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HID Global: History, Companies, Products & Technology

HID Global Corporation is an American manufacturer of secure identity products. The company is an independent subsidiary of multinational physical security conglomerate Assa Abloy. Björn Lidefelt was appointed CEO on 27 January 2020. He succeeded Stefan Widing, who led HID Global for over four years.

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HID Global topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Products and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around HID Global.

Related topics
51
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
57
Extracted relationships
117
Related term clusters
14
Bridge connections
57

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Manufacturing · 25 topics
Partners · 8 topics
Products · 8 topics
Distributors · 6 topics
History · 2 topics
Overview · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1991; 35 years ago (1991)
Industry
Security
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Key people
Björn Lidefelt (president and CEO) Ramesh Songukrishnasamy (Senior VP and CTO)
Net income
US$1.0 Billion 2011 (ASSA ABLOY)
Number of employees
4,000

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Overview

History

Products

Manufacturing

Partners

Distributors

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Advanced semantic analysis

How HID Global connects Entity context

The extracted context around HID Global shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, HID Global → Acquired, Acquired Access-IS, Acquired ActivIdentity, Acquired Codebench, Acquired Crossmatch, Acquired DemoTeller, Acquired EasyLobby, Acquired Fargo Electronics, Acquired HydrantID, Acquired IAI, Acquired IdenTrust, Acquired IDmelon, Acquired Integrated Engineering, Acquired LaserCard, Acquired Lumidigm, Acquired Mercury Security, Acquired PTI Security Systems, Acquired Quantum Secure, Acquired Sensor Engineering, Acquired Vizinex RFID Another extracted example is HID Global → Bank, Best Innovative Program, Dell, Desktop, Dock, HID, HID Global RFID, Honeywell, Inside Contactless, Inside Secure, Lenel, OEMs, Outstanding Technology, Panasonic, Panasonic's Personal Identification Mini, Paybefore Award Winner, PC, Security, Siemens, Smart Card Alliance Award. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

HID Global

Top relations

related to Distributors · 50
HID Global → Acquired, Acquired Access-IS, Acquired ActivIdentity, Acquired Codebench, Acquired Crossmatch, Acquired DemoTeller, Acquired EasyLobby, Acquired Fargo Electronics, Acquired HydrantID, Acquired IAI, Acquired IdenTrust, Acquired IDmelon, Acquired Integrated Engineering, Acquired LaserCard, Acquired Lumidigm, Acquired Mercury Security, Acquired PTI Security Systems, Acquired Quantum Secure, Acquired Sensor Engineering, Acquired Vizinex RFID
related to Partners · 26
HID Global → Bank, Best Innovative Program, Dell, Desktop, Dock, HID, HID Global RFID, Honeywell, Inside Contactless, Inside Secure, Lenel, OEMs, Outstanding Technology, Panasonic, Panasonic's Personal Identification Mini, Paybefore Award Winner, PC, Security, Siemens, Smart Card Alliance Award
related to history · 23
HID Global → Access Control, Already, Animal Identification, Asset Identification, August, Boulder, California, Colorado, Destron/ID, Destron/IDI, European, HID Corporation Ltd, Hughes Aircraft Company, Hughes Identification Devices, ID Plus Ltd, Identification Devices Inc, Industrial, Manufacturing Processes, Originally, Proximity Access Control
Founded · 1
HID Global → 1991; 35 years ago (1991)
Headquarters · 1
HID Global → Austin, Texas
Industry · 1
HID Global → Security
Key people · 1
HID Global → Björn Lidefelt (president and CEO) Ramesh Songukrishnasamy (Senior VP and CTO)
Net income · 1
HID Global → US$1.0 Billion 2011 (ASSA ABLOY)
Number of employees · 1
HID Global → 4,000
Parent · 1
HID Global → Assa Abloy

Important terminology

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Important terminology

hid products global company access physical acquired rfid security identification secure card corporation assa abloy technologies devices technology control subsidiary

HID Global relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 117 structured relationships around HID Global. Examples in this analysis include HID Global → Founded → 1991; 35 years ago (1991) and HID Global → Headquarters → Austin, Texas. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HID GlobalFounded1991; 35 years ago (1991)1.00infobox
HID GlobalHeadquartersAustin, Texas1.00infobox
HID GlobalIndustrySecurity1.00infobox
HID GlobalKey peopleBjörn Lidefelt (president and CEO) Ramesh Songukrishnasamy (Senior VP and CTO)1.00infobox
HID GlobalNet incomeUS$1.0 Billion 2011 (ASSA ABLOY)1.00infobox
HID GlobalNumber of employees4,0001.00infobox
HID GlobalParentAssa Abloy1.00infobox
HID GlobalProductsPhoto ID badges Contactless/contact smart cards Smart card readers Card printers Inlays RFID tags and fobs Biometrics Physical Identity & Access Management (PIAM) PKI Solutions…1.00infobox
HID GlobalRevenueUS$6.1 Billion 2011 (ASSA ABLOY)1.00infobox
HID GlobalTotal equityUS$3.32 Billion 2011 (ASSA ABLOY)1.00infobox
HID GlobalTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
HID GlobalWebsitewww.hidglobal.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around HID Global bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Hid, Card and Products. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • HID Global
    • Hid
    • Card
    • Products
    • Technologies
    • Identification
    • Acquired
    • Formed
    • Smart
    • Contactless
    • Hughes
    • Identity
    • Partners
  • hid global
    • Hid
    • Card
    • Identity
    • Products
    • Technologies
    • Identification
    • Secure
    • Acquired
    • Formed
    • Smart
    • Solutions
    • Years
  • physical security
    • Access
    • Key
    • Pki
    • Solutions
    • Security
    • Management
    • Control
    • Rfid
    • Subsidiary
    • Based
    • Issuance
    • Partners
  • assa abloy
    • Abloy
    • Assa
    • Formed
    • Subsidiary
    • Card
    • Rfid
    • Company
    • Identification
    • Physical
    • Years
    • Access
    • Acquired
  • hughes aircraft company
    • Devices
    • Identification
    • Physical
    • Subsidiary
    • Access
    • Abloy
    • Assa
    • Control
    • Acquired
    • Id
    • Management
    • Identity
  • physical access control
    • Control
    • Devices
    • Access
    • Physical
    • Security
    • Solutions
    • Acquired
    • Rfid
    • Company
    • Identification
    • Hughes
    • Assa
  • logical access control
    • Control
    • Devices
    • Physical
    • Acquired
    • Rfid
    • Company
    • Identification
    • Hughes
    • Assa
    • Card
    • Issuance
    • Formed
  • wiegand products
    • Secure
    • Technologies
    • Identification
    • Formed
    • Hughes
    • Abloy
    • Assa
    • Company
    • Id
    • Management
    • Card
    • Devices

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For HID Global, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects HID Global with Manufacturing. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
HID Global — Manufacturing · splits 32 ⟂ 26
HID Global — Products · splits 49 ⟂ 9
HID Global — Partners · splits 49 ⟂ 9
HID Global — Distributors · splits 51 ⟂ 7
HID Global — Overview · splits 55 ⟂ 3
HID Global — History · splits 55 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

HID Global

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples117
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around HID Global to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Products & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — HID Global · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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