Halma plc

Infobox Company
company_name = Halma plc
company_
company_type = Public (lse|HLMA)
foundation = 1894
location = Amersham, United Kingdom
key_people = Geoff Unwin, (Chairman)
Andrew Williams (CEO)
industry = Technology
products =
company_slogan =
revenue = £395.1 million (2008)
operating_income = £70.2 million (2008)
net_income = £50.3 million (2008)
num_employees =
homepage = [http://www.halma.com 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.

History

The Company was established in 1894 in Ceylon as "The Nahalma Tea Estate Company Limited". [http://www.halma.com/halmaplc/about/history.jsp Halma history] ] It switched to rubber production in 1937 and became "The Nahalma Rubber Estate Company Limited". 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.

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.

Recent acquisitions have included "Fibreguide", an optical fibres business, bought in 2008. [ [http://www.hemscott.com/news/static/tfn/item.do?newsId=67010080064017 Halma buys Fibreguide Industries for initial $14.5 million] ]

Operations

The Company is organised as follows: [ [http://www.halma.com/halmaplc/companies/index.jsp Halma: our companies] ]
* Infrastructure sensors
* Health & analysis
* Industrial safety

References

External links

* [http://www.halma.com/ Official Halma website]