PixelPlanet GmbH was founded in 1996. Dirk Carstensen and Thilo Kirsch head
the enterprise which specializes in solutions for the PDF file format, the world's de facto standard for electronic documents. PixelPlanet is renowned for its PdfGrabber and PdfEditor products.

Major global companies that use PixelPlanet products include Allianz, Bertelsmann, EADS, Hewlett-Packard, the Max-Planck Institute, Microsoft, Porsche, SAP and Siemens.