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ACEC National company history timeline

1914

In 1914 the company began manufacturing motor vehicles, with an electric transmission system, to the design of Balachowsky & Caire.

1929

In the interwar period ACEC began to produce vacuum-based electronics, including mercury arc rectifiers – in 1929 mercury-arc rectifiers were installed on Bruxelles tram system replacing rotary converters.

1939

In 1939 ACEC began to collaborate with Constructions Electriques de Belgique (CEB), with the two companies rationalising their combined production.

1942

By 1942 raw materials, and manufactured parts and tools were beginning to become scarce, in 1942/2 workers at the plant began to be commandeered to work in factories in Germany mainly those of AEG, Siemens and Brown-Boveri.

1947

In 1947 the collaboration with CEB concluded with the two companies merging, forming ACEC Herstal.

1958

ACEC was first introduced into Ireland in 1958 and the company has seen great change since then.

1985

The Société Générale de Belgique (SGB) and Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) agreed to acquire Westinghouse's (42%) share in the company in 1985, becoming joint majority shareholders.

1988

In 1988 the company was still in very poor financial condition; in the first half of 1988 it lost 570million BF on revenues of nearly 4billion Belgian francs.

1990

ACEC, as it’s current entity was born when Arthur O’ Connor purchased the naming rights in 1990, after years of service to the company.

1992

The pump machinery division was (ACEC centrifugal pumps) acquired (from ACEC Union Minière) by BW/IP in 1992.

1997

BW/IP successor Flowserve closed the Charleroi pump factory in 1997.

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