Since 2015 VingCard Elsafe is not an operating company, but a product brand within ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions.

The original VingCard lock was invented by Tor Sørnes, a Norwegian author, politician, and engineer.

[4] In 1950 Sørnes worked as a production planner at Christiania Staal & Jernvarefabrikk in Moss, Norway, a factory which made locks and ice skates under the brandname Ving.

[12] 1979 was also the year that Elsafe (then a separate company) invented the world's first electronic in-room safe, introducing it to the hotel market.

[10] In 1992–93 VingCard launched the electronic magnetic stripe card lock to a positive market reception.

In North America, VingCard Elsafe operated under Tim Shea as acting president from the departure of Bill Oliver in October 2014.

As of March 2015 Lihong Wu took over responsibilities as president of Assa Abloy Hospitality North America.

[16] Marc Tobias has been granted several patents regarding bypass tools and techniques for opening or protecting locks, including 5,355,701 VINGCARD.

The system's radio frequency is one of the first to be based on Zigbee technology, a secured wireless open platform.

[15] Orion is marketed for hotels, and the room control dashboard gives an overview of guestroom electronic systems, including occupancy status, locks, safes, lighting and total energy consumption.

[15] Orion can control a room's ambient temperature when guestrooms are unoccupied, and automatically resume the preset when the guest returns.