HID Corporation
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HID Global is a manufacturer of secure identity solutions. The company is owned by ASSA ABLOY
, a Swedish supplier and manufacturer of locks and door opening solutions.
solutions, and secure issuance solution
s that comprise cards, readers, 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.
HID manufactures and licenses several types of technologies, from Wiegand products
to 13.56 MHz iCLASS, MIFARE, and DESFire, as well as the 125 kHz Indala and Prox cards.
Like all 125 kHhz Prox cards, the HID Prox cards have no cryptography
and the signal can be re-created by a $20 device at a distance of 20 cm. Migration readers from various 125 kHz Prox technologies to 13.56 MHz iCLASS were introduced in 2007.
• HID Global supplies its readers and credentials for access control to Banco do Nordeste of Brasil, Employers Mutual Casualty Company and Albert Einstein.
• HID Global provides network access control to the China Pacific Insurance Co. and Jinwan District People’s Procuratorate located in Sihucheng District, Zhuhai city.
• HID Global supplied card customization products and services to Amway India and Action Ambulance Service.
, 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. HID later partnered with Panasonic
to integrate an HID Global RFID module into Panasonic's Personal Identification Mini Dock to support reading biometric passports.
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. 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.
with its corporate offices in the Lakeview Business center and its production facility in the Discovery Irvine Center. The company moved in 2008 from a single location in Lake Forest. The company has many 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 Denver, Colorado as well as Fremont
and Mountain View
in Northern California.
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. 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.
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 a supplier of door-opening solutions. Since its founding in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has an international group with over 29,000 employees and sales of around SEK 35 billion.
ASSA ABLOY was formed from the merger of Swedish Securitas and Finnish Wärtsilä, with 4,700 employees and sales of SEK 3 billion and a listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The company acquired ESSEX in 1996 to establish a strong position in the U.S. commercial security market. ASSA ABLOY made a number of other acquisitions through the late 1970s, and in 2000 made its largest acquisition with the purchase of Yale Intruder Security, making it the world’s leading lock company. By 2001, ASSA ABLOY comprised more than 100 companies worldwide. The company continued to acquire more than four dozen companies through 2010.
Assa Abloy
The Assa Abloy Group is a Swedish lock manufacturer, the world's largest by sales. Assa Abloy was formed in 1994 when ASSA AB was detached from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. Shortly thereafter the Finnish high-security lock manufacturer Abloy Oy was acquired. The company was introduced to...
, a Swedish supplier and manufacturer of locks and door opening solutions.
Products
HID Global sells physical access control products, logical access controlLogical access control
Logical access controls are tools used for identification, authentication, authorization, and accountability in computer information systems. They are components that enforce access control measures for systems, programs, processes, and information...
solutions, and secure issuance solution
Solution
In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. The solvent does the dissolving.- Types of solutions :...
s that comprise cards, readers, networked access solutions, card printer
Card printer
Card printers, often also called plastic-card printers, are electronic desktop printers with single card feeders which print and personalize plastic cards. In this respect they differ from, for example, label printers which have a continuous supply feed. Card dimensions are usually 85.60 ×...
/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.
HID manufactures and licenses several types of technologies, from Wiegand products
Wiegand effect
The Wiegand effect is a nonlinear magnetic effect, named after its discoverer John R. Wiegand, produced in specially annealed and hardened wire called Wiegand wire....
to 13.56 MHz iCLASS, MIFARE, and DESFire, as well as the 125 kHz Indala and Prox cards.
Like all 125 kHhz Prox cards, the HID Prox cards have no cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...
and the signal can be re-created by a $20 device at a distance of 20 cm. Migration readers from various 125 kHz Prox technologies to 13.56 MHz iCLASS were introduced in 2007.
Customer Design Wins
HID Global has garnered wins with a number of customers:• HID Global supplies its readers and credentials for access control to Banco do Nordeste of Brasil, Employers Mutual Casualty Company and Albert Einstein.
• HID Global provides network access control to the China Pacific Insurance Co. and Jinwan District People’s Procuratorate located in Sihucheng District, Zhuhai city.
• HID Global supplied card customization products and services to Amway India and Action Ambulance Service.
Partners
HID Global serves a variety of partner such as OEMs, system integrators, application developers and channel partners in domestic and international markets. Some OEM partners include SiemensSiemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, Honeywell
Honeywell
Honeywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments....
, Lenel (UTC Fire & Security), and Tyco
Tyco
Tyco may refer to:* Tyco International, a diversified industrial conglomerate* Tyco Electronics, a former segment of Tyco International* Tyco Toys, a division of Mattel...
. The company also partners with computer manufacturers to create new products. HID worked with Dell
Dell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
to develop HID on the Desktop, a three-component PC logon solution that won the 2009 Smart Card Alliance Award for Outstanding Technology. HID later partnered with Panasonic
Panasonic
Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
to integrate an HID Global RFID module into Panasonic's Personal Identification Mini Dock to support reading biometric passports.
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. The PayID card program uses an all-purpose card to provide contactless physical access to U.S. Bank facilities, along with contactless payment
Contactless payment
Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smartcards or other devices which use RFID for making secure payments. The embedded chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card or fob over a reader at the point of sale. Some suppliers claim that transactions can be...
and traditional magnetic stripe cards for purchases made by U.S. Bank employees.
Manufacturing
The company is based in Irvine, CaliforniaIrvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
with its corporate offices in the Lakeview Business center and its production facility in the Discovery Irvine Center. The company moved in 2008 from a single location in Lake Forest. The company has many other production facilities in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Some of these facilities are located in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, China and Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
, Ireland. It also has research and development centers in Denver, Colorado as well as Fremont
Fremont
- Places :- Other uses :*The Fremont Bridge , in Portland, Oregon*The Fremont Bridge , in Seattle, Washington*Fremont River , a tributary of the Colorado River*Mount Fremont, Washington, in maximum elevation...
and Mountain View
Mountain View
-Canada:*Mountain View County, Alberta, a municipal district*Mountain View, Alberta, a hamlet in Cardston County*Mountain View, Ontario, a community in Prince Edward County*Mountain View No...
in Northern California.
Customers
End-users of HID products primarily include government, financial, corporate, education and healthcare markets.History
Originally formed to develop radio frequency identification technologies, HID Global was formed in 1991 as Hughes Identification Devices, a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft. The original 125-kilohertz proximity technology had been used in aircraft to track parts, and the company’s founders thought there would be markets interested in using this technology for other purposes.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. 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
Assa Abloy
The Assa Abloy Group is a Swedish lock manufacturer, the world's largest by sales. Assa Abloy was formed in 1994 when ASSA AB was detached from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. Shortly thereafter the Finnish high-security lock manufacturer Abloy Oy was acquired. The company was introduced to...
AB.
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 a supplier of door-opening solutions. Since its founding in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has an international group with over 29,000 employees and sales of around SEK 35 billion.
ASSA ABLOY was formed from the merger of Swedish Securitas and Finnish Wärtsilä, with 4,700 employees and sales of SEK 3 billion and a listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The company acquired ESSEX in 1996 to establish a strong position in the U.S. commercial security market. ASSA ABLOY made a number of other acquisitions through the late 1970s, and in 2000 made its largest acquisition with the purchase of Yale Intruder Security, making it the world’s leading lock company. By 2001, ASSA ABLOY comprised more than 100 companies worldwide. The company continued to acquire more than four dozen companies through 2010.
History & Acquisitions
| 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 Wiegand effect The Wiegand effect is a nonlinear magnetic effect, named after its discoverer John R. Wiegand, produced in specially annealed and hardened wire called Wiegand wire.... |
| 2000 | Acquired by ASSA ABLOY AB |
| 2001 | HID acquired Motorola's Indala 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 ActivIdentityfor $162 M USD- is a worldwide leader in intelligent identity |
| 2011 | Acquired LaserCardfor $80 M USD- a leading provider of secure ID solutions |