# APA Engineering

> APA Engineering combines engineering, sourcing, regulatory compliance and cataloging services for automotive, heavy-duty aftermarket and industrial companies. Its software includes PMT for product information, Catapult web catalogs, Octopus multichannel distribution and tools for material and chemical compliance.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Mount Laurel, United States
- **Founders:** K. Vaidyanathan (Co-founder, Director and CEO), K. Ramakrishnan (Co-founder, Director and COO)
- **Products:** Engineering services, Global sourcing, PMT, Catapult, Octopus
- **Notable:** Company reports more than 400 employees., Supplier-management page describes a database of more than 600 suppliers., Company reports ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and TISAX credentials; scope should be checked against certificates.

## Products & services

- **Engineering services** — Concept and product design, design FMEA, DFM/DFA, drawings, bills of materials, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics and reverse engineering.
- **Global sourcing** — Supplier identification and audits, procurement, quality assurance, tooling support, pre-dispatch inspection and logistics.
- **PMT** — Web-based SaaS product information management for aftermarket parts; ACES/PIES data, assets, attributes, imports, exports and integrations.
- **Catapult** — Web catalogs and online stores for parts businesses.
- **Octopus** — Multichannel connector supporting marketplace listings and fitment synchronization.
- **RECORD** — Net-change analysis of successive supplier data files, validation and error correction before catalog publication.
- **GreenCheck** — Chemical and product-compliance data management spanning multiple regulations and reporting workflows.
- **MDS Xpress** — BOM analysis, material-data validation, IMDS assembly-tree creation, supplier communication and SCIP submission automation.
- **AutoGen CM** — Conflict-minerals supplier due diligence and reporting automation.
- **CIBS** — State-level sales-compliance assessment and product sales reports.
- **ESGHQ** — Software supporting alignment with sustainability standards.
- **Managed compliance services** — Supplier data collection and analysis supporting IMDS, REACH, RoHS, SCIP, conflict minerals and other customer compliance needs.

## Achievements

- Company reports more than 400 employees.
- Supplier-management page describes a database of more than 600 suppliers.
- Company reports ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and TISAX credentials; scope should be checked against certificates.
- Published UEM Pistons testimonial describes ERP-connected B2B ordering and real-time inventory availability.
- TAKE Solutions’ FY2020-21 annual report records sale of its 58% APA Engineering Private Limited stake to APA’s promoters for INR 174 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published an Auto Care Standards September 2026 update on October 21, 2026.
- **2026-09** — Listed participation at Automechanika Frankfurt, September 8-12, stand E40, Hall 12.1.
- **2026-11** — Announced upcoming AAPEX participation for November 3-5, 2026, booth V758, Level 2, Venetian Expo. Future event as of the research date.

## Links

- Website: https://apaengineering.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apaengineering/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/apaengineering
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apaengineering
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/APA-Engineering-Inc/100064279620266/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24