GmbH was founded as a fully owned subsidiary. In 1994 KEBA obtained DIN ISO 9001 certification. In 1998, the KEBA US Corp. was founded. In 1999 KEBA AG achieved sales revenues of ATS 1 billion for the first time. The main emphasis was on industrial and banking automation. In the same year, the legal form of the company was altered to that of a stock corporation. In 2003, the company moved into a new headquarters building in Linz. In 2004 a subsidiary was founded in China and this was followed by two further Chinese locations. In 2006, KEBA Automation S.R.L. was launched in Romania and in the same year a holding was taken in agimatec GmbH. In 2007, the CBPM-KEBA joint venture in Beijing was founded with the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, the world’s largest banknote printing house. In 2008, the branch in Taiwan was opened. In 2009 further branches were launched in Turkey, China and Italy. In the same year, the energy automation field was entered with charging stations. In 2010, the area of heating control systems for alternative energy forms was opened up and KEBA also opened a branch in Japan. In 2012, a branch was founded in South Korea. In 2013, KEBA purchased a majority holding in the Dutch automation company DELEM. In 2013 KEBA opened a second production site in Linz, Austria. 2016 KEBA AG took over the self-service specialist KEMAS GmbH, a German company based in Oberlungwitz. In 2018 KEBA opened another branch in India. At the end of 2018, KEBA AG took over LTI Motion and Heinz Fiege GmbH, leading suppliers of drive solutions and spindle technology based in Lahnau and Röllbach / Germany. Awards iF Product Design Award - KeMes (2018) Pegasus in crystal 2016 to Karl Kletzmaier, co-founder of KEBA, for entrepreneurial life's work ineo Award Award from the WKO OÖ for the strong commitment in the apprenticeship training Robotic Award 2014 for the “directMove” handheld operating device T10 Upper Austrian Pegasus (business prize) 2014 in Bronze Postal Technology Award 2013 as the Supplier of the Year (KePol parcel lockers) Austrian Knewledge Award for further training from the Federal Austrian ministry for education, science and culture 2000, 1. place (in the category of companies with up to 500 employees) Individual references Austrian companies established in 1968 Companies based in Linz Economy of Upper Austria Technology companies established in 1968 Technology