1981
- ORTEC established in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 1 April
1985
- ORTEC Shortrec launched for Schuitema
1989
- Relocation to Gouda
1990
- ORTEC Consultants BV established; the company ceases to be a commercial partnership (‘VOF’)
1991
- ORTEC Consultants is comprised of three departments: Pensions, Production Planning, Logistics and Planning & Structure
1993
- Partnership with Belgium-based telecoms company Ditel
- Establishment of ORTEC France
1994
- Establishment of ORTEC Systems
1996
- ORTEC Consultants comprises the following departments: Risk Management, Performance & Real Estate, Production Planning, and Logistics and Aviation.
1997
- Establishment of ORTEC PlanningSystems in Belgium
1998
- ORTEC Consultants is comprised of 2 units: ORTEC Financial Consultants and ORTEC Logistics Consultants
- ORTEC International is established as a holding company
- ORTEC acquires an interest in Logiplan, a German-based software provider specializing in scheduling solutions
- ORTEC acquires an interest in TMS, a Dutch provider of logistics software for the cement industry as well as in MEBIN, de Hoop NCD
1999
- Opening of ORTEC’s Rotterdam office
2000
- ORTEC France sold to Air Liquide
- Establishment of ORTEC USA
- Establishment of ORTEC Academy
- Acquisition of IKS Groningen
- Acquisition of Taxion
- ORTEC acquires an interest in BASE, a South-African company
- ORTEC in figures: Revenues of EUR 14 million, 200 employees, operations in 4 countries. Continuous annual growth of 20%.
2001
- Establishment of ORTEC Work Schedule Management
- Establishment of ORTEC Taxion
- Establishment of OrtaX
- Opening of ORTEC Amsterdam
2002
- Establishment of ORTEC Oil & Gas Consultants
- Establishment of FinX
2003
- ORTEC in figures: Revenues of EUR 23 million, 300+ employees, operations in 4 countries. Continuous annual growth of 20%.
2004
- ORTEC units: ORTEC Logistics, including Products & Consulting, and ORTEC Finance.
2005
- ORTEC re-acquires ORTEC France from Air Liquide
- ORTEC receives a ‘Gazelle’ award from Dutch financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad in recognition of its stable growth
- ORTEC receives the Daniel H Wagner prize for excellence in OR -
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2006
- ORTEC in figures: Revenues of EUR 43 million (300% compared to 2000),
- almost 500 employees, operations in 5 countries. Continuous annual growth of 20%.
- ORTEC receives its second ‘Gazelle’ award (in recognition of its stable growth
2007
- ORTEC nominated for Edelman Award in recognition of the success of the ORTEC - Coca-Cola project.
- ORTEC wins Gazelle award in recognition of its stable growth
- ORTEC wins the Gazelle award
- Aart van Beuzekom nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
- ORTEC Logistic Products is organized by industry.
2008
- Guus Boender wins NPN Award in the category "Most Valuable Contribution to the pension industry”
- Establishment of ORTEC UK and Ireland in Birmingham
- Establishment of ORTEC Central en Eastern Europe in Bucharest, Romania
- Acquisition of Inovia (France)
- Acquisition of Brightrivers (Switzerland)
- Acquisition of Team Support Systems (Netherlands)
- ORTEC in figures: Revenues of EUR 65 million
- (almost USD 100 million), almost 700 employees, operations in 7 countries.
- Continuous annual growth of 20%.
2009
- ORTEC wins the Dutch Logistics Award
- 86 new customers
- More than 100 new implementations with existing customers
- 50th customer in Retail
- about 1,350 customers in total
- First ORTEC Excellence in Industry Award granted
2010
- Acquisition of BlueKaizen (France)
- Establishment of ORTEC Australia and New Zealand (ORTEC ANZ)
2011
- ORTEC listed in the 2011
Top 100 of Food Logistics
-
ORTEC selected as Awards Finalist for GBC’s 2011 Awards for Business Action on Health
- ORTEC Customers Selected by
CIO Magazine
- The ORTEC team was awarded the seccond place in the annual
AIMMS/MOPTA optimization modeling competition
- around 1,550 customers in total
2012
- TNT Express, ORTEC and Tilburg University
finalists at the 2012 Edelman Award for achievement in Operations Research
- about 1,650 customers in total