Halma - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Halma M&A Summary

Halma has acquired 56 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 6 assets.

Halma’s largest acquisition to date was in 2022, when it acquired IZI Medical Products for $212M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2012, when it sold Tritech International to Moog for $32M. Halma has acquired in 15 different US states, and 14 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (22%) and safety/security (20%).

Halma Business Overview

Where is Halma headquartered?

Halma is headquartered in Amersham, United Kingdom.

What is Halma’s revenue?

Halma disclosed revenue of 2,034M GBP for 2024 and 1,853M GBP for 2023.

How many employees does Halma have?

Halma has 7,000 employees.

What sector is Halma in?

Halma is a safety/security company.

When was Halma founded?

Halma was founded in 1894.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity62
    • M&A Buy Activity56
    • M&A Sell Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 13
  • Total Countries Invested 14
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 16
  • M&A Advisors 3

Halma

Halma PLC

Misbourne Court, Rectory Way,
Amersham, HP7 0DE
United Kingdom,
+44 (0)1494 721111
www.halma.com

Halma is a UK-based group of technology companies that makes products for hazard detection and life protection. Halma was founded in 1894 and is based in Amersham.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 52 - 1 2 - 1 56
vol $851M $212M $1.1B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 4 1 1 - - - 6
vol $65M $65M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
MK Test Systems Ltd. 2024-05-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Wellington, United Kingdom · www.mktest.com
WEETECH GmbH 2022-10-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Wertheim, Germany · www.weetech.de
IZI Medical Products LLC 2022-10-03 212M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Owings Mills, Maryland · www.izimed.com
Texecom Ltd. 2021-08-09 - Divestiture
Haslingden, United Kingdom · www.texe.com
PeriGen, Inc. 2021-04-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Cranbury, New Jersey · www.perigen.com
Fiberguide Industries, Inc. 2020-12-17 - Divestiture
Caldwell, Idaho · www.fiberguide.com
Navtech Radar Ltd. 2018-11-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · www.navtechradar.com
Limotec BVBA 2018-10-19 - Add-on Acquisition
Anzegem, Belgium · www.limotec.be
Argus Security S.r.l. 2017-12-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Trieste, Italy · www.argussecurity.it
Sterling Safety Systems Ltd. 2017-12-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Warwickshire, United Kingdom · www.sterlingsafety.co.uk
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
CenTrak, Inc. 2016-02-05 Elpas Solutions Ltd. 2018-09-24 2
Newtown, Pennsylvania · www.centrak.com Tel Aviv, Israel · www.elpas.com
SunTech Medical Group Ltd. 2012-05-31 CAS Medical Systmes, Inc. - Non-invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring Product 2017-07-26 1
Eynsham, United Kingdom · www.suntechmed.com Branford, Connecticut

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 12 (21%) 37M (4%) 1 (17%) 32M (50%)
Safety/Security 11 (20%) 201M (19%) 2 (33%) 18M (27%)
Medical Products 10 (18%) 417M (39%) - -
Electrical Equipment 5 (9%) 59M (6%) 2 (33%) 6M (9%)
Test/Measurement Equipment 5 (9%) 147M (14%) - -
Semiconductors 4 (7%) 38M (4%) - -
Manufacturing 3 (5%) - 1 (17%) 9M (14%)
Electronics 1 (2%) 12M (1%) - -
Energy Services and Equipment 1 (2%) - - -
Healthcare Services 1 (2%) 140M (13%) - -
Information Technology 1 (2%) 5M (< 1%) - -
Plastics 1 (2%) 8M (1%) - -
Software 1 (2%) - - -
Total 56 $1.1B 6 $65M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 19 152M 4 59M
United States 19 820M 2 6M
  Pennsylvania 2 149M - -
  New Hampshire 2 16M - -
  California 2 146M - -
  Arizona 2 135M - -
  New York 1 12M 1 6M
  Idaho 1 15M 1 -
  Washington 1 57M - -
  Oklahoma 1 - - -
  Ohio 1 15M - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Michigan 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 24M - -
  Maryland 1 212M - -
  Florida 1 25M - -
  Connecticut 1 14M - -
Germany 4 65M - -
Belgium 3 - - -
Switzerland 2 8M - -
Brazil 1 15M - -
China 1 - - -
France 1 - - -
Italy 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 3M - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
Puerto Rico 1 - - -
Singapore 1 - - -
Spain 1 - - -
Domestic 19 (34%) 152M (14%) 4 (67%) 59M (91%)
Cross-border 37 (66%) 911M (86%) 2 (33%) 6M (9%)
Total 56 $1.1B 6 $65M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Duff & Phelps Corp.
 1
Houlihan Lokey
 1
Legal Deals
Wiggin
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $570M
< $100M 26 $493M
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest IZI Medical Products LLC
$212M (2022-10-03)
sell # Total
< $100M 4 $65M
TOTAL $65M
Largest Tritech International Ltd.
$32M (2012-08-23)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
6 (11%)
Strategic(s)
9%
5 (9%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
33%
2 (33%)
Strategic(s)
67%
4 (67%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Safety/Security

Revenue

2,034   10% 2024
1,853   22% 2023
1,525   16% 2022
1,318   2% 2021
1,338   11% 2020
1,211   13% 2019
1,076   12% 2018
962   20% 2017
808   12% 2016
726   8% 2015
677   10% 2014
619   7% 2013
580   2012
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Employees

7,000

Established

1894

Public

London Stock Exchange: HLMA

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