PTV Group

Sector Technology
Location Frankfurt
Date acquired 2021
Transaction size Not disclosed

Transport logistics solutions for traffic simulation, planning and optimisation


PTV is a platform that benefits from inorganic growth, enabling it to penetrate further areas of the value chain as evidenced by the transformational add-on acquisition of Econolite, the leading traffic management provider in North America.

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Today, we face enormous challenges such as advancing urbanisation, increased environmental and air pollution, congestion in transport networks and the need to meet CO2 reduction targets. Global software company PTV has more than 40 years of experience in these fields, providing software products including micro- and macroscopic modelling and simulation of traffic and transport, real-time traffic management, data-based visualisation and analysis of traffic flows as well as route optimisation for logistics. It is serving approximately 10,000 customers globally including more than 2,500 cities and municipalities with its products and proprietary algorithms.


“In Bridgepoint, with their buy-and-build expertise, we found the right partner to lead PTV into a very successful future.”

Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Finance of Porsche SE
and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PTV

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