Halma has been a publicly listed company in the UK for over 50 years, although its origins as a private company stretch back even further.
Halma was listed on the London Stock Exchange in January 1972 and became a publicly-traded company. A series of acquisitions were made of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering companies and successful management generated strong organic growth.
This created the basis for the international technology group that Halma is today. The company changed its name to Halma Limited in 1973 and registered as a public limited company in 1981, becoming Halma plc.
Halma plc grew to be an established FTSE 250 business. In December 2017 the company entered the FTSE 100 where it is now firmly established.
David Barber
Halma’s approach has been remarkably consistent since it first started in 1972.
David Barber co-founded Halma plc with Mike Arthur, and was the CEO for over twenty years, and the Chairman until his retirement in 2003. In 1997 he gave a speech describing the secret of the group’s success as a combination of strategic long-term vision and steady purpose. That combination is still true to this day.
”lt won't surprise you to learn that at Halma we choose the long term view, aiming from the start to build slowly and carefully, very much with an eye to the future.”
Read David's full speech