as six kabn industry security technology founded 1862 headquarters r mlang switzerland key people riet cadonau ceo ulrich graf 1 chairman executive products access control systems and management cylinders identification keys key cutting machines locks lodging products safes safe locks vaults workforce management revenue 945 2 million chf 2010 2011 2 number of employees 7404 2011 website www.kaba.com kaba holding ag is a global security group based in r mlang switzerland and employing around 7 400 staff in over 60 countries . they are a publicly traded company listed on the six swiss exchange . 3 history edit the company was founded in 1862 in zurich by franz bauer as a locksmith shop and cash register factory . the firm was sold in 1915 to leo bodmer who renamed the company to bauer ag . in 1934 the inventor fritz schori created the first cylinder lock with reversible key . bauer ag patented the invention and named the lock after the firm s founder franz bauer known in german as kassenbauer maker of cash registers in short kaba . over the years the company gradually expanded its portfolio and established itself throughout europe . in 1995 bauer holding ag was renamed kaba holding ag and the company s shares were listed on the zurich stock exchange . with the takeover of unican security systems ltd. montreal in 2001 4 kaba gained a foothold in north america and added the silca ilco and kaba mas brands as part of the merger in 2006 the company acquired the wah yuet group in china 5 the us company computerized security systems css with its saflok and la gard brands 6 and the dutch company h. cillekens zn . b.v. in addition various joint ventures with the indian minda group were entered . at security 2008 kaba was awarded the security innovation award in gold for its newly developed identification technology rcid . 7 8 in 2011 kaba sold the business segment door automation kaba gilgen ag formerly gilgen ag to the japanese nabtesco group . 9 in april 2015 kaba announced a planned merger with german based dorma holding . the new company will be named dorma kaba and will be operationally based in r mlang switzerland where the headquarters of kaba group are located . 10 areas of operation edit the kaba group produces components and systems for securing and organizing access as well as for recording enterprise and personnel data . the company operates with four business segments access data systems emea ap access data systems americas industrial locks and key systems providing the following groups of products cylinders and locks keys and key cutting machines access management and control systems workforce management safe locks safes safe deposit installations lodging products physical access systems identification references edit key people at kaba holding ag . reuters . key figures of kaba . reuters . six swiss exchange kaba holding ag . six swiss exchange . takeover of unican security systems ltd. . cbc news . december 22 2000 . kaba in china . bloomberg . november 28 2008 . kaba acquires computerized security systems . afx news limited . august 28 2006 . media release kaba wins security innovation award pdf . kaba holding ag . october 9 2008 . kaba gewinnt security innovation award in gold . pressebox . october 7 2008 . nabtesco corporation acquires kaba gilgen ag . reuters . april 2 2011 . swiss based kaba to merge with germany s dorma holding . reuters . april 30 2015 . kaba spain company review retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kaba group & oldid 723626788 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandsecurity companieslock manufacturersswiss brandscompanies established in 1862multinational companies headquartered in switzerlandbusiness software companiesradio frequency identification companies1862 establishments in switzerland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 04 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view