Last week's trivia answer

Founded in 1859 and headquartered in Ohio, I'm a big name in ATMs, safes, vaults, voting machines, video monitoring, alarms, fire-resistant storage devices, bullet-resistant items, biometric identification systems, drive-through technologies, pneumatic-tube delivery systems, check-cashing machines, fire-detection services and more. I made the world's largest bank vault for Wells Fargo in 1875 and introduced cash-dispensing automated teller machines in 1966. I've hiked my dividend every year since 1954. I employ more than 17,000 people in more than 88 countries and rake in nearly $3 billion annually. United Technologies has recently tried to buy me. Who am I?

(Answer: Diebold)

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