Mountain View in Northern California. The company also has a design facility in Chennai, India. Partners HID Global serves a variety of partner such as OEMs, system integrators, application developers and channel partners in domestic and international markets. Some OEM partners include Siemens, Honeywell, Lenel (UTC Fire & Security), and Tyco. The company also partners with computer manufacturers to create new products. HID worked with Dell to develop HID on the Desktop, a three-component PC logon application that won the 2009 Smart Card Alliance Award for Outstanding Technology. HID later partnered with Panasonic to integrate an HID Global RFID module into Panasonic's Personal Identification Mini Dock to support reading biometric passports. HID Global also worked with Inside Secure (formally known as Inside Contactless) and US Bank to supply HID iCLASS contactless smart card technology in the US Bank PayID card program that was the 2010 Paybefore Award Winner for Best Innovative Program. The PayID card program uses an all-purpose card to provide contactless physical access to U.S. Bank facilities, along with contactless payment and traditional magnetic stripe cards for purchases made by U.S. Bank employees. Customers End-users of HID products primarily include government, financial, corporate, education and healthcare markets. HID Global supplies its readers and credentials for access control to Banco do Nordeste of Brasil, Employers Mutual Casualty Company HID Global provides network access control to the China Pacific Insurance Co. and Jinwan District People's Procuratorate located in Sihucheng District, Zhuhai city. HID Global supplied card customization products and services to Amway India and Action Ambulance Service. The United States Secret Service uses differently-colored HID iClass SEOS proximity cards as identification badges for anyone requiring access to the White House, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, or New Executive Office Building. Differently-colored badges issued to staff, interns, and members of the press indicate the areas to which they are allowed unescorted access within the White House complex. Distributors HID Global's world-class partner community includes Integrators, Distributors, OEMS, Managed Services Providers, Embedded OEMS and Technical Alliance Partners that help organizations identify, purchase and implement the most extensive line of powerful and versatile security products. 1991: Formed as Hughes Identification Devices, a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft 1995: Became a subsidiary of Palomar Technological Companies, changed name to HID Corporation 1996: Acquired Sensor Engineering, adding Wiegand products 2000: Acquired by Assa Abloy AB 2001: HID acquired Motorola's Indala RFID access control business 2003: Acquired the