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Smiths Group plc

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Company type	Public (LSE: SMIN)
Industry	Engineering
Founded	1851
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Products	Detection Medical Aerospace Speciality engineering
Revenue	£2.678 billion GBP (2004)
Number of employees	27,200 (2004)
Website	www.smiths-group.com

Smiths Group is a British engineering company involved in wide-ranging speciality engineering.

Organisation

Detection

Smiths Detection is a leading company in the fast growing sector of detection systems. The importance of this industry is obvious in the present context, i.e. the threat and fear of terrorism, as well as the emphasis on homeland security in the United States. Products of the company include:

• Trace detectors
  For detection of chemical and biological agents, chemicals or explosives.
• X-Ray security systems
• Biometrics
  Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity of an individual by measurement of physiological or behavioral features
• Metal detectors
• Product inspection systems
  Systems for quality control of products (e.g. food).

Medical

• Airway management
• Needle protection
• Ambulatory infusion

Aerospace

• Actutation
  Smiths Aerospace Mechanical Systems produces Electrical motors, hydraulic pistons etc. for control of flight control (flaps, slats, ailerons), landing gear and thurst reversers.
• Components
  Important supplier of jet engine components
• Electronics
  Though wide ranging this business area centres on aicraft/flight management systems.
  • Aerial refueling - Partner in 767 Tanker Transport
  • Crew information
  • Flight Control Systems (FCS)
  • Navigation sytems

Speciality engineering

• Flexible Technologies
• Interconnect
• John Crane
• Kelvin Hughes Limited (Marine Systems)
• Tubular Systems
  • Titeflex - flexible fluid hoses
  • Lewis and Saunders - tubular assemblies
  • Gastite - fuel piping products.

• Companies traded on the London Stock Exchange
• Aerospace companies of the United Kingdom