Halma Careers

Halma’s business is about protecting lives and improving the quality of life for people worldwide. We create innovative products that protect people in public and commercial buildings, improve personal and public health and prevent injury and death in the workplace.

By combining our world class capabilities in technology innovation and intellectual property, we are able to develop high performance products that are unique in their marketplace. This has enabled us to build strong market positions in our markets worldwide.

We are an international group with businesses in 20 countries and major operations in Europe, the USA, Asia and Africa.

Our businesses are highly cash generative and able to deliver world class returns on a sustainable basis.

End Market Growth Drivers

• Safety regulations and legislation
• Risk and cost of accidents
• Construction (new build & refurbishment)
• Capital investment and industrial growth
• Population growth, ageing & urbanisation
• Personal/public health and safety
• Energy & resources market growth

Group structure

Halma is made up of three sectors:

Infrastructure Sensors We make products which detect hazards to protect people and property in public and commercial buildings. These include fire and smoke detectors, audible/visual warning devices, security sensors and sensors for elevator and automatic doors. We focus on supplying safety critical components, not complete installations, and our customers include major global players in the building infrastructure markets including GE, Honeywell, Tyco, OTIS and Kone.

Health & Analysis We make components and products used to improve personal and public health. We also develop technologies and products which are used for analysis in safety, environmental and leisure related markets, including Water. We serve a very wide range of specialized applications in areas such as eye health, food and beverage manufacturing, clinical and medical diagnostics, bio-hazard detection, water purification and water conservation.

Industrial Safety We develop products that prevent injury and death in the workplace, safeguard capital assets from damage and prevent the unplanned release of hazardous compounds. We make pressure relief devices to protect large vessels and pipe work in process industries, safety interlocks which ensure that critical processes operate safely and prevent accidents and instruments which detect flammable and hazardous gases.

Strategy and business objectives

Our Strategy for driving growth and creating shareholder value centres on five key principles:

1. Operate in specialised global markets offering long-term growth underpinned by robust growth drivers;
2. Build businesses which lead specialised global markets through innovative products differentiated on performance and quality rather than price alone;
3. Recruit and develop top quality boards to lead our businesses and nurture an entrepreneurial culture within a framework of rigorous financial discipline;
4. Acquire companies and intellectual assets that extend our existing activities, enhance our entrepreneurial culture, fit into our decentralized operating structure and meet our demanding financial performance expectations;
5. Achieve a high Return on Capital Employed to generate cash efficiently and to fund organic growth, closely targeted acquisitions and sustained dividend growth.

Organic growth is the key to our value creation strategy.