Founded in 1947 by Paul Wallet with its head office and production site near Paris, Airwell, then called L'Air Conditionné Entreprise (ACE), was the first company to design and produce air conditioning units in Europe. Its first cooling systems were designed to cool down industrial processes rather than people. Only three years later, however, ACE started to produce direct expansion air conditioners for residential and light commercial applications which were especially designed for the severe climate conditions in the French African colonies and Middle East countries. Since then, the Airwell product range has been known for its high reliability, efficiency and quality standards and the company hasn't stopped growing. In contrary to its competitors, Airwell has always focused on air conditioning products, which is certainly one of the reasons for the company's world wide success.