Kaba Group

Kaba Holding AG is a Swiss group of companies in the security industry based in Zürich. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The heirs of the former owner Leo Bodmer ( 1880-1961 ) still hold 15.5 % of shares.

The Kaba Group is one of the largest providers in the security industry worldwide. It has approximately 7400 employees operating in more than 60 countries and generated sales of 945.2 million Swiss francs in the financial year 2010/2011.

Its main activities are Access Data Systems, which includes mechanical and mechatronic locking systems, time and data acquisition, electronic access control and hotel locks. Other industries are Industrial Locks and Key Systems.

History

The company in 1862 by Franz Bauer was founded as a locksmith and cash register factory in Zurich. In 1915 it was taken over by Leo Bodmer and the establishment of the Bauer AG. The inventor and tinkerer Fritz Schori invented in 1934 the first cylinder lock with reversible key. Bauer AG let patented the invention and named the castle after the company founder Franz Bauer, who is popularly known as cash Bauer - short Kaba - was known.

In 1968 a new factory for banking facilities was opened in Zürich. At the same time, the construction of the first production and sales companies were abroad. In England Kabalocks Ltd. London and Austria Ges.mbH Bauer Eggenberg castle founded.

1974 saw the construction of the Schliessanlagenfabrik in Wetzikon. In the same year the Bauer AG was converted to the farmer Holding AG, Zurich.

In the period from 1988 to 1998, the company Benzing time Data GmbH, Gallenschütz Security GmbH and Inform property protection GmbH were acquired successively. This led to a new product integration strategy. Locks, doors, ID and access control were first offered under one roof, combined with each other and integrated.

1995 Bauer Holding AG was renamed Kaba Holding AG. In the following year the acquisition of Gilgen AG for door and gate automation in black castle was completed.

With the 2001 acquisition of Unican Security Systems Ltd. in Toronto Kaba became a worldwide market leader in key blanks, milling machines and transponder keys ( Ilco and Silca ) as well as in the area of ​​high security and safe locks ( Ilco, Kaba Mas, Kaba Mauer and Paxos ).

In 2006 the company expanded with the acquisition and integration of Wah Yuet Group to China. In the same year the acquisitions of American Computerized Security Systems, Inc. ( CSS) with the world famous brands Saflok and La Gard, and H. Cillekens Zn.BV were and the joint venture between the subsidiary with Silca Tuff Engineering Inc. to Minda Silca Engineering Ltd. completed. The following year, emerged from the joint venture with the Indian Minda Group, the company Dorset Kaba Security Systems Pvt. Ltd..

2008 Kaba received for the newly developed identification technology RCID the " Security Innovation Award" in gold.

2011 Door Automation segment was sold to the Japanese Nabtesco group.

2011 Kaba acquired the German -based company e-Data, a specialist in web-based solutions that combine access control and time and attendance.

Field of activity

  • Keys and key production
  • Access control
  • Operation and time recording
  • High Security Locks
  • Safe systems
  • Safes
  • Physical access systems
  • Platform screen doors
  • Identification

Brands

KABA operates according to the Annual Report 2010/2011 with the brands:

  • KABA - Access Control
  • Silca - key cutting equipment
  • Ilco - key cutting equipment, car keys with transponders in North America, New Zealand and Australia
  • Yuet Wah - keys and locks in the mass market in the Pacific, Asia and North America
  • Kaba Mas, La Gard - Electronic high- security locks, products for securing transit and cargo, safes and vaults
  • Saflok - Hotel locks and access- systems
Types of business entity International Securities Identification Number Wahlern
459244
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