Aperture Science Inc.

In the early 1940's, Aperture Fixtures was founded by Cave ####### as a shower curtain manufacturer (The name "Aperture Fixtures" was chosen "to make the curtains appear more hygienic"[7]). ####### renamed the company "Aperture Science Innovators" in 1947, also for the same purpose of making the curtains appear more hygienic. In 1947, Cave ####### purchased an abandoned salt mine that ran over 4200 meters underground in order to create the facility for Aperture Science. In 1956, the ########## administration signs a contract with Aperture to manufacture shower curtains to all branches of the US Military, except the Navy.Early work on the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device began; the early version, called the Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device, proved to be too bulky for effective use, while poor surface conductors for the portals often caused mangling or death of the test subjects when they tried to use the portals.