Innovation is a crucial element of success for any business; it allows organisations to redefine operational standards, reshape the future, and achieve the impossible. From designing new components to evolving legacy products, championing innovation is the key to advancing industry development and widening access to sectors around the world. We take a look at The Engineering Quest below, a rising industrial machinery manufacturing company named in the 2025 Business Elite Awards for its significant contributions that have driven a wide range of industries towards innovation. One Company’s Quest to Innovate within Industries The story of The Engineering Quest began when now-CEO Steve Matheron took over the family business, Tracel. Steve made the strategic decision to merge Tracel, a high-end aerospace subcontractor, with Preform Tools, a company that made carbide compaction tooling for the indexable inset industry, to create a company focused on delivering niche, high-precision work designed to drive the success of numerous industries. Today, The Engineering Quest is a leading global supplier of precision-machined components and sub-assemblies. Having expanded significantly since its inception, the company is based on two sites in Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire and a robust team of 112 employees, 92 of whom are actively engaged in engineering and production. Boasting more than three decades of experience in the industry, the company is on a mission to aid its clientele in developing the next cutting-edge device or component to innovate their industries. Across its two locations, The Engineering Quest possesses two machine shops with a combined area of 24,000sqft and a process cell production layout. The company is wellequipped with an expansive range of tools and facilities, including 52 CNC machines and 80 machines overall, as well as key inspection equipment such as CNC coordinate measuring machines, optical coordinate measuring machines, contour and surface analysis machines, and roundness and geometric measuring machines. As a leader in its field, The Engineering Quest strives to continually invest into and upgrade its facilities in order to enhance its capabilities. In January 2025, the machine shops saw the addition of the PERFECT PFG-D4080AH/ DT/ADP surface grinder. This state-of-the-art machine represents another pivotal step forward for The Engineering Quest on its journey to deliver unparalleled quality and precision for clients across a diverse range of industries. The Engineering Quest promises to deliver precision, quality, innovation, and efficiency to a wide array of industries, creating internal and external teams to meet some of the biggest engineering challenges facing the global industry. Such industries include aerospace and space, in which the company is a major manufacturer of legacy aircraft parts; the medical field, where The Engineering Quest serves as a global supplier of micro-machined ophthalmic instruments; and the offshore industry, in which its expertise is optimal for navigating the world’s most difficult working environments. Through its operations, The Engineering Quest has made significant impact towards communities throughout the world. Since its inception, the company has helped to make life better for amputees across the globe, made a key contribution to a spacebased optical telescope, and was even an instrumental player in making today’s internet possible. In addition to these key fields, The Engineering Quest also works within oil and gas, diesel systems, industrial, electronics, automotives, and motorsports. Since its founding in 1966, The Engineering Quest has been unwaveringly committed to innovation, quality, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. This mission has earned the company a variety of accolades that truly encapsulate its dedication to advancing the engineering sector, inspiring its top-tier team to exceed expectations, and drive the industry forward with continual innovation. 2024 was an exceptional year for The Engineering Quest, with the company receiving a number of awards from various prestigious programmes. In one year, The Engineering Quest was awarded the STEM Education Initiative of the Year 2023/24, a 2024 Global Recognition Award, placed as a finalist in the National Business Women’s Awards 2024, and won a number of awards in the 2024 Business Awards UK, including Best Family Business, Best Manufacturing UK Award, Family Business of the Year, and CEO and Director of the Year. Now, The Engineering Quest has been recognised as the Best Precision-Machined Components Supplier 2025 in the 2025 Business Elite Awards held by SME News. This will be the company’s second year of success in this awards programme, having been named the Leading Supplier of Precision-Machined Components 2024 in the previous year. Renowned across the industry for its outstanding manufacturing capabilities, driven by a hunger for innovation and a thirst for success, we at SME News magazine have no doubts that the future will indeed be prosperous for The Engineering Quest as the company continues to pioneer new frontiers in engineering. Contact: Will Sharpe Company: The Engineering Quest Web Address: www.join-the-quest.co.uk Nov24150
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