Smiths Detection

Smiths Detection is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of sensors that detect and identify explosives, weapons, chemical agents, biohazards, nuclear & radioactive material, narcotics and contraband.

Our technology helps customers in the global transportation, ports and borders, critical infrastructure, military and emergency responder markets. We have the most comprehensive range of detection technologies in the world, including trace detection, millimetre-wave, infra-red, biological detection and diagnostics.

Principal operating regions

Our eight manufacturing centres are concentrated in North America, Germany, France, Russia and the UK. We sell to over 150 countries around the world either direct or through third-party distributors.

Customers

A significant majority of sales are influenced by more than 100 governments and their agencies, including homeland security authorities, customs authorities, emergency responders and the military. These include the US Department of Defense, US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the UK Ministry of Defence.

Competitors

Smiths Detection’s broad portfolio in the homeland security and defence sectors brings it into competition with a wide range of companies in individual segments. Principal competitors include: Morpho (air transportation), Rapiscan (air transportation, ports and borders, critical infrastructure), L3 Security & Detection Systems (air transportation, ports and borders), Nuctech (ports and borders), AS&E (ports and borders), FLIR (air transportation, defence), SAIC (air transportation, ports and borders), Chemring (military), Bruker (military, emergency responders), Thermo Fisher (military, emergency responders).

Suppliers

We are actively developing synergies across sites and restructuring our purchasing group to ensure that we fully leverage the size of our business. These developments will be ongoing taking into account the demand for local content with some of our major customers as well as our stringent quality and delivery requirements.