Halma plc

Halma plc is a British global group of safety equipment companies that makes products for hazard detection and life protection based in Amersham, England.[2] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Halma plc
TypePublic limited company
LSE: HLMA
IndustryTechnology
Founded1894
HeadquartersAmersham, England, UK
Key people
  • Louise Makin (Chair)
  • Andrew Williams (CEO) 
Revenue£1,318.2 million (2021)[1]
£288.3 million (2021)[1]
£203.3 million (2021)[1]
Websitewww.halma.com

History

The company was established in 1894 in Ceylon as The Nahalma Tea Estate Company Limited.[3] It switched to rubber production in 1937 and became The Nahalma Rubber Estate Company Limited.[3] 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.[3]

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.[3] In 1984, the company acquired Apollo Fire Detectors, the largest manufacturer of smoke detectors in the UK.[4]

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.[5]

Operations

The company is organised as follows:[6]

  • Safety Sector
  • Medical Sector
  • Environmental & Analysis Sector

References
  1. "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Halma. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. "Halma". Construction.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. "Halma history – Halma plc". halma.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. "Fire Detection Solutions, Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd – Our History". www.apollo-fire.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  5. "Halma aided by acquired assets". Investors Chronicle. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. "Sectors – Halma plc". halma.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.



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