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We change the World of welcoming People

At SKIDATA, we are committed to transforming access into a warm welcoming experience.

Central to our approach are our two core domains – Parking & Mobility and Sports & Entertainment.

In these areas, we focus on creating optimal synergies and developing innovative access solutions, ensuring every visitor interaction is smooth, safe, and memorable.

Not just by selling the best solutions, but by adding true value for our clients and demonstrating the positive impact of making people feel welcome.

With our access solutions, we want to inspire you to extend that feeling of being welcome to YOUR visitors and guests all over the world, whether they are entering car parks, mountain destinations, stadiums, arenas, or attraction parks.

So, what drives us?

Our Purpose

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Our Vision

We connect our customers, their visitors and partners at the heart of the customer experience with our all-in-one proposition SKIDATA Connect in a simple, secure and sustainable way.

Our digital solutions and our high-quality hardware provide you with a comprehensive solution that covers all the items on your wish list. You can take full advantage of all required open interfaces and easy integration options that perfectly suit your needs in a simple, secure and sustainable way. Best of all, our customer-focused approach makes it easy for you to turn unknown visitors into loyal guests.

With you and for you, we will work out the best solutions to ensure full customer satisfaction. You benefit from our hand-in-hand partnership with you and associated partners. Consulting, implementation and service: with us you get it all from a reliable single-source provider. SKIDATA is where you are: our 24 subsidiaries and distributors in 100 countries worldwide are happy to support and assist you when and where you need it.

SKIDATA by the Numbers

24
countries
1300
employees
100
patent families
225
patents

SKIDATA’s mother company, the Kudelski Group, is based in Chesaux, Switzerland, and Phoenix, Arizona, US. The company is a global leader in digital security and convergent media solutions for the delivery of digital and interactive content. The technologies are used in a wide range of services and applications requiring access control and rights management.

For you as our customer, our cooperation with the cyber security division of Kudelski brings a lot of benefits. Data security becomes more and more important for both operators and customers, as some threats are global, and many industries are forced to defend against specialized threat actors who focus all their energies on a specific vertical.

What our clients say

Ben Ziff

We spend some time going through different suppliers. We saw about six or seven suppliers. Quite quickly, we narrowed it down to who was the market leader.

Alejandro von Teuber

What I most like about SKIDATA is the innovation, the design which is definitely important because it is what our clients see, and then the software because it's just what we operators need. 

Alejandro von Teuber

Their solutions provide so much functionality such as letting us trace all of our operations, improving the safety of our operations and providing a pleasant customer experience for our visitors.

Our Values

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Spirit of Passion

We work as a professional and integrated international team, combining our strengths and continuously building upon our expertise. Our people are supported and encouraged in being their best so they can deliver their best. Open-minded in our thinking, leading edge with our solutions, always on the side of our stakeholders. Everything we do - we do it with passion.

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Superior Reliability

We operate responsibly and always stand by our word: As a company, as a team, as individuals. We secure investments in our company and in our products by providing the highest quality solutions that continue delivering well into the future. This is based on a corporate culture characterized by trust, respect and teamwork.

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Strong Commitment

We are always there. For one another as a team, for our customers and partners. Global, professional, fast and reliable. We act as a team, working closely together to deliver responsive, continuous service. Whatever we do - we do it with commitment.

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Setting Trends

Strongly grounded in the present, we are already thinking about the day after tomorrow. Together we conceive new ideas and develop them into sophisticated products. Utilizing broad market understanding, foresight and innovative thinking, we set trends that set new benchmarks in access management. As a result, our customers and partners are always a step ahead...

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Caring is about being mindful on how to act and react. Voluntarily taking responsibility for social and environmental issues. Showing respect and appreciation for all colleagues. Openness to welcoming diversity. Enabling personal and professional growth and building trust as foundation for teamwork.

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Commitment is about delivering the best results for our customers, colleagues & teams. Focusing on raising performance. Having a willingness to improve collaboration efforts and being a reliable team player.

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Courage is about empowering each other, taking on new responsibilities, fostering autonomy and self management, encouraging experimentation, learning from mistakes and having the courage to lead.

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Curiosity is about fostering innovative and creative ideas. Creating a welcoming learning environment and improving morale and enjoyment at work.

Our History

The course for SKIDATA's success story was set in 1977.

 

Günther Walcher, originally active in the sale of Polaroid cameras, had the brilliant idea for a new application of Polaroid images in 1977. By incorporating skiers' photos into ski tickets, he triggered a revolution in ski lift access. The first printed ski ticket and the first electronic cash register was launched – a milestone in the history of mountain sports regions. SKIDATA was born.

In 1985, SKIDATA entered the parking business with its comprehensive parking solutions. By 1986, SKIDATA's market share for fully automated access management in ski resorts had grown to more than 80 percent.

Beginning in 1991, SKIDATA provided controlled mass access for people with its systems and expanded its portfolio to include stadia, arenas and attraction parks.

Collaborations with iconic brands such as Swatch, Apple, Google or Mastercard still highlight our claim to always work as the best with the best – and in the best interest of our customers.

What followed until today is thinking outside the box, empowering our customers to always be one step ahead.

Our History in Pictures

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Launching into a successful future

Günther Walcher is the first to develop printed personal ski tickets and a cash register for ski resorts. SKIDATA is founded.

Launching into a successful future

Günther Walcher is the first to develop printed personal ski tickets and a cash register for ski resorts. SKIDATA is founded.

Corporate Social Responsibility

As a forward-thinking company, SKIDATA is committed to environmental conservation, workplace safety, human rights, ethical concerns, and sustainable sourcing. Dive deeper into our unwavering commitment to elevating corporate social responsibility.

Executive Board & Management

David Luken

CEO, Managing Director

Robert Weiskopf

CSO, Managing Director

Michael Gradnitzer

Senior Vice President – Operations, Managing Director

Willem-Jan Balk

Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing

Andrea Schmelz

Head of HR

James Toal

Senior Vice President Europe – Sales Region Europe

Stephen Tibber

Vice President – Sales Region Latin America & Africa

Christoph Schwarzenberger

Vice President - Technology

Supervisory Board

André Kudelski

Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer Kudelski

Mauro Saladini

Chief Financial Officer Kudelski, Deputy Chairman

Maître Patrick Foetisch

Board Member Kudelski

Laurent Dassault

Board Member Kudelski

Press Contact

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Press Contact SKIDATA Headquarters

Iris Perz
PR & Communication
[e] media@skidata.com
[p] +43 6246 888-2212

Key facts about SKIDATA

SKIDATA is an international leader in the field of access solutions and their management. Worldwide, leading companies and operators of airports, shopping malls, cities, office buildings, hotels, hospitals, universities, ski resorts, stadiums and amusement parks rely on the secure, future-oriented and reliable access solutions for people and vehicles. SKIDATA is the reliable partner from first consultations to perfect service. SKIDATA places great value in providing solutions that are intuitive, easy to use, and secure for the end customer. The integrated concepts of SKIDATA solutions help clients optimize performance and maximize profits. SKIDATA is part of ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world.

 

SKIDATA is certified according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISAE 3402.

SKIDATA by the numbers

302 m
EUR turnover 2023
91 %
revenue outside Austria
1300
employees 2023

Press Releases

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sMove: A revolutionary blend of technology and emotion in access solutions

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SKIDATA to be acquired by ASSA ABLOY Group

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Saving time and money from the very first game: eTicketing for clubs

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