PCA Engineers Limited began operation in 1989 and, in the intervening period of time, has become established as a leading international consultancy, specialising in compressor and turbine design.
Notable milestones in the company's development
- 1989 PCA begins operations with 3 founders
- 1991 Turbomachinery design software marketing commenced. Software used by clients in their turbine and compressor designs.
- 1994 UK customer base is established and international customer base is expanding - customers include Rolls-Royce plc, ABB Turbo Systems, ABB Power Generation, and European Gas Turbines Ltd
- 1996 PCA wins export award
- 1997 Company has grown three times in staff and four times in turnover; North American and Japanese customer bases are established
- 1999 PCA wins SMART award for the development of AMELIA - an unsteady aero-mechanical interaction system embodying PCA's unsteady finite element code FENELLA with CFX-TASCflow™.
- 2001 PCA enters a co-operation agreement with CFX, then a division of AEA Technology plc, combining the two companies' formidable strengths in turbomachinery design and CFD software systems for turbomachinery design and analysis. This cooperation, now between ANSYS® and PCA, exists in even stronger form today.
- 2002 PCA expands its capability to include whole plant analysis, including gas turbine cycle analysis, steam plant analysis, and the diagnosis and resolution of operational performance issues in the turbomachinery components.
- 2004 In January PCA Engineers celebrated fifteen years in business, serving the turbomachinery fraternity with excellence in designs of compressors, turbines, fans, and blowers, and the supply of well-developed turbomachinery design software. Our client base now includes Rolls-Royce plc, two divisions of Siemens, Innogy, ABB, ALSTOM Power and many more.
- Between 2004 and 2007 PCA has participated in several European Union funded consortia, including NEWAC, VITAL, and MOET, working with the leading manufacturers of aero-engines on advanced development of high performance compressors.
