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Diebold, Inc. (NYSE: DBD) (pronounced /ˈdiːboʊld/) is a United States-based security systems corporation that is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), electronic and physical security products (including vaults and currency processing systems), voting machines, and software and integrated systems for global financial and commercial markets. Diebold was incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio in August 1876, and is headquartered in the Akron-Canton area; its mailing address is the city of North Canton,[1] but its physical address is located in the city of Green.[2]

In March 2008 United Technologies Corporation, the large engineering and defense conglomerate, announced it had made a $2.63 billion bid to buy Diebold. [1]

Founded in 1859 by Charles Diebold in Cincinnati, Ohio[3], it first began manufacturing safes and vaults for banks. In 1872 it moved its operations to Canton, Ohio. In 1936 it expanded its product lines by acquiring companies that specialize in products such as rotary and visible files, and index and microfilming systems. It also began developing armor plate for military tanks that year. In 1943 Diebold Safe & Lock Company changes name to Diebold, Incorporated. In 1965 it began offering pneumatic tube delivery systems to banks, hospitals, post offices, libraries, office buildings and industrial facilities. In 1970 it began offering Computer-controlled security and surveillance systems. Beginning in the 1970s it introduced various Automatic Teller Machine products. In 2002 Diebold entered the United States elections industry through the acquisition of Global Election Systems, a leader in touch-screen voting technology.

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