Company history

About us

The history of OPTITOOL GmbH began in 1994 at the University of Regensburg in the working group of Professor Dr. Morgenstern. Algorithms from the field of theoretical physics for researching high-temperature superconductivity were first examined for their applicability to complex transport problems in practice and then successfully implemented. Thanks to these successful projects, the chair was able to acquire third-party funding to finance diploma and doctoral theses. 
 
The continuous further development of the algorithms in conjunction with their successful use in practice ultimately led to the founding of OPTITOOL in order to create a commercial framework for growth and secure jobs. OPTITOOL GmbH has the necessary know-how of the complex optimization algorithms in-house and continues to develop them further. This enables industry-specific business rules to be mapped in such a way that considerable time and cost savings can be achieved in practice. OPTITOOL is currently the German market leader in the petroleum and dairy industries. The OPTITOOL GmbH team consists of specialized academics and IT specialists who work in the areas of software development, sales, administration, customer support, IT and project management.

Location

Regensburg

The Business Park Regensburg is a central location for offices, commerce and service in one the most promising technology regions in Germany and close to the airports of Munich and Nuremberg.

Managing director

The company founder and managing director Dr. Josef Rackl studied physics at the University of Regensburg. His major fields of study were “Theoretical Physics” and “Operations Research”.

In his diploma thesis Dr. Rackl analyzed the applicability of the physical algorithms on the transport logistics. In the subsequent doctorate the algorithmic basis for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems in the logistics was further developed. In 1996 the company was founded in order to develop (based on the theoretical principles) and sell a product which meets the requirements in practice.

Dr. Rackl received a doctoral degree in June 2000. The subject of his dissertation was “Studies on the combinatorial optimization problems using methods of statistical physics”.

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Our goal

Our goal is to provide our clients innovative and individual solutions combined with a competent and personal service – and all at attractive price-performance ratio.