HID Opens $50M, 250,000-Sq.-Ft. Global Headquarters in Texas
Before an audience that included representatives from Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office and U.S. Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas), and other state and local officials, Denis Hebert, president and CEO of HID Global, and U.S. Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, cut the ribbon that officially opened the company’s new world headquarters and North American operations center in Austin, Texas.
The $50 million, 250,000-sq.-ft. facility is HID’s largest and will consolidate the company’s corporate functions, manufacturing, assembly and test operations, distribution and sales operations. The company has commenced the first phase of operations at the state-of-the-art facility ahead of schedule and expects it to be fully operational in the third quarter of 2015.