Halma plc

Halma plc
Type Public (LSEHLMA)
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 (LSEHLMA) 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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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]

Operations

The Company is organised as follows:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Annual Report 2010
  2. ^ a b c d Halma history
  3. ^ Halma buys Fibreguide Industries for initial $14.5 million
  4. ^ Halma: our companies

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