QMI

What QMI does

QMI (Quality Material Inspection, Inc.) is a privately-held U.S. non-destructive testing (NDT) firm founded in 1981 by Willem Grandia and headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. The company provides ultrasonic and eddy current inspection services, custom automated scanning systems, and proprietary instrumentation for the non-destructive testing of advanced materials used in aerospace structures, with additional exposure to nuclear, petrochemical, construction, pipeline, offshore, and shipbuilding end markets.

QMI's technological foundation is built on its proprietary AIRSCAN® air-coupled ultrasonic technique, developed in 1986, which uses air as the acoustic coupling medium instead of water to inspect composite, honeycomb, foam-core, CFRP/FRP, and bonded assemblies without contaminating sensitive materials. The portfolio extends to custom automated scanning systems (tower vertical, turntable, rotary, robotic), focused air-coupled piezoelectric transducers, the SONDA 007 commercial flaw detector, WINSPECT C-scan imaging software, eddy current probe design, and full transducer and instrument fabrication capabilities. The company's flagship multi-channel flatbed scanning system delivers throughput reported as 20-100x faster than conventional water-jet systems, with documented inspection of a 10.5m x 3m wing section completed in 22 minutes versus 10-11 hours by conventional methods.

Commercially, QMI operates a direct sales motion led from its Huntington Beach headquarters and supported by a network of country-specific international representatives in the United Kingdom, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. Pricing is quote-based through a structured Request for Quote process, with revenue coming from a blend of in-house and on-site inspection services, equipment and scanning system sales, transducer and probe fabrication, and NADCAP-accredited calibration services. The customer base is enterprise-grade and concentrated in aerospace and defense primes, with named approvals from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop, GE, Williams International, Cessna, NASA, and the U.S. Military, alongside certifications under NADCAP, AMS, ASTM, and MIL-STD frameworks.

Name

QMI

Legal name

Quality Material Inspection, Inc.

Website

https://qmi-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

QMI (Quality Material Inspection, Inc.) provides nondestructive testing services, custom automated scanning systems, and proprietary instrumentation centered on its AIRSCAN® air-coupled ultrasonic technology, serving aerospace, defense, and industrial customers from Huntington Beach, California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Nondestructive Testing Services

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

NDT/Inspection & Testing Services (Aviation) (IMABALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

NDT/NDE Inspection Equipment (Ultrasonic, eddy current, radiography, thermography) (IMAGAFAI), Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) & Advanced Inspection (Phased Array, TOFD, Guided Wave) (EUAEAKAF), NDT/Inspection & Corrosion Control Services (TLAKAJAG)

Keywords

• Nondestructive testing services
• Ultrasonic inspection equipment
• Eddy current testing
• Air-coupled ultrasonics
• Automated scanning systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntington Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. NDT Inspection Services: Provides ultrasonic and eddy current inspection services for advanced materials, including in-house and on-site inspection capabilities. Services include development of ultrasonic and eddy current test techniques, composite inspection, multi-layer PC board inspection, and application support and consulting.
2. Inspection Systems and Equipment: Design and fabrication of ultrasonic and eddy current automated inspection systems, ultrasonic transducer design and fabrication, eddy current probe design and fabrication. Includes C-scan inspection systems, bench-top and portable scanners, large industrial scanning systems.
3. Calibration Services: Calibration services for ultrasonic and eddy current inspection equipment, maintaining NADCAP accreditation for quality assurance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

QMI (Quality Material Inspection, Inc.) provides nondestructive testing (NDT) services and custom automated inspection equipment for aerospace structures and engineered materials. The company specializes in ultrasonic and eddy current inspection, with proprietary AIRSCAN® air-coupled ultrasonic technology that eliminates water contamination of sensitive materials. QMI also designs and fabricates scanning systems, transducers, and probes, and offers in-house and on-site inspection, calibration, and consulting services.

Product overview

QMI (Quality Material Inspection, Inc.) provides a portfolio of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) products and services centered on Ultrasonic and Eddy Current inspection technologies. The core offerings include AIRSCAN®, the company's proprietary non-contact air-coupled ultrasonic inspection technique developed in 1995; NDT UT Scanning Systems for automated inspection; and SONDA 007 instrumentation. These are complemented by comprehensive Ultrasonic and Eddy Current Testing Services. All scanning systems utilize WINSPECT data acquisition software for C-scan imaging. The company also offers custom fabrication of nondestructive test instrumentation and transducers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Airscan®: Non-contact air-coupled ultrasonic inspection technique developed by QMI in 1986, using air as the acoustic coupling media between transducers and parts under test. Eliminates water contamination issues.

Products and services

• AIRSCAN® Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Inspection Non-contact air-coupled ultrasonic through-transmission inspection technique using air as the acoustic coupling media between transducers and the test part. Detects nonbonds, disbonds, crushed core, delaminations, and inclusions in engineered materials including composite laminates, honeycomb structures, foam core, metal laminates, CFRP/FRP lay-ups, and bonded assemblies. Designed for aerospace and industrial customers who cannot use liquid couplants due to contamination risk.
• NDT UT Scanning Systems Automated ultrasonic and eddy current scanning systems ranging from bench-top and portable units to large industrial systems. Includes tower vertical scanners, turntable scanners, rotary testing systems for piping and tubing, and robotic scanning systems. All units use WINSPECT C-scan data acquisition software. Horizontal systems scan parts up to 12ft by 40ft at 36 in./sec; vertical tower scanners handle parts up to 8ft by 20ft at 20 in./sec. Sold to aerospace, nuclear, and industrial customers requiring automated inspection.
• Eddy Current Testing Services Electromagnetic inspection technique for conductive materials to detect surface and near-surface defects. Services include flaw detection, conductivity measurements, coating thickness measurements, material thickness measurements, and rapid sorting of small components, with emphasis on low conductivity materials. Performed in-house at the Huntington Beach facility or on-site at customer locations for aerospace, nuclear, petrochemical, and industrial customers.
• Ultrasonic Testing Services High-frequency sound energy examinations for flaw detection, dimensional measurements, and material characterization. Methods include Air-Coupled Ultrasonics using AIRSCAN®, Dry-Coupled Ultrasonics, Water-Immersion and Water-Squirt Techniques, and Contact Techniques. Includes C-scan inspection (through-transmission, pulse echo, immersion, water-jet, dry-coupled), manual A-scan inspection, and thickness gauging. NADCAP-accredited for aerospace and industrial customers.
• SONDA 007 Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Flaw Detector Commercial air-coupled ultrasonic flaw detector featuring a 500V peak-to-peak bipolar driver with 15-cycle burst at 1 kHz pulse repetition frequency. Operates at 400 kHz toneburst frequency (0.85 mm wavelength in air) with capability for 200 kHz and 1 MHz operation. Includes super-low-noise wide-band preamplifier with 32 dB gain, computer-controlled attenuator, narrow-band tunable amplifier, and 8-bit flash converter at 10 Msample/s rate. Signal-to-noise ratio exceeds 40 dB in the 0.1-1 MHz frequency region. Sold to customers performing air-coupled ultrasonic inspection.
• NDT Calibration Services Calibration services for ultrasonic and eddy current inspection equipment. Maintains NADCAP accreditation for quality assurance, supporting aerospace customer compliance requirements. Provided in conjunction with equipment sales and inspection services.
• Custom Automated Scanning Systems Design and fabrication of custom automated scan systems incorporating state-of-the-art data acquisition and imaging instrumentation, ultrasonic pulsers and receivers whose performance surpasses currently available systems. Includes multi-channel air-coupled ultrasonic flatbed scanning systems (8-channel, 400 kHz Airscan transducers, sub-1mm focal spot, scanning speeds up to 5 meters/sec, throughput of 70 sq meters/hour up to 350 sq meters/hour maximum). Built to customer part specifications for aerospace and industrial inspection applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Inspection throughput: 22 minutes vs 10-11 hours for wing section 10.5m x 3m
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered regional.

• Imaginos NDTregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational representative for Europe. Located in Harpenden, AL5 3BW, U.K. Contact: Mike Reilly. Handles sales inquiries and customer support for European markets.
• NDT SolutionsregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational representative for India. Located at The Great Eastern Galleria, Plot No. 20, Sector 04, Nerul, New Bombay - 400 706, India. Handles sales and support for Indian market.
• NDT LAND Co, Ltd.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational representative for Korea. Located at 402-Dongsung, 521-19, Mok-Dong, Yangchun-Gu, 158-808, KOREA. Contact: J. S. Joe. Handles sales and support for Korean market.
• T&E Co., Ltd.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational representative for Japan. Located at #901, Yoyogi High-Land 1-53-12, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, TOKYO, 151-0063, JAPAN. Handles sales and support for Japanese market.
• Almatec Co., Ltd.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational representative for Taiwan. Located at 7th Floor, 112 Chung Hsiao Road, Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, 10023 R.O.C. Contact: D.H. Liaw / General Manager. Handles sales and support for Taiwanese market.
• Teclab (China) LimitedregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational representative for China. Located at 1-210 Core Plaza, No.1 ShanYuan Street, HaiDian District, Beijing, China 100080. Contact: Shaw Din. Handles sales and support for Chinese market.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sonatest: Sonatest designs and manufactures ultrasonic flaw detection instruments and probes, with a comparable product portfolio to QMI's instruments and transducer business serving aerospace and industrial NDT markets.
• MISTRAS Group: MISTRAS is a leading provider of NDT services and products serving aerospace, defense, energy, and infrastructure — directly comparable to QMI in ultrasonic and eddy current inspection, with a much larger global footprint.
• Tecnatom: Tecnatom provides ultrasonic and eddy current NDT inspection services and equipment primarily for the aerospace and nuclear industries — directly comparable to QMI's aerospace-focused ultrasonic and eddy current offerings.
• Olympus Industrial (Evident): Olympus Industrial is a major manufacturer of ultrasonic and eddy current flaw detectors, transducers, and phased-array NDT systems — overlapping directly with QMI's SONDA 007 and transducer product lines.
• Eddyfi Technologies: Eddyfi specializes in advanced eddy current and ultrasonic NDT instruments and probes, directly competing with QMI in eddy current testing and electromagnetic inspection solutions for aerospace and industrial customers.
• NDT Global: NDT Global provides ultrasonic and eddy current inline pipeline inspection services — comparable to QMI's pipeline and petrochemical NDT vertical and relevant to its ultrasonic inspection methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Waygate Technologies (Baker Hughes): Waygate Technologies (formerly GE Inspection Technologies, now part of Baker Hughes) provides industrial NDT equipment including ultrasonic and eddy current systems; it competes with QMI in ultrasonic scanning systems but serves a broader industrial base.
• Applus+ (Applus Services): Applus+ provides testing, inspection, and certification services including NDT across aerospace, energy, and infrastructure — broadly comparable to QMI's multi-vertical NDT service offering.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global TIC incumbent providing inspection, testing and certification services across marine, oil & gas, construction, and aerospace — comparable at the services layer to QMI's industrial NDT services.
• Intertek: Intertek is a global TIC (testing, inspection, certification) provider offering materials and product testing across aerospace and industrial sectors — overlapping with QMI's testing services across multiple verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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