
 * Israel
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Lithuania
 * Malaysia
 * Mexico
 * Netherlands
 * New Zealand
 * Norway
 * Portugal
 * Romania
 * Russia
 * Scotland
 * Singapore
 * Spain
 * Taiwan
 * UAE
 * USA
 * Wales

Marine Products
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 - was successfully transferred to Maritime Way Scientific Ltd. Products and services of the former Quester Tangent Marine Division included QTC SWATHVIEW data processing system for multibeam and sidescan sonars, and the IMPACT12 and QTC VIEW single beam classification systems.

Honours and awards
Quester Tangent was a finalist in the Advancing Technology & Innovation category of the 2014 BC Export Awards.

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