RQ&D Engineering, LLC and ICA Inc enter Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on technical projects and cross-market services.

5/4/09

May 2009, Elmore, AL - Research, Quality, and Design Engineering, LLC and Industrial Control Associates, Inc of Pine Mountain Georgia, announce the completion of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to streamline product development services for their customer base in the automotive, appliance, food, aerospace, and defense industries.

With this agreement, the two companies will collaborate to provide centralized services for product development, production equipment, industrial automation, and continual quality assurance services to their shared target markets.  Cooperation will be facilitated through sharing of both company’s technical and marketing services.

 “For our customers to improve their productivity, we must find innovative ways to improve our efficiencies and address ever changing and increasing demands of business,” said Phillip W. Stephens of RQ&D.  “When RQ&D and ICA identified the benefit to our customers and the opportunity we possess, this was a win-win-win scenario for customers, ICA and RQ&D.  RQ&D and ICA are able to apply traditional principles using innovative methods and techniques in both engineering and business to meet customer expectations.”

Research, Quality, and Design Engineering, LLC (RQ&D) is an engineering services company based in Elmore, AL and provides services in materials science, quality assurance, product development, and mechanical design.

Industrial Controls Associates, Inc (ICA), based in Pine Mountain, GA, is a provider of process automation, assembly, and testing equipment.