QFS Technologies, part of QML Holdings held a Virtual Breakfast Morning with Made in the Midlands today. The event gave members the opportunity to network with fellow industry leaders and learn more about QFS and their capabilities.
As with every other Made in group breakfast morning, the event began with a short introduction from each member who joined. The 58 industry leaders who joined the event introduced themselves and their businesses to the rest of the group.
Whilst challenges associated with COVID-19 have prevented these kinds of events happening in person, using video applications such as Zoom has allowed business people to connect with a diverse group of people. This is an advantage in comparison to physical events where people may not be able to connect with many different individuals in a short amount of time.
Birmingham based QFS Technologies is a world-class supplier of engineering services to leading OEM and tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry. The company supplies to the likes of BMW, Rolls Royce, Mclaren and Jaguar Land Rover.
Founded in 1997 and based in Solihull, the company has a 34,000 sq/ft facility. As a specialist supplier, they have a unique offering for Metallic Prototype Parts and Metallic Low to Medium Volume Production parts.
QFS Technologies is part of the parent company QML Holdings which also houses the likes of Hockley, Hockley Tooling Solutions, 5th Dimension Composites, DEVA and Quantum. Whilst each company has its own unique specialisms QFS alone holds multiple capabilities.
The leading supplier to the automotive industry uses a simulation software that allows the team to produce products and prototypes from development to the part, design, internal tool manufacture, tool try out and development to producing the part, allowing them to achieve excellence first time.
With the capabilities of producing low to medium volume demand, the company has a diverse customer base. Just recently the team delivered a batch of 200,000 parts on time, this highlights their numerous quality accreditations such as ISO9001 2015 and ISO14001 2015.
Members who attended the Breakfast Morning were also given insight into the company’s auto form press simulation through a series of videos and graphics. This shows how the material performs during a pressing process and allows them to make any necessary geometric adjustments with the customer.
Finally, QFS further highlighted their numerous manufacturing solutions, during the presentation, with a showcase of their product range. This included products for Handling and Production, Specialist Tooling, Maintenance Repair and Overhaul and more.
