QIMA at 20: Shaping the Future of Testing, Inspection & Certification Industry
At QIMA, our 20‑year journey reflects continuous innovation, global expansion, and a commitment to responsibility. Since our founding in 2005, we’ve grown from a regional inspection company to a world‑class provider of Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC)services.
Our mission has always been to redefine how businesses navigate quality, compliance, and transparency, helping businesses earn and keep consumer trust.
Today, more than 30,000 clients across Consumer Products, Food and Agricultural Commodities, and Life Sciences rely on QIMA. Whether you’re testing textile safety, certifying food quality, or validating pharmaceutical efficacy, we help businesses deliver safe, compliant, and trusted products to market.
Read about how our comprehensive suite of TIC services strengthen supply chains and builds stakeholder confidence worldwide.
From Regional Inspections to Global TIC Leadership
Founded in 2005 under the name AsiaInspection and rebranded as QIMA in 2018 to reflect our global footprint, we set out to provide reliable, transparent quality control for businesses navigating complex global sourcing landscape.
As our clients’ needs evolved, so did our services, expanding beyond inspections to comprehensive quality and compliance solutions. These values-driven decisions have guided every milestone in our journey.
Today, QIMA serves these three key sectors, driven by experts committed to raise global standards. From testing harmful substances in toys to validating skincare claims, our goal is to help clients make products consumers can trust.
Expansion into Food, Agri Commodities and Life Sciences
As global supply chains grew more complex and calls for transparency grew louder, we extended our quality and compliance expertise beyond consumer goods.
Food and Agricultural Commodities
In 2011, we entered the Food & Agri Commodities sector with a mission to protect food safety, quality, and sustainability from farm to fork. With laboratories and expert teams now across America and beyond, we support the entire value chain, from farmers and growers to manufacturers, packhouses, distributors, and global traders in meeting both local and international standards.
Life Sciences
In 2019, QIMA extended our capabilities into Life Sciences, supporting pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and biotech innovation through:
Advanced in vitro models, including fibroblast senescence assays.
Efficacy and safety testing for skin care and drug development.
Imaging and assay development for research and product innovation.
With expertise across Consumer Products, Food & Agri, and Life Sciences, QIMA offers a unified advantage: end‑to‑end assurance that nurtures trust for brands, retailers, manufacturers, growers, pharmaceutical leaders, biotech innovators, and ultimately the consumer.
Driving the TIC Industry Forward with Technology
In an industry once driven by pen-and-paper processes, QIMA has consistently challenged convention. By combining technological innovation with human expertise, we’ve streamlined workflows, enhanced visibility, and enabled data‑driven decisions at scale.
From the outset, we built myQIMA, a digital platform that lets clients schedule services, track inspections, access reports, and monitor performance in real time. No spreadsheets. No uncertainty. Just actionable insights.
We further strengthened our digital ecosystem with AI-powered platforms such as QIMA Signals and QIMA Risk Radar. These tools help businesses anticipate global disruptions—from natural disasters to geopolitical shifts—to respond with agility and confidence.
This digital-first approach ensures that organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 enterprises to fast‑growing startups, gain faster insights, stronger compliance, and smarter decision-making across their operations.
Built on Trust: Our Growth Story
QIMA’s growth is the result of strategic expansion, resilience, and a relentless client-first mindset. With offices and laboratories in over 100 countries, we’ve grown by building trusted teams and forming strategic partnerships that keep us close to our clients and their evolving supply chains.
Our differentiation lies in our commitment to transparency and reliability. We’ve achieved the #1 industry ranking for customer satisfaction (independent NPS), deliver some of the fastest laboratory turnaround times, and offer unmatched operational flexibility—from booking inspectors within 48 hours to providing clear, upfront pricing.
Milestones that shaped our journey:
Becoming the first TIC provider to integrate technology with human expertise at scale.
Rebranding to QIMA to reflect our global footprint and expanded services.
Launching our Food & Agri Commodities division to support the full food ecosystem.
Advancing pharmaceutical and cosmetic innovation through our Life Sciences division, including in vitro innovation.
Introducing cybersecurity testing in 2022 to safeguard connected devices from digital vulnerabilities.
These achievements reflect our commitments to making quality assurance more transparent, responsive, and future-ready.
The QIMA Way: Values That Guide Every Step
Our progress is powered by technology, but our culture is rooted in values. We anticipate our clients’ needs, act with integrity, and treat every product we inspect and test as if it were our own.
Across our global teams, from factories and farms to laboratories, our shared purpose is clear: simplify compliance, embrace change, and build trust. Every action we take is driven by a commitment to strengthening supply chains and the communities that rely on them.
The Future of Testing, Inspection & Certification
As we celebrate 20 years, QIMA looks ahead to a rapidly evolving marketplace shaped by new regulations, shifting sourcing strategies, and rising consumer expectations.
Nearly three-quarters of executives are pursuing dual-sourcing strategies, and 60% are regionalizing supply chains. This new environment demands more than compliance, businesses need predictive insights, proactive risk management, and trusted partners.
QIMA is helping lead this transformation by:
Investing in AI and data analytics for predictive risk management.
Partnering with industry leaders to raise standards.
Delivering digital tools that make supply chain visibility effortless and trust measurable.
We believe the future of TIC depends on innovation, collaboration, and shared responsibility, a collective effort toward a safer, more transparent world.
Ready for What’s Next
QIMA’s first 20 years were built on bold ideas and integrity. Today, we carry that same spirit into the future — ready to adapt, innovate, and champion trust across every connection we make.
Let’s shape the next 20 years together — building a world where safety, quality, and responsibility define every product, every partnership, and every promise.
FAQs
1. What does QIMA do in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) industry?
QIMA provides end-to-end quality and compliance services, including product testing, onsite inspections, audits, and certification, helping businesses across industries ensure safety, transparency, and trust throughout their supply chains.
2. What industries does QIMA support?
QIMA serves Consumer Products, Food and Agricultural Commodities, and Life Sciences industries offering quality control, testing, audit, certification, professional services, software solutions and R&D.
3. How does QIMA use technology in its TIC services?
QIMA integrates digital platforms like myQIMA and AI-powered tools such as QIMA Signals to deliver real-time data, predictive insights, and faster decision-making across the supply chain.
4. Why choose QIMA over other TIC companies?
QIMA stands out for its digital-first approach, customer-centric service, flexibility, and fast turnaround times. It also leads with values of integrity, innovation, and transparency in every engagement.
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