About us

Company headquarters

TuneUp, based in Darmstadt, makes it possible for Windows users to fine-tune their PCs for optimum performance. PCs that are maintained using TuneUp Utilities are less cluttered and are proven to work faster and be more stable.

The success story began eleven years ago when TuneUp founders Tibor Schiemann and Christoph Laumann developed the first complete package for the optimisation of Windows PCs. The program was called “TuneUp 97 – the intelligent tuning tool”. Back then, the TuneUp founders considered “intelligent tuning” to be the effective optimisation of PCs that takes care of as many of the necessary steps as possible for the user.

Since 2003, TuneUp has been expanding internationally: TuneUp Utilities is currently used by 10 million people worldwide and is now available in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Polish.

Distribution channels

In order to reach the greatest possible number of private users, we are continually expanding our sales area and the number of our distribution channels. Our products are sold internationally through the following distribution channels:

  • Retail stores in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands
  • Online stores
  • Our online store
  • Commonly-visited online portals
  • Home shopping TV channels

History

TuneUp Software was founded with the vision of developing innovative software for discriminating users that would set a new standard for security and user-friendliness in the utility software segment.

Year Event
   
1996 Start of development for TuneUp 97, one of the first German-language tuning tools for Windows
1997 Founding of TuneUp Software GmbH by Tibor Schiemann and Christoph Laumann along with the start of
sales of product keys for TuneUp 97 software
1998 TuneUp 97 is sold in retail stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
2002 The company headquarters move to Darmstadt
2003 TuneUp Utilities 2004 is released in German, English and French
2005 TuneUp Utilities 2006 is released in German, French, English and Dutch
2006 TuneUp Utilities 2006 is sold in retail stores in Spain
2007 Entry into the UK retail market
2007 Transfer of marketing, sales, and public relations work to TuneUp Distribution GmbH
2009 Establishment of TuneUp Corporation, headquartered in Miami, Florida

Company information

International press

Positive reviews in the international press attest to the success of our product. Here are a few excerpts from the numerous awards that our products have been given since TuneUp was founded: