{{Short description|Swiss security company}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox company | name = dormakaba Holding AG | logo = dormakaba logo.svg | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{SWX|DOKA}} | industry = Security technology | founded = 1862 | founders = Wilhelm Dorken, Rudolf Mankel, Franz Bauer | location = [[Rümlang]], [[canton of Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] | key_people = [[Svein Richard Brandtzæg]] ([[Chairman]])<br /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dormakaba.com/en/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-of-directors |title=Members of the Board of Directors of dormakaba Group |access-date=2021-04-01 |archive-date=2021-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616180730/https://www.dormakaba.com/en/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-of-directors |url-status=live }}</ref> <br> Till Reuter ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])<br /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dormakabagroup.com/en/news/e0c6b9aa-ee81-4247-ab02-054f450857f9/till-reuter-appointed-new-ceo-of-dormakaba |title=Till Reuter appointed new CEO of dormakaba |access-date=2024-01-01 |archive-date=2024-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307002923/https://www.dormakabagroup.com/en/news/e0c6b9aa-ee81-4247-ab02-054f450857f9/till-reuter-appointed-new-ceo-of-dormakaba |url-status=live }}</ref> | products = identification, [[Key (lock)|keys]], key cutting machines, [[Lock (security device)|locks]], lodging products, safe locks, [[workforce management]] | revenue = 2.87 billion [[Swiss franc|CHF]] <small>(2024/2025)</small> <ref>{{cite news|url=https://report.dormakaba.com/2024_25/|title=Annual Report 2024/25|publisher=Dormakaba|access-date=2025-12-15|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-12-15 |title=Annual Report 2024/25 |url=https://report.dormakaba.com/2024_25/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=Dormakaba Group |language=en}}</ref> | num_employees = 15,346 <small>(2024/25)</small> <ref>{{cite news|url=https://report.dormakaba.com/2024_25/|title=Annual Report 2024/25|publisher=Dormakaba|access-date=2025-12-15|url-status=live}}</ref> | website = [http://www.dormakabagroup.com/ www.dormakabagroup.com] }}

[[File:Cles-reelax.png|thumb|KABA key]]

'''dormakaba Holding AG''' (former Kaba Holding AG) is a global security group based in [[Rümlang]], [[Switzerland]], formed as the result of a merger between Kaba and [[Dorma]] in September 2015. It is publicly traded on the [[Swiss Exchange|SIX Swiss Exchange]].<ref>{{cite news |title=SIX Swiss Exchange - Dormakaba Holding AG |url=http://www.six-swiss-exchange.com/shares/security_info_en.html?id=CH0011795959CHF4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525113313/http://www.six-swiss-exchange.com/shares/security_info_en.html?id=CH0011795959CHF4 |archive-date=2015-05-25 |publisher=SIX Swiss Exchange}}</ref>

== History == ===Origins=== In 1862, Franz Bauer founded Kaba in Zurich as a locksmith shop and cash register factory. The firm was sold in 1915 to Leo Bodmer, who renamed the company to Bauer AG. When inventor Fritz Schori created the first cylinder lock with reversible key in 1934, Bauer AG patented the invention and named the lock after the firm's founder Franz Bauer, known in German as ''''Ka'''ssen'''ba'''uer' (maker of cash registers) – 'Kaba' for short.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wirtschaft |first=Finanz und |title=Die Person Fritz Schori |url=https://www.fuw.ch/article/die-person-fritz-schori/ |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Finanz und Wirtschaft |language=de |archive-date=2020-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706135622/https://www.fuw.ch/article/die-person-fritz-schori/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1908, Dörken & Mankel KG was founded by Wilhelm Dörken and his brother-in-law Rudolf Mankel in Ennepetal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Strategisches Industrieguterdesign |last=Herrmann |first=Christoph |author2=Günter Möller|author3=Ronald Gleich|author4=Peter Russo |pages=68–77 |year=2009 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |isbn=9783642001154 }}</ref> Dörken & Mankel KG was later known as Dorma.

In 1995, Bauer Holding AG was renamed to Kaba Holding AG, and the company's shares were listed on the Zurich stock exchange.{{cn|date=May 2026}}

With the takeover of [[Unican Security Systems]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-unican-security-accepts-bid-by-swiss-company-for-880-million-1.253098 |title=Takeover of Unican Security Systems Ltd. |publisher=CBC News |date=December 22, 2000 |access-date=January 15, 2010 |archive-date=July 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708042308/http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2000/12/22/kaba001222.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Kaba gained a foothold in North America and added the Silca, Ilco and Kaba Mas brands as part of the merger.{{cn|date=May 2026}}

In 2006, the company acquired the Wah Yuet Group in China,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=arcpM88xs4Sc&refer=china |title= Kaba in China |publisher=Bloomberg | date=November 28, 2008}}</ref> the US company Computerized Security Systems (CSS) with its well-known Saflok and La Gard brands,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2006/08/28/afx2976115.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604025909/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2006/08/28/afx2976115.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |title= Kaba acquires Computerized Security Systems |publisher=AFX News Limited | date=August 28, 2006}}</ref> and the Dutch company H. Cillekens Zn. B.V. In addition, it entered into various joint ventures with the Indian Minda Group.{{cn|date=May 2026}}

In 2011, Kaba sold its Door Automation branch to the Japanese [[Nabtesco]] Group.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/6268.T/key-developments/article/2125883 |title=Nabtesco Corporation Acquires Kaba Gilgen AG |publisher=Reuters |date=April 2, 2011 |access-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126021731/http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/6268.T/key-developments/article/2125883 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Merger=== On 30 April 2015, the family-owned German company Dorma and the Swiss Kaba Group announced their planned merger. After competition authorities approved the merger at the end of August 2015, the dormakaba Group commenced operations on 1 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dorma.com/us/en/news-events/press-releases/09.02.2015-merger-between-dorma-and-kaba-to-form-the-dorma-kaba-group-is-completed.html |title=DORMA News {{!}} Merger between DORMA and Kaba to form the dorma+kaba Group is completed |website=www.dorma.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928004139/http://www.dorma.com/us/en/news-events/press-releases/09.02.2015-merger-between-dorma-and-kaba-to-form-the-dorma-kaba-group-is-completed.html |archive-date=2015-09-28}} </ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-39141-five-minutes-with-riet-cadonau-dormakaba-holding|title=Five minutes with Riet Cadonau, dorma+kaba Holding|newspaper=Construction Week Online|date=23 May 2016|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=2024-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220130039/https://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-39141-five-minutes-with-riet-cadonau-dormakaba-holding|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Operations == [[File:Dormakaba key fob.jpg|thumb|A dormakaba [[RFID]] [[key fob]].]] Since July 1, 2023, dormakaba's organizational structure consists of the global commercial core business Access Solutions and Key & Wall Solutions – supported by Global Functions such as Operations and Innovation. The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) business of the Asia-Pacific region has been moved to Key & Wall Solutions and renamed Key & Wall Solutions and OEM (KWO).

dormakaba's new business model focuses on core markets. These core markets include the five largest Access Solutions{{buzzword-inline|date=March 2024}} markets – Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, North America and Australia, which together account for 65% of Access Solutions{{buzzword-inline|date=March 2024}} sales – as well as the two fastest-growing markets in China and India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=dormakaba initiates transformation program to strengthen the company for the future |url=https://www.dormakabagroup.com/en/news/8dc49e68-4864-4705-8947-6228ea54a427/dormakaba-initiates-transformation-program-to-strengthen-the-company-for-the-future |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=newsroom.dormakaba.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001145536/https://www.dormakabagroup.com/en/news/8dc49e68-4864-4705-8947-6228ea54a427/dormakaba-initiates-transformation-program-to-strengthen-the-company-for-the-future |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Brands === {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2026}} dormakaba operates with the [https://www.dormakabagroup.com/en/about-us following brands] worldwide: * Dormakaba * Dorma Hüppe * Silca * Ilco * BEST * Kilargo * Modernfold * Probuck * Skyfold

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