At a Glance
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC is an international group with leading positions in the design, manufacture and supply of infrastructure products, galvanizing services and building and construction products to global markets. It serves its customers from facilities principally in the UK, France, USA, Thailand and China.
Infrastructure Products
Security precautions at the US Ambassadors’ residence in London for the G20 Summit; showing on the right hand side the use of our Bristorm wire protection product (fronting the main barriers).
Installation of “Flexbeam” vehicle restraint system.
Focused on four main markets—HS Roads, HS Rail, HS Utilities and HS Security—supplying products and services such as permanent and temporary road safety barriers, street lighting columns, bridge parapets, temporary car parks, glass reinforced plastic railway platforms, variable road messaging solutions, traffic data collection systems, plastic drainage pipes and pipe supports for the power and LNG markets, energy grid components and security fencing.
With subsidiaries in the UK, the USA, Thailand and China, 47% of revenue is generated outside the UK.
Revenue £99.7m
Operating Profit £12.0m
Galvanizing Services
Hot dip galvanizing of industrial pipes at Joseph Ash Chesterfield.
Providing zinc and other coating services for a wide range of products including fencing, lighting columns, structural steelwork, bridges, agricultural and other products for the infrastructure and construction markets.
Services are delivered from a network of 26 galvanizing operations in the UK, France and USA, with 76% of revenue generated outside the UK.
Revenue £58.5m
Operating Profit £10.2m
Building & Construction Products
Staircase flooring and handrailing, for Docklands Light Railway London.
Supplying products such as roofi ng systems, safety handrails and flooring, lintels and doors in steel and, increasingly, composite materials, all with a range of uses including large infrastructure projects involving schools and other public buildings.
All plants are based in the UK which accounts for 89% of turnover.
Revenue £38.6m
Operating Profit £0.9m
For more information on Building and Construction Products: please visit
www.hsholdings.com
Interim Report 2009
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