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PTV Consult GmbH is one of 's top consultants in 2017

Brand eins and Statista once again name PTV one of the best corporate consultants in the areas of transport, traffic and logistics.

Karlsruhe, 22 May 2017. This year, PTV Transport Consult GmbH has once again made the leap to the list of “best consultants”. In the largest consulting survey in Germany, which is conducted by Brand eins Wissen and Statista, the transport specialists won people over with their expertise in the areas of transport, traffic and logistics.

For the current industry report “The new tools and technologies: People! People! People!”, more than 16,000 corporate consultants from various areas were examined in detail by the journalists of Brand eins Wissen and the world's leading statistics portal Statista. Only those who could shine with respect to special knowledge and method expertise were selected as the best of the best – including PTV Transport Consult. “Our team has a wide bandwidth of expertise in all questions of traffic engineering. That this is the second time we have been recognised confirms our philosophy and makes us proud,” says Thomas Ferrero, Managing Director at PTV Transport Consult.

As a member of the PTV Group, the company conducts surveys and develops solutions and concepts for traffic, transport, mobility, energy and the environment. Its wide range of services includes transport planning and traffic engineering, traffic management, road safety management, safety and protection of infrastructure, transport economics, public transport planning as well as passenger surveys and revenue allocation. Projects for public and private clients in Germany and abroad are managed by the consultants at the company’s headquarters in and by local teams in , , Düsseldorf, Munich and .

For the current study, Statista was commissioned by the magazine "brand eins" to survey approximately 1,500 leading employees at companies that award contracts to consulting service providers, as well as partners and project managers of corporate consultancies. The big report was published in the May-June 2017 issue (issue no. 6) of “brand eins Topic Consulting”. The magazine is also available in the online kiosk .

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The PTV Transport Consult GmbH was once Thomas Ferrero, Managing Director at PTV again honoured as one of the best Transport Consult, is pleased that his team management consulting firms. has made it to the list of the best consultants 2017.

Contact for further information: Internet: www.ptvgroup.com

Kristina Stifter, Head of Global Communications Tel.: +49-721-9651-565, [email protected]

Stefanie Schmidt, Global Communications Tel.: +49-721-9651-7451, [email protected]

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PTV The Mind of Movement. PTV Group takes a holistic approach that integrates all aspects of traffic, transport and logistics to create and promote sustainable mobility. Recognised as global market leader, PTV develops intelligent software solutions for transport logistics, traffic planning and traffic management. Thus cities, companies and people save time and money, enhance road safety and minimise the impact on the environment. Based on its unique expertise in every facet of mobility, PTV ensures that people and goods arrive at their destinations safe and sound, and on time. More than 2,500 cities deploy PTV products. Trips and routes for over one million vehicles are planned with our software. The European transport model, which encompasses all passenger transport and freight movements in Europe, is developed using PTV software. We currently have more than 700 colleagues worldwide committed to driving the high performance of our products. The company’s headquarters located in the heart of the Karlsruhe technology region houses its centre of development and innovation. From here, PTV plans and optimises everything that moves people and goods worldwide – it's the idea which has accompanied the Group since its foundation in 1979. The German company PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG is a member of PTV Group. www.ptvgroup.com.

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