private industry manufacturing founded 1983 headquarters 48 33 37 n 123 25 27.08 w 48.56028 n 123.4241889 w 48.56028 ; 123.4241889 coordinates 48 33 37 n 123 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 a leading independent north american supplier of train electronics and software solutions for the rail transit industry . 3 certified iso 9001 2008 and cmmi level2 scampi a ready 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 quester tangent facilities include 20 000 sq. ft. of working space . the company has over 6 000 sq. ft. of environmentally controlled manufacturing floor including 1 000 sq. ft. for engineering prototyping 2 500 sq ft of inventory space and 3 000 sq. ft. of advanced testing space including a full electromagnetic compatibility electromagnetic interference emi emc lab . 2 contents 1 history 2 rail transit products 3 clients 4 countries served 5 marine products 6 honours and awards 7 references 8 external links history edit 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 rail transit products edit with over 7 000 products installed in revenue service 7 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 7 and wayside software 4 fleetwise software 2 testwise 2 trainwise monitoring and control 2 trainwise networks 2 trainwise passenger information 2 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 2 system integration project management custom engineering manufacturing maintenance and warranty support customer service training clients edit clients include 4 massachusetts bay transportation authority mbta metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority marta nj transit njt new york city transit authority nyct southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority septa metropolitan transportation authority mta washington metropolitan area transit authority wmata skytrain british columbia rapid transit company bcrtc port authority transit corporation patco rapid kl maryland transit administration mta detroit people mover countries served edit currently quester tangent is associated with operations in 2 4 canada china france italy japan korea malaysia usa historically quester tangent marine division operated in 2 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 edit 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. 8 products and services of the former quester tangent marine division included qtc wathview data processing system for multibeam and sidescan sonars and the impact12 and qtc view single beam classification systems . 9 honours and awards edit quester tangent was a finalist in the advancing technology & innovation category of the 2014 bc export awards . 10 in june 2013 quester tangent won the viatec award for technology company of the year . 5 references edit 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 . a b c d e f g h i j industry canada profile for quester tangent improving passenger comfort through data management innovation smartrail world october 21 2014 a b c d e f g quester tangent website a b victoria tech sector hands out annual awards times colonist by andrew duffy june 20 2013 quester tangent thinks inside the box peninsula news review by steven heywood november 23 2012 a b smartrail speaks dan cumming director of sales & marketing quester tangent smartrail world september 30 2014 maritime way scientific website maritime way scientific seabed classification bc export awards advancing technology & innovation finalists external links edit company website quester tangent at industry canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quester tangent corporation & oldid 740518694 categories manufacturing companies of canadacompanies based in british columbiacompanies established in 1983hidden categories articles with wayback machine linkscoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata 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