Halma plc
{{short description|U.K. technology company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Halma plc
| logo = Logo Halma.svg
| type = Public limited company
| traded_as = {{lse|HLMA}}
FTSE 100 component
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1894}}
| location = {{nowrap|Amersham, England, UK}}
| key_people = {{ubl|Louise Makin (Chair)|{{wd-ceo}}}}
| industry = Technology
| products = Fire and gas detection, medical devices, water analysis, safety locks
| slogan = Grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.
| revenue = {{increase}}£2,034.1 million (2024){{cite web|url=https://www.halma.com/~/media/Files/H/Halma/Corp-V2/reports-and-presentations/reports/2024/ara/halma-annual-report-and-accounts-2024.pdf|title=Annual Report 2024|publisher=Halma| access-date=31 January 2024}}
| operating_income = {{increase}}£424.0 million (2024)
| net_income = {{increase}}£268.8 million (2024)
| num_employees = 8,000 (2025){{cite web|url=https://www.halma.com/who-we-are|title=Who we are|publisher=Halma|access-date=9 February 2025}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.halma.com}}
}}
Halma plc is a British global group of safety equipment companies that makes products for hazard detection and life protection based in Amersham, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.construction.co.uk/c/599728/halma-plc|title=Halma|publisher=Construction.co.uk|access-date=25 February 2021}} It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
The company was established in 1894 in Sri Lanka as The Nahalma Tea Estate Company Limited.{{cite web|url=https://www.halma.com/who-we-are#our-history|title=Halma history – Halma plc|work=halma.com|access-date=24 June 2019}} 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 and registered as a public limited company in 1981, becoming Halma plc. In 1984, the company acquired Apollo Fire Detectors, the largest manufacturer of smoke detectors in the UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.apollo-fire.co.uk/about-apollo/global-apollo/our-history.aspx|title=Fire Detection Solutions, Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd – Our History|website=www.apollo-fire.co.uk|access-date=2016-06-30}}
The company undertook three acquisitions in the second half of 2019, including Ampac, another fire detection business, and two further acquisitions in the medical sector in early 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares/2019/11/19/halma-aided-by-acquired-assets/|title=Halma aided by acquired assets|date=19 November 2019|newspaper=Investors Chronicle|access-date=25 February 2021}}
Operations
The company is organised as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.halma.com/our-companies.aspx|title=Sectors – Halma plc|work=halma.com|access-date=26 June 2019}}
- Safety Sector
- Health care Sector
- Environmental & Analysis Sector
References
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External links
- [https://www.halma.com Official Halma website]
{{FTSE 100 Index constituents}}
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Category:Companies based in Buckinghamshire
Category:Technology companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Fire detection and alarm companies
Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1894
Category:Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Category:Technology companies established in 1894
Category:1894 establishments in Ceylon
Category:Companies in the FTSE 100 Index
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