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Diebold, Inc. (, DEE-bold) is a United States-based financial self-service, security and services 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), and software and integrated systems for global financial and commercial markets. Diebold is the largest U.S. manufacturer of ATMs.〔(Carlyle to Buy De La Rue Unit for 360 Million Pounds ) Bloomberg, June 16, 2008〕 Diebold was incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio in August 1876, and is headquartered in the Akron-Canton area; Diebold HQ mailing address is North Canton,〔(About Us — At-A-Glance ), Diebold. Accessed September 30, 2007.〕 but is physically located in Green. ==History== Diebold was founded in 1859 by Charles Diebold in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the name Diebold Bahmann Safe Company.〔(Diebold History )〕 It first began manufacturing safes and vaults for banks. In 1872 it moved its operations to Canton, Ohio. In 1876, after becoming incorporated, the company changed its name to Diebold Safe & Lock Company. 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 changed its name to Diebold, Incorporated. In 1965 it began offering pneumatic tube delivery systems to banks, hospitals, post offices, libraries, office buildings and many other industrial facilities. In 1970 it began offering Computer-controlled security and surveillance systems. Beginning in the 1970s it introduced various Automated Teller Machine products. Diebold and IBM created a general partnership called InterBold in 1991. The purpose of InterBold was to have IBM sell and service Diebold's ATMs outside of the United States. In exchange, IBM ceased marketing its own ATMs in the US. The InterBold partnership was dissolved in 1997 when Diebold purchased IBM's share of the partnership.〔(Short Take: Diebold completes purchase of IBM's InterBold share ) CNET News, January 19, 1998〕 IBM eventually entered into a re-distribution arrangement with a German competitor of Diebold, Wincor Nixdorf in some countries (but not all). In 2002 Diebold entered the United States elections industry through the acquisition of Global Election Systems, a leader in touch-screen voting technology. In March 2008, United Technologies Corporation, a large engineering and defense conglomerate, announced it had made a $2.63 billion bid to buy Diebold, which was later rejected as too low.〔 In October 2008 UTC announced it was breaking off acquisition talks.〔(UTC Ends Bid To Buy Diebold ) Hartford Courant, October 14, 2008〕 On October 25, 2012, the company announced it was suspending plans to build a new world headquarters in Green, saying it was no longer economically feasible. In June 2015, Diebold was reported to be in talks to acquire its troubled German rival Wincor Nixdorf. On November 23 2015, Diebold Incorporated and Wincor Nixdorf AG have entered into a business combination agreement 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diebold」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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