Financial Information 2006
Sales - GBP 412m
Profit - GBP 76.5m
Employees - 2,000
News
24 July 2007 Smiths Detection awarded initial contract to supply M4 JCAD, the U.S. Military’s new generation chemical agent detector [more]
8 June 2007 Smiths Detection introduces multi-sensor handheld chemical identifier for emergency responders [more]
22 May 2007 Smiths Detection launches new hand-held biological agent detector - Bio-Seeq Plus [more]
22 May 2007 Smiths Detection to help protect Swedish defence forces against chemical warfare agents [more]
15 May 2007 Smiths Detection chosen to commercialise early warning system for chemical terrorist attacks [more]
Graseby Dynamics
Graseby Dynamics established a world leading position in products that detect potentially lethal chemical and biological warfare agents. It was at Graseby that scientists developed the Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) technology that lies at the heart of many Smiths Detection trace detection systems.
In the 1970s Graseby began supplying the UK Ministry Of Defence with products for anti terrorist work, to detect explosive vapours and it became a world leader in vapour detection, based on IMS. That expertise was extended in the 1980s to chemical warfare agents for the MoD.
A major advance into biological detection came in the late 1990s when Graseby won the prototype biological detection system (PBDS) for the UK MoD, as the forerunner of today’s bio detection and identification systems.
Graseby plc was acquired by Smiths in 1997 and Graseby Dynamics became the company's first venture into the detection sector.
In the 1970s Graseby began supplying the UK Ministry Of Defence with products for anti terrorist work, to detect explosive vapours and it became a world leader in vapour detection, based on IMS. That expertise was extended in the 1980s to chemical warfare agents for the MoD.
A major advance into biological detection came in the late 1990s when Graseby won the prototype biological detection system (PBDS) for the UK MoD, as the forerunner of today’s bio detection and identification systems.
Graseby plc was acquired by Smiths in 1997 and Graseby Dynamics became the company's first venture into the detection sector.