, ▁C AN open ▁and ▁more . ▁The ▁headquarters ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁Vector ▁In format ik ▁GmbH ▁is ▁in ▁Stuttgart , ▁Germany . ▁Sub s idi aries ▁include ▁Braun sch weig , ▁Mun ich , ▁Hamburg , ▁Reg ens burg ▁along ▁with ▁international ▁subs idi aries ▁in ▁Brazil , ▁China , ▁France , ▁Italy , ▁England , ▁India , ▁Japan , ▁South ▁Korea , ▁Austria , ▁Sweden , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Vector ▁In format ik ▁also ▁includes ▁Vector ▁Cons ult ing ▁Services ▁GmbH , ▁a ▁consult ation ▁firm ▁special izing ▁in ▁optimization ▁of ▁technical ▁product ▁development . ▁Alt ogether , ▁these ▁companies ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁Vector ▁Group . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Vector ▁Software ▁GmbH ▁was ▁founded ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁by ▁E ber hard ▁H inder er , ▁Martin ▁L itsch el ▁and ▁Hel mut ▁Sch elling . ▁In ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁the ▁company ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁to ▁Vector ▁In format ik ▁GmbH . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁the ▁first ▁C AN aly zer ▁license ▁was ▁sold ▁and ▁the ▁company ▁att ained ▁sales ▁of ▁one ▁million ▁Eu ros ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁the ▁first ▁C AN oe ▁and ▁C AN ape ▁lic enses ▁were ▁sold . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Vector ▁C AN tech ▁( Un ited ▁States ) ▁was ▁founded , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁Vector ▁Japan . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0