Japanese firm buys Sandpoint plane builder Quest Aircraft Company

Japanese firm Setouchi Holdings Inc. has acquired Sandpoint-based Quest Aircraft Company http://questaircraft.com/ , which builds the KODIAK single-engine turboprop airplane.

Quest, which has 184 employees, will remain in Sandpoint with its current leadership team and use new capital from Setouchi to ramp up production and expand its workforce, the company said today.

Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review

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