Halma plc
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| Public (LSE: HLMA) | |
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Headquarters | Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK |
Key people |
Paul Walker, (Chairman) Andrew Williams (CEO) |
| Revenue | £676.5 million (2014)[1] |
| £140.2 million (2014)[1] | |
| £107.6 million (2014)[1] | |
| Website | www.halma.com |
Halma plc 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.
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 and registered as a public limited company in 1981, becoming Halma plc.[2]
In 1984, the company acquired Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd, the largest manufacturer of smoke detectors in the UK.[3]
Operations
The company is organised as follows:[4]
- Process safety
- Infrastructure safety
- Medical
- Environmental & Analysis
References
- 1 2 3 "Final Results". investis.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Halma history – Halma plc". halma.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Apollo Fire Detectors
- ↑ "Sectors – Halma plc". halma.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
