appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message hid global type subsidiary industry security founded 1991 headquarters austin texas key people stefan widing president and ceo anthony ball president identity and access management michele dewitt senior vp human resources laura crumley senior vp and cfo rodney glass senior vp global quality and operations products photo id badges contactless contact smart cards readers card printers inlays rfid tags fobs embedded products revenue us 6.1 billion 2011 1 assa abloy net income us 1.0 billion 2011 1 assa abloy total equity us 3.32 billion 2011 1 assa abloy number of employees 2 100 q4 2011 parent assa abloy website http www.hidglobal.com hid global is an american manufacturer of secure identity solutions . the company is a subsidiary of assa abloy a swedish global leader in door opening solutions . 2 contents 1 products 2 notable customers 3 partners 4 manufacturing 5 customers 6 history 7 history & acquisitions 8 references products edit the company sells physical access control products logical access control solutions and secure issuance solutions that comprise cards readers smart card readers omnikey networked access solutions card printer encoders and software . its other business segment includes virtualization technology cashless payment government id rfid for industry and logistics and animal id solutions and professional services . 3 hid manufactures and licenses several types of technologies from wiegand products to 13.56 mhz iclass 4 5 mifare and desfire as well as the 125 khz indala and prox cards . migration readers from various 125 khz prox technologies to 13.56 mhz iclass were introduced in 2007 . 6 notable customers edit hid global supplies its readers and credentials for access control to banco do nordeste of brasil 7 employers mutual casualty company 8 hid global provides network access control to the china pacific insurance co. 9 and jinwan district people s procuratorate 10 located in sihucheng district zhuhai city . hid global supplied card customization products and services to amway india 11 and action ambulance service . partners edit hid global serves a variety of partner such as oems system integrators application developers and channel partners in domestic and international markets . 3 some oem partners include siemens honeywell lenel utc fire & security and tyco . the company also partners with computer manufacturers to create new products . hid worked with dell to develop hid on the desktop a three component pc logon solution that won the 2009 smart card alliance award for outstanding technology . 12 13 hid later partnered with panasonic to integrate an hid global rfid module into panasonic s personal identification mini dock to support reading biometric passports . 14 hid global also worked with inside secure formally known as inside contactless and us bank to supply hid iclass contactless smart card technology in the us bank payid card program that was the 2010 paybefore award winner for best innovative program . 15 the payid card program uses an all purpose card to provide contactless physical access to u.s. bank facilities along with contactless payment and traditional magnetic stripe cards for purchases made by u.s. bank employees . 16 manufacturing edit the company is based in austin texas 17 with other production facilities in asia and europe . some of these facilities are located in hong kong china and galway ireland . it also has research and development centers in cardiff uk denver colorado as well as fremont and mountain view in northern california . the company also has a design facility in chennai india . 18 customers edit end users of hid products primarily include government financial corporate education and healthcare markets . history edit originally formed to develop radio frequency identification technologies hid global was formed in 1991 as hughes identification devices a subsidiary of hughes aircraft company with offices in california and scotland . the original 125 kilohertz proximity technology had been pioneered by destron idi boulder colorado and used in many applications including animal identification tyre tracking and in motor vehicle and aircraft industries to track parts and the company s founders thought there would be markets interested in using this technology for other purposes . 19 in 1994 the office in scotland was closed and the european business passed to a uk based independent distributor id plus ltd who were later acquired by hid corporation ltd in august 1999 . in october 1995 hughes management with help from citibank venture capital combined its military communications and display products groups with its aml wireless systems organization and hughes identification devices hid to form palomar technologies corporation . 20 it was at that point that the decision was made to focus efforts on rfid for physical access control and five years later the company was acquired by the world s largest lock maker swedish conglomerate assa abloy ab . 19 hughes identification devices division of hughes aircraft hughes identification which began as a division of hughes electronics corp. made the cards and card readers many businesses and government agencies use to limit access to their offices . its clients included motorola international business machines corp. and numerous colleges . as part of palomar technologies hughes identification enjoyed swift growth as the private sector became increasingly concerned about security . it was acquired by assa abloy in january 2001 for about 250 million in cash adding the irvine company s electronic systems to its more old fashioned product line . assa abloy assa abloy is the largest global supplier of intelligent locks and security solutions . its products account for more than one in ten of all lock and security installations worldwide . since its formation in 1994 assa abloy has grown from a regional company into an international group with around 43 000 employees sales of about sek 47 billion and own operations in over 70 countries . 21 assa abloy is represented on both mature and emerging markets worldwide with leading positions in much of europe north america asia australia and new zealand . assa abloy is divided into three regional and two global divisions . the regional divisions americas emea and asia pacific manufacture and sell mechanical and electromechanical locks digital door locks cylinders and security doors adapted to the local market s standards and security requirements . the global divisions global technologies and entrance systems manufacture and sell electronic access control identification products and entrance automation on the global market . 22 history & acquisitions edit year history 1991 formed as hughes identification devices a subsidiary of hughes aircraft 1995 became a subsidiary of palomar technological companies changed name to hid corporation 1996 acquired sensor engineering adding wiegand products 2000 acquired by assa abloy ab 2001 hid acquired motorola s indala 23 rfid access control business 2003 acquired the card and reader business of dorado products inc. 2006 acquired fargo electronics adding card issuance technology 2006 merged with assa abloy sister company indala 2006 formed hid global 2007 acquired integrated engineering adding flexible mifare based reader technology 2008 merger of hid global and assa abloy identification technologies group 2010 acquired actividentity for 162 m usd is active in intelligent identity 2011 acquired lasercard for 80 m usd a provider of secure id products . 2012 acquired easylobby for secure visitor management software and products . 2012 acquired codebench for fips 201 integration with physical access control systems 2014 acquired lumidigm for biometric authentication solutions 2014 acquired identrust a provider of digital identities 2015 acquired iai a provider of personalization solutions for identity documents 24 2015 acquired quantum secure a provider of identity management software 25 2016 acquired demoteller a provider of instant issuance solutions for the financial market 26 references edit a b c annual report 2011 . assa abloy . http www.assaabloy.com a b security stock watch http www.securitystockwatch.com interviews in boardroom hid1.html pl tz henryk 29 december 2010 . analyzing a modern cryptographic rfid system hid iclass demystified pdf . berlin chaos communication congress . retrieved 13 january 2011 . meriac milosch 29 december 2010 . heart of darkness exploring the uncharted backwaters of hid iclass security pdf . berlin chaos communication congress . p. 5 . retrieved 13 january 2011 . http www.smartcardalliance.org articles 2007 07 11 hid multiclasstmcontactless smart card and proximity readers now support indala proximity and awid formats http eon.businesswire.com news eon 20110427005606 en iclass hid global banco do nordestem http sg.finance.yahoo.com news employers mutual casualty bw 2876939033.html x 0 china pacific insurance http www.asmag.com showpost 10436 . aspx amway http www.sdmmag.com articles hid teams with dell to create new position mobile workforce solution wt.rss f sdm newswire & wt.rss a hid teams with dell to create new position % 2c mobile workforce solution & wt.rss ev a dell partnership http www.smartcardalliance.org pages activities osca awards 2009 http www.sourcesecurity.com news articles co 823 ga co 1277 ga.5639.html http www.istockanalyst.com article viewistocknews articleid 3809982 http www.gsnmagazine.com node 20049 c access control identification http www.hidglobal.com about hid http timesofindia.indiatimes.com business india business hid global opens design facility in chennai articleshow 47736723 . cms a b the evolution of hid http www.globalsmart.com the evolution of hid http www.esterline.com overview palomarhistory tabid 1544 default.aspx . http www.assaabloy.com en com about assa abloy assa abloy in brief http www.assaabloy.com en com about assa abloy timeline . http www.securitysales.com channel access control articles 2001 11 hid acquires motorolas indala rfid access control business.aspx hid global announces acquisition of iai to add to identity security solutions portfolio . security sales & integration . ssi staff . hid acquires quantum secure . security systems news . martha entwistle . hid global buys demoteller . security systems news . ssn staff . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hid global & oldid 734951022 categories companies based in irvine california1991 establishments in californiamanufacturing companies established in 1991manufacturing companies based in californiahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from february 2014use dmy 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