Head office:
Dreieich, near Frankfurt (Germany)
Data centers:
DC1 and DC2 in Frankfurt (Germany)
DC-EC in the United States
Sales offices:
New York City, San Francisco,
Los Angeles,
London, Paris, Hamburg
Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm
Bangkok, Cape Town
Headquartered in Frankfurt (Germany), the company's flagship product is the Helios IQ ad serving platform - amended by features for mobile devices and video ads. These enable web publishers to manage, serve and evaluate virtually any kind of online advertising campaigns.Helios IQ allows its customers to enhance efficiency, reliability and ROI in their online advertising businesses. Globally, ADTECH AG, founded in 1998 works with customers in more than 25 countries.Dreieich, near Frankfurt (Germany)
Data centers:
DC1 and DC2 in Frankfurt (Germany)
DC-EC in the United States
Sales offices:
New York City, San Francisco,
Los Angeles,
London, Paris, Hamburg
Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm
Bangkok, Cape Town
The history of ADTECH began in 1998.
| 1998 | The limited liability company ADTECH was founded. The first data center, located in Frankfurt/M. (Germany), went online. |
| 1999 | American internet holding company CMGI acquired a controlling interest (80 %) in ADTECH. The investment in ADTECH was the company’s first investment in a European company. |
| 2000 | ADTECH becomes a private limited company. ADTECH delivers its billionth banner since the opening of the data centre in July 1998. |
| 2001 | ADTECH delivers its ten billionth banner. The new Helios technology is launched, and more than 80 % of the AdForce technology is re-engineered. ADTECH breaks even and is fully self-financed. |
| 2002 | ADTECH servers delivered their 100,000th advertising campaign. |
| 2003 |
ADTECH enters e-mail marketing. ADTECH launches Europe-wide local targeting down to city level. |
| 2004 |
ADTECH has now completely replaced the AdForce technology with its own new developments. |
| 2005 |
ADTECH opens its second ad serving data centre in Frankfurt/Main. Launch of next generation ad serving solution Helios IQ. New release of Helios Messenger. |
| 2006 |
ADTECH strongly focuses on expansion and growth and opens additional sales offices in USA, Australia, Thailand and South Africa. |
| 2007 |
AOL acquires ADTECH AG. ADTECH operates as an independent and wholly-owned subsidiary of AOL’s Advertising.com division. ADTECH is establishing two data centres in the United States to help serve the firm’s growing clientele. |
| 2008 | ADTECH is serving 70 billion ad impressions per month |
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