{"id":1449,"date":"2021-07-11T20:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T20:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/?page_id=1449"},"modified":"2021-07-29T23:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:16:51","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\u00a0\u00bbstretch_row\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;]<div class=\"cz_eqh cz_content_box_parent_fx  z99\"><div id=\"cz_30550\" class=\"cz_30550 cz_content_box clr\"><div class=\"cz_box_front clr\"><div class=\"cz_box_front_inner clr \"><span><\/span><div><div id=\"cz_98526\" class=\"cz_98526 cz_title clr cz_smart_fs cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 70, 122, 0.35);\">AMEL was created in 1946 <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"cz_94763\" class=\"cz_94763 cz_title clr cz_smart_fs cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><span class=\"cz_line_side_solo\">_<\/span><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 38px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 900; color: #00467a;\">AMEL <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><span class=\"cz_line_side_solo cz_line_side_after\" style=\"left:1px\">_<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div><div id=\"cz_36374\" class=\"cz_36374 cz_title clr cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><p>AMEL means \u00ab Applications Modernes de l&rsquo;ELectricit\u00e9 \u00bb (Moderns Applications of ELectricity)<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00ab Applications \u00bb in order to be well referenced in the french directories as the famous \u00ab BOTIN \u00bb was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00ab Moderns\u00bb because every new things was in this time necessarily modern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00ab of ELectricity\u00bb because the first manufactured products were flashlights.<\/p>\n<p>The founder, monsieur Raoul GASSER L2000, engineer from \u00ab\u00a0Arts et M\u00e9tiers Pa 22\u00a0\u00bb, had in 1946, about twenty years of experience in the manufacture of aluminium, from the pioneer electrolysis for \u00ab\u00a0PECHINEY Ales Froges Camargue\u00a0\u00bb, to the direction of the Technic Center of Aluminium.<\/p>\n<p>First, reflectors needed for the flashlights were subcontracted and then were integrated by AMEL. When the main outlet for the flashlight is going down (they were destinated to the settlements), the invention of a machine which permits the automatic spinning, opened new horizons by enabling low-cost manufacturing of delicate pieces of aluminum: the reflectors for miners&rsquo; headlamp all around the world; the finishing treatement was then subcontracted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;]<div id=\"cz_105582\" class=\"cz_105582 cz_image clr cz_image_no_fx center_on_mobile\"><div class=\"\" ><div class=\"cz_image_in\"><div class=\"cz_main_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;1080&#39;%20height=&#39;1440&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%201080%201440&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec1-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec1-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1556484376874{margin-top: -80px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column]<div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_mobile clr\" style=\"height: 50px\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 1px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_tablet clr  show_only_tablet\" style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_mobile clr\" style=\"height: 60px\"><\/div><div id=\"cz_37459\" class=\"cz_37459 cz_image clr cz_image_no_fx center_on_mobile\"><div class=\"\" ><div class=\"cz_image_in\"><div class=\"cz_main_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;1080&#39;%20height=&#39;1440&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%201080%201440&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec15-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec15-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec15-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec15-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reflec15-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 1px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_tablet clr \" style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 50px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_eqh cz_content_box_parent_fx  z99\"><div id=\"cz_34435\" class=\"cz_34435 cz_content_box clr\"><div class=\"cz_box_front clr\"><div class=\"cz_box_front_inner clr \"><span><\/span><div><div id=\"cz_51885\" class=\"cz_51885 cz_title clr cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><p align=\"justify\">Quality of the last operation is random, that&rsquo;s why, monsieur GASSER participates in the 60s to the rationalization of a polishing performant process, the \u00ab\u00a0<strong>BRYTAL<\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0. From this time,\u00a0<strong>AMEL company controls every steps of the reflectors and mirors manufacture\u00a0<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>studies<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>obtainning forms<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>finishes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Finnaly, the manufacture just does not produce the raw material. Monsieur GASSER knew it well and, his activity requiring the use of\u00a0<strong>high-purity aluminium<\/strong>, the company was often used as guinea pig to his former colleagues stayed at PECHINEY for the development of new products, especially the \u00ab\u00a0<strong>plated<\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The founder had forged three proverbs for his buisness: \u00ab\u00a0Never taken\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0I think\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0You don&rsquo;t need to hope to undertake nor to succeed to persevere\u00a0\u00bb. The last one cost him many hours at the pursuit of the manufactured of a mirror of sufficient quality to equip a telescope which would have been sold for a low price.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">However, the first two are perpetuated by Monsieur LEFEBVRE, one of his grandchildren, to meet the demands ever more complex and demanding from research departments of the clients of the third millenium (emergence of LEDs).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1556484376874{margin-top: -80px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column]<div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 70px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_mobile clr\" style=\"height: 50px\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00a0\u00bbstretch_row\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1626011417810{background-image: url(https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2021-07-11T134430.624.jpg?id=1406) !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 75px\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div id=\"cz_36882\" class=\"cz_36882 cz_title clr cz_title_has_icon cz_title_pos_block tac\"><a href=\"tel:+33145062553\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><i class=\"cz_title_icon_before fa czico-092-phone-call-1\"><\/i><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00467a; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500;\">+ (33) 01 45 06 25 53<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div id=\"cz_108715\" class=\"cz_108715 cz_title clr cz_title_has_icon cz_title_pos_block tac\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><i class=\"cz_title_icon_before fa czico-080-placeholder-3\"><\/i><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00467a; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500;\">35 rue Pierre Carlier &#8211; 95 370 MONTIGNY-LES-CORMEILLES &#8211; FRANCE <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div id=\"cz_54950\" class=\"cz_54950 cz_title clr cz_title_has_icon cz_title_pos_block tac\"><a href=\"mailto:ste.amel@wanadoo.fr\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><i class=\"cz_title_icon_before fa czico-094-envelope\"><\/i><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00467a; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500;\">ste.amel@wanadoo.fr<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 60px\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\u00a0\u00bbstretch_row\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1556484376874{margin-top: -80px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-md-6&Prime;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1556484376874{margin-top: -80px &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1449","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1635,"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1449\/revisions\/1635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflecteurs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}