The company name OPTOLUTION has its origin in the words OPTics and sOLUTION.

• March 2005:
  • Foundation of the company OPTOLUTION GmbH based in Reinach-BL (CH) by Dr. Ulrich Müller. 
• August 2006:
  • Granting of the first of meanwhile several European and German patents.
• August 2012:
  • Foundation of the company OPTOLUTION Messtechnik GmbH with headquarters in Lörrach (D).
• January 2013:
  
  • Complete takeover of all business activities of the Swiss OPTOLUTION GmbH by the German OPTOLUTION Messtechnik GmbH.
• July/August 2016: 
  
  • Major project for on-site calibration of large water meters (up to DN 1200) in Eastern Australia.
• July 2017:
  
  • Accreditation of the calibration body for on-site calibration according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 at the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) according to document annex D-K-20427-01.
• March 2020:
  
  • Update of the accreditation of the calibration body for on-site calibration according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 by the DAkkS; scope of accreditation according to document annex D-K-20427-01
• April 2020:
  
  • Entry into the new business area "flying measurement systems" with the development, testing and marketing of the flying measurement platform "OPTOkopter".
• April 2022:
  
  • Conversion of a trolley to autonomous electric operation (with approval from TÜV Süd).
• July 2022: 
  
  • Start of small series production and international marketing of own low-cost PIV assortment incl. integration into PIVlab (open source MATLAB toolbox by collaborator Dr. William Thielicke)
• January 2023:
  
  • Expansion of international sales activities (including China and North America).

Information about the founder and owner:

Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Müller (born 1962) has been active in the fields of laser-optical flow measurement technology and flow measurement technology for more than 30 years. He received his doctorate in 1989 from the Technical University of Dresden on the subject of "Development of an optical fiber-supported measuring probe for laser Doppler anemometry and investigations for its use in large gas flow measurement". This was followed by three years as a lecturer at the TU Berlin and as project manager of a joint laser-optical project of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin, the Berlin energy supplier BEWAG and the TU Berlin. From 1993 to 2003 he held various positions (development engineer, product manager, development manager and 2nd managing director) in a Swiss company in the flow and heat industry. He gained further experience in the field of technical services as technical manager in an engineering company. From 2003 to 2005 he completed a postgraduate study to become an "Industrial Engineer (FH)". In March 2005 he founded the company OPTOLUTION GmbH in Switzerland (predecessor of today's German OPTOLUTION Messtechnik GmbH).