{"id":1414,"date":"2022-04-14T15:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.aero-ce.com\/?page_id=1414"},"modified":"2023-12-19T17:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:49:36","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aero-ce.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647854763857{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.aero-ce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/background2_pattern-4556994_1920.jpg?id=800) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"bravo_section_title text-center wow fadeInRight color-white\" >\n\t<h2>History of the company<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;60px&#8221;]<div class=\"timline-year\">\n<h3>2002<\/h3><\/div>\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Creation of ACE<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Prost Grand Prix Formula 1 racing team closed down for good in 2002. This was the start of a new era for the Magny Cours wind tunnel, which became the property of the newly formed company: Aero Concept Engineering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInRight timeline-inverted \" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Diversification<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Initially highly involved with the motor sports sector (F1, Proto Le Mans, WTCC, WRC, F3, one-design racing, etc.), ACE very quickly diversified its operations to offer wind-tunnel test and flow simulation services to all types of sectors of activity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"clearfix no-float\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"timline-year\">\n<h3>2008 - 2011<\/h3><\/div>\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>OpenFOAM<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since 2008, ACE has used the OpenFOAM open-source software solution to perform its CFD studies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInRight timeline-inverted \" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>1st training course<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2011, ACE gave its first training course in the use of OpenFOAM. As if to bear witness to the quality of this training, just a few years later the very first student, Yann Recoquillon, returned to the ACE team to take charge of OpenFOAM training!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"clearfix no-float\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"timline-year\">\n<h3>2019<\/h3><\/div>\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Change of management<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2019, Alexis Lapouille (one of our founders) took over the management of ACE and introduced a new strategy, which was rolled out during the succeeding years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"clearfix no-float\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"timline-year\">\n<h3>2020 - 2022<\/h3><\/div>\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Works<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2020, an extensive battery of works was undertaken in the wind tunnel to renovate the test section, modernise the wind tunnel\u2019s control and data capture capabilities and redesign the fixed-surface measurement platform in order to boost its performance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInRight timeline-inverted \" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Aeroptimum<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2021, the work on the wind tunnel was completed and ACE created AerOptimum, its dedicated sports-oriented brand which has made access to the wind tunnel possible for all athletes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\" wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-duration=\"500ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-badge\"><a><i class=\"fa fa-circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-panel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>ACE of Aircraft<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>2022 is the year of the launch of the first software solution developed by ACE: ACE of Aircraft. 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