2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards
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MEET THE SPONSORS<br />
HID Global completes consolidation<br />
at its Austin, TX, world headquarters<br />
and North American operations center<br />
Austin, TX-based HID Global, a worldwide provider <strong>of</strong><br />
secure identity solutions, has announced it has completed<br />
the consolidation <strong>of</strong> its world headquarters and North<br />
American Operations Center. The company has also<br />
achieved recognition by three organizations for successfully<br />
implementing some <strong>of</strong> the industry’s most stringent<br />
sustainability guidelines in the design, construction and<br />
operation <strong>of</strong> its 250,000 square feet <strong>of</strong> manufacturing, <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
and warehouse space.<br />
“We are very proud <strong>of</strong> our accomplishments, and grateful<br />
for the tremendous support we’ve received from the<br />
Austin community during this process,” said Jason Bohrer,<br />
vice president and general manager for HID Global’s<br />
North American Operations Center. “This facility has<br />
become our focal point for worldwide manufacturing<br />
excellence and a showcase for operational quality and<br />
sustainability that will enable us to strengthen and expand<br />
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our leadership <strong>of</strong>fering <strong>of</strong> world-class secure identity solutions.”<br />
Since opening its Austin facility in January <strong>2014</strong>, HID<br />
Global has successfully achieved the following:<br />
• Hired 310 employees.<br />
• Completed consolidation <strong>of</strong> all North American manufacturing<br />
operations, with 45 percent <strong>of</strong> all global<br />
revenue now being generated out <strong>of</strong> the new facility.<br />
The facility is also expected to become the cornerstone<br />
for manufacturing government ID credentials that will<br />
be shipped around the globe. HID Global will be pursuing<br />
a number <strong>of</strong> additional security certifications for its<br />
operation in the coming 12 to 18 months.<br />
• Earned recognition as the only industrial manufacturing<br />
facility in the state <strong>of</strong> Texas to achieve the highest, platinum-level<br />
distinction in the U.S. Green Building Council<br />
(USGBC) LEED rating program.<br />
• Received a four- out <strong>of</strong> five-star rating from Austin Energy<br />
Green Building (AEGB), which focuses on the city’s<br />
more stringent energy, water and indoor environmental<br />
quality requirements.
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