Quantum Design (QD) has been active in South America since 1998. In 2011 the South American office was opened in Brazil to meet the needs of the sizable and growing research base using Quantum Design Equipment. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in San Diego, California with additional offices in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and India, as well as Europe and the Americas.. Benefiting from its depth in instrument design and manufacturing, Quantum Design (QD) has become the leading commercial source for automated materials characterization systems incorporating superconducting technology for research applications in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. In diverse areas such as materials characterization, high-sensitivity electrical measurements, and defense-related magnetic anomaly detection, Quantum Design’s team of scientists and engineers provides a full spectrum of service and application support for customers both domestically and internationally. The office in Latin America is fully operational where new features are continually being added to facilitate activities for researchers. QDSA are fortunate to be able to represent a very good line of other scientific instrumentation companies to service South America. Also this office are bringing and locally supporting equipments from other partners that are involved with 25+ countries where QD are established.