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Since 1983, Kaba Workforce Solutions has provided systems that allow companies to efficiently collect, validate, and process workforce time and labor information. It now offers its state-of-the-art B-Net touch screen terminals, its B-COMM™ automated data collection systems for business systems, and its AutoTime time and attendance, labor collection and labor costing system. This suite of products gives Kaba the flexibility to offer a full range of solutions for the recording and processing of time and labor data.

With some 10,000 employees worldwide and close to US$900 million in sales, the Kaba Group is a profitable, publicly-traded Swiss corporation. It has developed a Total Access strategy that makes the company a worldwide leader in Access Systems, Door Systems and Key Systems.

The Kaba Group: a Global player

From Kaba's origin as a maker of mechanical clocks, the company has progressed to become the premiere manufacturer of touch screen time, labor and access terminals and provider of automated data collection solutions for business systems such as SAP R/3. Through its subsidiaries in countries around the world, Kaba sells and supports its systems worldwide.

Facts At a Glance
Kaba Holding:
Revenue:	$900 m (FY 2007-2008)
Ownership:	Public (KABN, Swiss and Zurich Stock Exchanges)
Employees:	10,000
Headquarters:	Rumlang, Switzerland
Markets:	Security and Workforce Management
Founded:	1862

Kaba's Milestones
2006	Kaba launches next generation product B-COMM™ 7.0, and celebrates 1100th customer
2005	AutoTime interfaces with an IVR system to collect time and attendance information over the phone
2004	The release of AutoTime 6
2003	The Kaba Group celebrates their 800th B-COMM™ customer. B-COMM™ for PeopleSoft is launched
2002	The Kaba Benzing 9360 and 9540 time recording terminals are released. John C. Edwards is named president of Kaba Workforce Solutions
2001	Certification for HR-PDC/XML
2000	SAP 500 R/3 customer InfoScore. SAP Web and WAP based Time Recording. Kaba acquires Applied Automation Techniques and forms Kaba Workforce Solutions
1999	SAP Certification for HR Rel. 4.5
1996	SAP Certification for R/3 Rel. 3.x/44.0 HR (KK 1)
1995	Kaba Group acquires remaining 51% of Benzing Zeit + Datentechnik
1988	The Bauer-Kaba-Group/ Switzerland acquires 49% of Benzing Zeit + Datentechnik
1987	Move into the new corporate headquarters
1984	Benzing Zeit + Datentechnik becomes a branch of the Friedrich Ernst Benzing group
1976	production of the Terminals with standard computer interface
1975	Development of the first time recording terminals based on the basis of microprocessors in Europe
1968	Max Ernst Haller and peter Haller, sons of Max Haller take over the management
1956	Max Haller invents the coded, machine readable badge. Entry into electronic data processing
1942	After the death of the founder, Benzing turns into a family business. The children of Friedrich Ernst Benzing's sister, Max and Ernst Haller, take over the management
1929	Friedrich Ernst Benzing registers the company under his name in the commercial trade register
1920	production of time calculators to record factory data
1905	production of time clocks
1900	Specialization in technical clocks, e. g., for the automatic control of gas streetlights in London
1890	Construction of a new factory in a residential building
1876	Jakob Benzing produces coil springs which generate the gong in the clocks
1845	Clock-Maker Friedrich Benzing begins to produce clocks professionally

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