Halma plc
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| Type | Public (LSE: HLMA) |
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| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Headquarters | Amersham, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Geoff Unwin, (Chairman) Andrew Williams (CEO) |
| Revenue | £459.1 million (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | £89.1 million (2010)[1] |
| Net income | £60.4 million (2010)[1] |
| Website | www.halma.com |
Halma plc (LSE: HLMA) is a group of technology companies that makes products for hazard detection and life protection. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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[edit] History
The Company was established in 1894 in Ceylon as The Nahalma Tea Estate Company Limited.[2] It switched to rubber production in 1937 and became The Nahalma Rubber Estate Company Limited.[2] During the early 1950s the Company's rubber estates were nationalised by the Sri-Lankan government, and in 1956 the Company became Halma Investments Limited, thereby severing its connections with both tea and rubber and becoming an investment and industrial holding company.[2]
In the early 1970s the company began a sequence of acquisitions in the mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering sectors. The Company was renamed Halma Limited in 1973.[2]
Recent acquisitions have included Fibreguide, an optical fibres business, bought in 2008.[3]
[edit] Operations
The Company is organised as follows:[4]
- Infrastructure sensors
- Health & analysis
- Industrial safety
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Annual Report 2010
- ^ a b c d Halma history
- ^ Halma buys Fibreguide Industries for initial $14.5 million
- ^ Halma: our companies
[edit] External links
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