1915

• Diebold establishes the industry's first nationwide service division.
   

1936

• Diebold expands its product line by acquiring companies that specialize in products such as rotary and visible files, and index and microfilming systems
   
• Diebold begins developing armor plate for military tanks.
  
  
   

1938

• Company devotes production to military efforts.
   

1943

• Diebold Safe & Lock Company changes name to Diebold, Incorporated to better reflect the company's gradual diversification into office products.
   

1944-51

• Eliot Ness, former crime fighter of "The Untouchables" fame, serves as chairman of the board.
  
  
  

1947

• Diebold enters the drive-up banking and electrical alarm systems businesses through purchase of O.B. McClintock, Minneapolis.
   

1954

• Diebold begins 54 years of consecutive common stock dividend increases, through 2007.

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