Softlab GmbH was a

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and

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company who developed and deployed a

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called Maestro I, which was the first

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in the

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. Founded in

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, Germany, in 1971, Softlab became a part of the

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Group in 1992. In 2008, BMW merged Softlab and some subsidiary companies of Softlab Group into a new company named Cirquent.

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