Halma p.l.c. · Amersham, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom ·(London: HLMA)

Its businesses range from smoke detectors to ophthalmic lenses, but protection and detection are the common ties at Halma's nearly 50 subsidiaries. Halma's subsidiaries make products in three sectors: infrastructure sensors (detecting hazards and protecting people and properties in buildings); health and analysis (improving public and personal health and protecting the environment); and industrial safety (protecting property and people at work). Each sector has its own independent management. Halma operates businesses worldwide, but Europe accounts for more than half of sales. To read the full description, subscribe now.