dormakaba
| dormakaba Holding AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CH0011795959 |
| founding | 1862 |
| Seat |
Rümlang , Switzerland
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| management |
Riet Cadonau Chairman of the Management Board and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Number of employees | 15,811 ( FTE 2018/19) |
| sales | 2.82 billion CHF (FY 2018/19) |
| Branch | Locking technology |
| Website | www.dormakaba.com |
| As of June 30, 2019 | |
The dorma kaba Holding AG (formerly Kaba Holding AG) is a Swiss group of companies in the security industry, based in Rümlang , Kanton Zurich . The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (DOKA).
Dormakaba is one of the leading providers in the market for access and security solutions worldwide. It has around 16,000 employees in more than 50 countries and generated sales of 2.8 billion Swiss francs in the 2018/19 financial year.
Dormakaba is globally divided into five segments:
- Access Solutions AMER (North and South America)
- Access Solutions APAC (Asia Pacific)
- Access Solutions DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Access Solutions EMEA (further Europe, Middle East, Africa)
- Key and Wall Solutions
All products for the market for access and security solutions are combined in the four Access Solutions segments. The Key and Wall Solutions segment includes business with key blanks and key production machines as well as horizontal and vertical sliding wall systems and mobile partition walls.
history
The dormakaba group was created in 2015 from a merger of the German family company Dorma and the Swiss group Kaba. Both companies have a history of over 100 years. The proposed merger was announced on April 30, 2015. At the end of August 2015, the competition authorities approved the merger. The dormakaba Group started operations on September 1, 2015.
History of Kaba
In 1862, Franz Bauer founded the former Kaba as a locksmith's shop and cash register factory in Zurich. In 1915 it was taken over by Leo Bodmer and Bauer AG was founded. When the inventor and inventor Fritz Schori invented the first cylinder lock with a reversible key in 1934 , Bauer AG had the invention patented and named the lock after the company founder Franz Bauer, who was popularly known as the cashier - Kaba for short.
In 1968 Bauer AG opened a new factory for banking equipment in Rümlang. At the same time, the first production and sales companies were set up abroad. Kabalocks Ltd London was established in England and Bauer Ges.mbH Eggenburg in Austria.
In 1974 the new locking system factory was built in Wetzikon. In the same year Bauer AG was converted into Bauer Holding AG, Zurich.
In the period from 1988 to 1998, Bauer Holding AG gradually took over the companies Benzing Zeit + Datentechnik GmbH, Gallenschütz Sicherheitstechnik GmbH, Inform Objektschutz GmbH, Gilgen AG for door and gate automation and the Austrian company Grundmann Locking Technology (GEGE brand) in Herzogenburg. This led to a new product integration strategy. Locks, doors, identification systems and access control were offered for the first time from a single source, combined with one another and integrated.
In 1995 Bauer Holding AG was renamed Kaba Holding AG.
With the takeover of Unican Security Systems Ltd in Toronto in 2001, Kaba became the global market leader in the areas of 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 to China with the acquisition of 80% of the Chinese Wah Yuet Group , two years later the remaining 20% were also acquired. In the same year, the American Computerized Security Systems Inc. (CSS), with the world-famous brands Saflok and La Gard, and the Dutch distribution partner H. Cillekens & Zn. BV were acquired for 1.5 million euros and their subsidiary Silca was merged with Tuff Engineering Inc. to form the Minda Silca Engineering Ltd joint venture . In the following year, the joint venture with the Indian Minda Group resulted in the company Dorset Kaba Security Systems Pvt. Ltd. , in which Kaba increased its stake from 49% to 74% in 2014.
In 2008, Kaba received the "Security Innovation Award" in gold for the newly developed RCID identification technology.
In 2011 the Door Automation segment was sold to the Japanese Nabtesco . In the same year, Kaba acquired the German-American company e-Data, a specialist in web-based solutions that combine access control and time recording.
The merger with Dorma took place in 2015.
History of DORMA
- 1908: Foundation of Dörken & Mankel KG in Ennepetal (DE)
- 1950: Entry into the door closer business
- 1962: Production of the first automatic doors
- 1976: Glass fittings are added to the product range
- 1978: Production becomes international - first production facility in Singapore (SG)
- 1987: Security solutions and emergency exit control systems
- 2002: New business with mobile room partitions
- 2013: More than 1 billion euros in annual sales
- 2015: Merger with Kaba
Field of activity
- Door technology
- System solutions access and time
- Automatic door systems
- Glass systems
- Mechanical locking systems
- High security locks
- Hotel access systems
- Key systems
- Room partition systems
Brands
Dormakaba operates with the following brands:
- dormakaba
- Kaba
- DORMA
- DORMA Hüppe
- Silca
- Ilco
- Saflok
- La Gard
- Legic
- Best
- Phi precision
- Mesker
- Kilargo
- Modernfold
- Probuck
- Skyfold
Web links
- Markus Bürgi: Kaba. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland ., 2014.
- Website of the Kaba Group
- Website of the dormakaba group
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2018/19. In: report.dormakaba.com. Accessed January 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ An industry leader emerges: The merger of Dorma and Kaba to form the dorma + kaba Group was completed on September 1, 2015
- ^ Manfred Rösch: The person Fritz Schori. In: Finance and Economy. July 19, 2016, accessed July 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Arno Maierbrugger: Kaba takes over the Grundmann Group. In: Wirtschaftsblatt . Wirtschaftsblatt Medien GmbH, January 30, 1997, archived from the original on October 21, 2016 ; accessed on October 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Gy .: Stronger growth planned in Asia: Kaba is acquiring a base in China. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . NZZ Group, July 20, 2006, accessed on October 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Kaba acquires the remaining 20% stake in the Wah Yuet Group. (No longer available online.) In: Handelszeitung . Axel Springer Switzerland, November 17, 2008, archived from the original on October 21, 2016 ; accessed on October 21, 2016 .
- ↑ fymzel: After taking over CSS, Kaba wants to grow organically above all. In: moneycab.com. July 10, 2006, accessed October 21, 2016 .
- ^ Silca: takeover of H. Cillekens & Zn. BV In: fenster-türen-technik.de. November 3, 2006, accessed October 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Kaba: Joint venture started with the Indian Minda Group. In: fenster-türen-technik.de. October 13, 2006, accessed October 21, 2016 .
- ↑ DORSET & Swiss Company KABA form a venture to re-define Security <br /> ~ Door Security Systems in India to see an all-time high ~. In: dorsetindia.com. April 26, 2007, archived from the original on July 11, 2015 ; accessed on October 21, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Kaba increases investment in India. In: pressebox.de. June 11, 2014, accessed October 21, 2016 .
- ^ Gold: KABA AG (Wetzikon / Switzerland). (No longer available online.) In: security innovation award> Prize winners> 2008. Security (fair) , 2008, archived from the original on October 21, 2016 ; accessed on October 21, 2016 .
- ↑ NZZ Online Kaba part of the business from January 31, 2011.
- ↑ moneycab: Kaba acquires German-American e-Data. May 27, 2011, accessed on January 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).