History
2009
- PTV launches the first route planning software allowing reliable calculation of emissions
2008
- Two new members join PTV's Board of Directors: Thomas Haupt and Vincent Kobesen
- Completion of PTV's office building III - PTV offices in the Karlsruhe area are now under one roof
2007
- Merger with MAP&GUIDE GmbH
- map&guide becomes a PTV product line
2006
- Acquisition of the U.S. companies NuStats and DataSource
- Foundation of PTV Asia-Pacific with headquarters in Brisbane (Australia) and Singapore (Singapore)
2005
- Foundation of PTV Traffic Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Foundation of PTV Middle East
- Acquisition of Loxane, the French market leader for mapping and route planning software
- Harald Holberg becomes a member of the board of directors. As CFO he is repsonsible for finance, controlling and human resources.
2004
- PTV AG with 18 shareholdings, about 500 employees and a turnover of 50 million Euros
- Foundation of PTV France, majority shareholding in ITC, Inc. now named PTV America, Inc.; PTV-Ordis becomes a wholly-owned PTV subsidiary
- All technologies in the field of navigation from one source
- Integration of all three business fields
- Involved in operating companies for traffic management centres and traffic information services
2003
- System combining fleet management and navigation
- All telematics services available as web services
- PTV Vision as an integrated traffic and transportation planning system
since 2001
- Focus on the three business fields Traffic, Mobility and Logistics
2001
- PTV spins off the map&guide business. MAP&GUIDE GmbH becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of PTV
- The new addition to PTV's headquarters building is complete.
2000
- Foundation of PTV SWISS in Switzerland
- Foundation of PTV ONLINE in France
- Majority shareholding in ORDIS, the Netherlands
1999
- Foundation of PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, Karlsruhe into which the five PTV GmbHs were merged. Dr.-Ing. Hans Hubschneider, Dr. Joachim Schmidt und Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schwerdtfeger are the three members of the board of directors
- Shareholding in YellowMap AG
- Development co-operation with Siemens for traffic management
1997-1998
- Expansion of international activities through a joint-venture with ITC Innovative Transportation Concepts, USA (Traffic simulation)
- Expansion of country organisations and co-operation partnerships in the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy and The Netherlands
1996
- Foundation of TTK Transport Technologie Consult GmbH, Karlsruhe in the field rail-linked traffic systems
- Shareholding in DDS digital data services GmbH (sale of geography and market data)
- Shareholding in Varta-Führer GmbH in co-operation with Mairs Geographischer Verlag and Varta AG
- Shareholding in RegioService GmbH for online activities
- Move to the joint PTV house in Karlsruhe
1992
- Foundation of the PTV Consult Beratende Verkehrsingenieure GmbH with specialisation in traffic guidance systems and traffic telematics
- The origin of PTV Holding as holding for the PTV group of companies
1991
- For traffic planning in the former East Germany: Foundation of PSV Planungsbüro Stadt- und Regionalverkehr GmbH with head-office in Dresden and offices in Berlin and Erfurt
1990
- Foundation of the first subsidiary - PTV system Software and Consulting with emphasis on traffic planning.
- Shareholding in LOCOM Consulting GmbH specialising in the field logistics and distribution optimisation
1988
- First mutual project with Ordis BV in the field container planning
1980-1989
- Development of the first larger orders such as route network planning for bus and road traffic in Mannheim or the introduction of trip planning and distribution optimisation with PTV Intertour for Langnese-Iglo
1979-1982
- Dr.-Ing. Hans Hubschneider and Michael Sahling design the first software program for trip planning at the Karlsruher Universtität
1979
- Foundation of the PTV Planungsbüro Transport und Verkehr GmbH in Karlsruhe
