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MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

497743

Report Date :

20.03.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SMITHS DETECTION INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

Registered Agent Information The Corporation Trust Company of Nevada 701 S Carson St STE 200 Carson City NV 89701

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Financials (as on) :

2015

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1851

 

 

Legal Form :

Incorporation

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject develops, manufactures, and markets threat detection and screening technologies for military, transportation, homeland security, and resilience applications worldwide. It offers biological agent detection, cargo and vehicle inspection, chemical agent detection, chemical identification, explosives detection (liquids), explosives/narcotics detection, radiation detection, security checkpoint, and X-ray inspection products and solutions; and integrated and people screening systems. The company also provides iCmore, an advanced software suite for the automatic identification of suspicious items or dangerous threats, concealed within vehicles and maritime containers; and services and support in the areas of product training, on-site service, technical support, parts/logistics, in-house repair, service contract, and product service aspects. It serves critical infrastructure sectors, ports and borders, and emergency responders.

 

 

No. of Employees :

389

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd January 2017)

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A+

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2017)

Current Rating

(31.12.2017)

United States

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 


 

UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The US has the most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $57,300. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, pharmaceuticals, and medical, aerospace, and military equipment; however, their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. Based on a comparison of GDP measured at purchasing power parity conversion rates, the US economy in 2014, having stood as the largest in the world for more than a century, slipped into second place behind China, which has more than tripled the US growth rate for each year of the past four decades.

In the US, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, businesses face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets.

Long-term problems for the US include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits.

The onrush of technology has been a driving factor in the gradual development of a "two-tier" labor market in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. But the globalization of trade, and especially the rise of low-wage producers such as China, has put additional downward pressure on wages and upward pressure on the return to capital. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income.

Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption and oil has a major impact on the overall health of the economy. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. Because the US economy is energy-intensive, falling oil prices since 2013 have alleviated many of the problems the earlier increases had created.

The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the US into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in October 2008. The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009, Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012, the Federal Government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries.

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2014, the direct costs of the wars totaled more than $1.5 trillion, according to US Government figures.

In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million Americans by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on healthcare - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010.

In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight.

In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short-term rates near zero until unemployment dropped below 6.5% or inflation rose above 2.5%. In late 2013, the Fed announced that it would begin scaling back long-term bond purchases to $75 billion per month in January 2014 and further reduce them as conditions warranted; the Fed ended the purchases during the summer of 2014. In 2014, the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2%, and continued to fall to 5.5% by mid-2015, the lowest rate of joblessness since before the global recession began; inflation stood at 1.7%, and public debt as a share of GDP continued to decline, following several years of increases. In December 2015, the Fed raised its target for the benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25%, the first increase since the recession began. With US GDP growth below 2%, the Fed opted to raise rates three times since then, and in mid-June 2017, the range for the target rate stood at 1% to 1.25%.

 

Source : CIA

 


STATUTORY INFORMATION      

 

Legal Name:

SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Trade Name:

SMITHS DETECTION INC.

NV Business ID:

NV19971304028

Entity Number:

C23520-1997

Date Created:

1851

Date Incorporated:

10/22/1997

Legal Address:

Registered Agent Information

THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY OF NEVADA

701 S CARSON ST STE 200

CARSON CITY

NV 89701

USA

Operative Address:

2202 Lakeside Boulevard

Edgewood, MD 21040

USA

Telephone:

+00 1 (0) 800 297 0955

+00 1 (0) 410 612 2625

Fax:

+00 1 (0) 410 510 9496

Legal Form:

Incorporation

Email:

Investor enquiries: Jemma Spalton, Smiths Group

jemma.spalton@smiths.com

 

Media enquiries: Andrew Lorenz, FTI Consulting

smiths@fticonsulting.com

Media enquiries: Deborah Scott, FTI Consulting

smiths@fticonsulting.com

Registered in:

NEVADA

Website:

www.smithsdetection.com

Contact:

Roland Carter, President

Shan Hood, President, Smiths Detection Inc. Americas

Staff:

SMITHS DETECTION INC. has approximately 389 full-time employees in USA.

 

Today Smiths Group plc has over 23,000 employees in over 50 countries.

Activity:

NAICS 1: Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing

SIC 1: Mechanical And Electromechanical Counters And Devices

 

BANKS:

 

 The company does not make its banking data public

HISTORY

 

The company was founded in 1851

 

Key Developments:

Smiths Detection Inc. was formerly known as Smiths Heimann, Inc.

 

Smiths Detection to Supply Full Range of Security Scanners for the New Passenger Terminal B and Cargo Complex LLC at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport

Feb 5 18

Smiths Detection will supply a full range of security scanners for the new passenger Terminal B and Cargo Complex LLC (‘Moscow Cargo’) at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. The new facilities are part of the airport’s plans to handle the increased passenger volumes expected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and one of the most important stages in a larger-scale development of the airport, which will continue through to 2026. Negotiated by Smiths Detection distributor, NEOSCAN Russia, this substantial contract includes a total of 91 advanced X-ray inspection systems delivering a broad array of screening functions, from passenger checkpoint and hold baggage through to cargo. It includes: 30 HI-SCAN 5180si X-ray systems for screening passenger baggage at the entrance to the airport, 32 HI-SCAN 6046si checkpoint scanners for carry-on bags and personal belongings and two HI-SCAN10080 XCT and four HI-SCAN 10080 EDX-2is for hold baggage. Seventeen HI-SCAN 100100T systems will screen larger, out of gauge items in the passenger terminal. In the Cargo Complex, seven HI-SCAN 180180-2is pro models will take care of large scale, consolidated and palletised goods, two HI-SCAN 100100V-2is scanners will handle break bulk and other cargo and visitors will be checked using a further three HI-SCAN 6046si scanners. Terminal B has been developed for domestic airlines and is expected to cater for the potential 20 million passengers predicted to pass through the airport in 2018. Installation of the new equipment will be completed in December 2017.

 

Düsseldorf Airport to Deploy ECAC Screening Technology from Smiths Detection

Jan 30 18

Smiths Detection announced that is supplying hold baggage scanners to support the upgrade to ECAC Standard 3 explosives detection systems (EDS) at Düsseldorf Airport. Awarded by the Procurement Office of the German Ministry of Interior, the contract includes 14 advanced HI-SCAN 10080 XCT scanners, which deliver exceptional levels of security; and can be further updated as necessary in the future to detect new explosive threats. There is also an associated eight year service agreement. HI-SCAN 10080 XCT scanners combine high resolution X-ray technology; computed tomography (CT); and advanced detection algorithms to increase both security and operational efficiency significantly. With a very fast belt speed and large rectangular tunnel, these scanners offer a continuously high throughput of up to 1,800 bags per hour. Extremely sharp, full colour, high resolution images, as well as a low false alarm rate also support the higher performance levels required by the new regulations.

 

Narita International Airport Chooses Smiths Detection to Supply Latest Passenger Screening Capabilities

Oct 16 17

Smiths Detection has been chosen to supply innovative solutions for people screening and search functions in Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Following a national directive from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to upgrade checkpoint security to comply with the latest international standards, Narita Airport, along with several regional hub airports, held a formal evaluation of potential solutions and chose to install 13 eqo portals from Smiths Detection. The new equipment has been operational since March 2017.

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

Smiths Detection Inc. is a mature organization in the fluid meter and counting device manufacturers industry located in Edgewood, MD.

Products/Services description:

Smiths Group has five divisions - John Crane, Smiths Medical, Smiths Detection, Smiths Interconnect and Flex-Tek. They are focused on the threat & contraband detection, medical devices, energy, communications and engineered components markets worldwide.

 

Smiths Detection Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets threat detection and screening technologies for military, transportation, homeland security, and resilience applications worldwide. It offers biological agent detection, cargo and vehicle inspection, chemical agent detection, chemical identification, explosives detection (liquids), explosives/narcotics detection, radiation detection, security checkpoint, and X-ray inspection products and solutions; and integrated and people screening systems. The company also provides iCmore, an advanced software suite for the automatic identification of suspicious items or dangerous threats, concealed within vehicles and maritime containers; and services and support in the areas of product training, on-site service, technical support, parts/logistics, in-house repair, service contract, and product service aspects. It serves critical infrastructure sectors, ports and borders, and emergency responders.

 

Products:

Chemical & Radiation Detection

Explosive & Narcotic Detection

Heavy Cargo & Vehicle Inspection

People Screening

X-ray Screening

 

Integrated Solutions:

Checkpoint Solutions

Hold Baggage Solutions

Air Cargo Solutions

Brands:

NA

Sales are:

Wholesale

Clients:

GRUPO EMPRES.PREVEN-TEC S

Paraguay

 

American Airlines Inc.

Peru

 

INTERAMERICANA DE SISTEMAS Y SEGURIDAD S.A

Colombia

 

Segman S.A. De C.V.

Mexico

Suppliers:

FASTRON HUNGARIA KFT

Hungry

 

Smiths Heimann Gmbh

Germany

 

SMO DETECTION EQUIPMENT (SHANGHAI)

China

 

Smiths Detection International

France

Operations area:

National and International

The company imports from

Hungry, Germany, China and France

The company exports to

Worldwide

The subject employs

SMITHS DETECTION INC. has approximately 389 full-time employees in USA.

 

Today Smiths Group plc has over 23,000 employees in over 50 countries.

Payments:

Regular

 

 

LOCATION

 

Headquarters :

2202 Lakeside Boulevard

Edgewood, MD 21040

USA

Comments:

NA

Branches:

Newark, California

7151 Gateway Blvd

Newark, CA 94560

USA

T: +00 1 (0) 510-739-2400

F: +00 1 (0) 510-739-6400

 

Alcoa, Tennessee

3202 Regal Drive (US 80)

Alcoa, TN 37701

USA

T: +00 1 (0) 865 738 1010

F: +00 1 (0) 865 984 0607

 

Main Competitors

Remote Systems

13009 Glenview Dr

Burnsville, Minnesota

55337-1886

 

Advanced Utility Products Inc.

1207 Trotwood Blvd

Winter Springs, Florida

32708-3732

 

Omnisys Controls Inc.

8163 Timberwood Dr

Plainfield, Indiana

46168-7871

 

Ra-Vid Technologies Llc

1673 Bryn Mawr Cv

Germantown, Tennessee

38138-2647

 

Insight Process Solutions Llc

29 Thistlewood Ln

Hendersonville, North Carolina

28791-8000

 

Related Companies:

Canada

6865 Century Avenue

Suite 3002

Mississauga

Ontario

Canada

L5N 7K2

T: +00 1 (0) 905 817 5990

F: +00 1 (0) 905 817 5992

 

Singapore (APAC Headquarters)

(APAC sales office - Except for countries listed on this page)

100 Beach Road

#20-06 Shaw Tower

Singapore 189702

T: +00 65 6 466 1700

F: +00 65 6 469 2506

 

Australia

Unit 5 Botany Grove Estate

14A Baker St

Botany

NSW, 2019

Australia

T: +00 61 (2) 8338 9722

F: +00 61 (2) 8338 9733

 

China

Room 3018

South Tower

Beijing Kerry Center

No.1, Guanghua Road

Chaoyang District

Beijing China

T: +00 86 (0) 10 5632 0809

 

India

Unit 412, Time Tower

MG Road

Gurgaon, 122002

India

T: +00 91 (0) 124 470 2670

 

Japan

Metro City Kamiyacho Bldg 3F

5-1-5, Toranomon, Minato-ku

Tokyo

105-0001 Japan

T: +00 81 (0) 3 5776 4700

F: +00 81 (0) 3 5776 4710

 

New Zealand

1/180 Montgomerie Rd

Airport Oaks

Auckland 2022

New Zealand

T: +00 64 (0) 9 9180 540

F: +00 64 (0) 9 9162 260

 

Malaysia

Lot 8

Jalan SiLC 1

Kawasan Perindustrian SiLC

79200 Iskandar Puteri

Johor Bahru

Johor

Malaysia

T: +00 60 (7) 5600 888

F: +00 60 (7) 5600 887

 

Thailand

99/3 Moo 5, Kingkaew Road

Tambon Rachatheva, Amphur Bangplee

Samutprakarn Province 10540

Thailand

T: +00 66 (0) 217 821 915

F: +00 66 (0) 217 821 96

 

Global Head Office

1 Sheldon Square

Paddington

London

W2 6TT

T: +00 44 (0) 20 7004 1600

F: +00 44 (0) 20 7004 1644

 

France (covering Africa)

Including all Africa enquires

36 rue Charles Heller

94405 Vitry-sur-Seine

France

T: +00 33 (0) 1 5553 5555

F: +00 33 (0) 1 4680 3499

 

Germany

(EMEA sales office - except for countries listed on this page and Military sales.)

Im Herzen 4

65205 Wiesbaden

Germany

T: +00 49 (0) 611 9412 – 0

F: +00 49 (0) 611 9412 229

 

Italy

Smiths Detection

Via Giotto 3

20835 Muggiň (MB)

Italy

T: +00 39 (0) 39 61167 1

F: + 00 39 (0) 39 61167 201

 

Russia

Oktyabrskaya Emb. 104

Build. 14

193079 St. Petersburg

Russia

T: +00 7 (812) 4495 944

F: +00 7 (921) 9547157

 

UAE

Including Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Dubai Airport Free Zone

Light Industrial Unit

Block F – F01 & F02

Post Box 48225

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

T: +00 971 (0) 4 702 9555

F: +00 971 (0) 4 702 9500

 

UK & Ireland

(Also Military & ER Sales in Europe & Africa)

Century House

Maylands Avenue

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7DE

United Kingdom

T: +00 44 (0) 1923 658 000

F: +00 44 (0) 1923 240 285

GROUP STRUCTURE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

NO

No Par Share Count:

0

Par Share Count:

20,000,000.00

Par Share Value:

USD$ 0.0001

Capital Amount:

USD$ 2,200.00

Shareholders:

This is a private company. The company does not disclose information on shareholders. The following information has been obtained through private sources and could not be confirmed:

 

Smiths Detection Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Smiths Group plc.

Smiths Group plc

 

(This information was confirmed by the company)

 

Information about Smiths Group plc:

Address:

11-12 Street James's Square

4th Floor

London SW1Y 4LB

United Kingdom

Telephone:

44 20 7004 1600

Sector:

Industrial Goods

Industry:

Diversified Machinery

Full Time Employees:

23,000 employees

 

Major Holders of Smiths Group plc.:

(All numbers in GBP)

Top Institutional Holders

Holder

Shares

Date Reported

Value

Cullen Capital Management, Llc

261,37

Dec 31, 2017

390,225,410

Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc

54,257

Dec 31, 2017

81,005,701

Top Mutual Fund Holders

Holder

Shares

Date Reported

Value

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund

19,555,000

Jun 30, 2017

31,563,725,022

FMI International Fd

14,800,000

Sep 30, 2017

22,792,000,000

Vanguard International Stock Index-Total Intl Stock Indx

5,019,775

Jul 31, 2017

7,710,374,400

MFS Institutional International Equity Fund

2,970,916

Jun 30, 2017

4,795,355,443

Principal Diversified International Fund

2,953,295

Dec 31, 2017

4,409,269,435

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

2,521,894

Jul 31, 2017

3,873,629,184

iShares MSCI Eafe ETF

2,206,250

Nov 30, 2017

3,296,137,500

Vanguard Tax Managed Fund-Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund

1,901,591

Jun 30, 2017

3,069,357,986

Variable Insurance Products Fund III-Mid-Cap Portfolio

1,493,265

Dec 31, 2017

2,229,444,645

DFA International Core Equity Portfolio

1,047,807

Jul 31, 2017

1,609,431,552

Principal Subsidiaries of Smiths Group plc. in USA:

Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.

John Crane, Inc.

Titeflex Corporation

Flexible Technologies, Inc.

Tutco, LLC.

Hypertronics Corporation

Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc.

 

Principal Subsidiaries of Smiths Group plc. in other countries:

England

Smiths Detection – Watford Ltd

Smiths Medical International Limited

John Crane UK Limited

 

Europe

Smiths Heimann SAS (France)

Smiths Heimann GmbH (Germany)

Smiths Medical France SA (France)

Smiths Medical Deutschland GmbH (Germany)

John Crane Italia SpA (Italy)

 

Other

Smiths Detection (Asia-Pacific) Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Smiths Medical Japan Limited (Japan)

John Crane Middle East FZE (UAE)

 

Management:

Roland Carter, President

Shan Hood, President, Smiths Detection Inc. Americas

Tony Tielen, Vice President Europe, Middle East & Africa

Jerome de Chassey, Vice President Asia-Pacific Region

Matt Clark, Vice President, Technology & Product Development

Diana Houghton, Vice President Strategy & Communication

Henrik Akerson, Vice President Global Operations & Supply Chain

Michael Cavanaugh, Vice President Global Services & Digital Solutions

Kini Pathmanathan, Vice President Human Resources

Alain McInnes, Chief Financial Officer

Adam Ramsay, General Counsel

Lily Liu, Vice President of Finance

David Anning, Vice President of Global Operations

Shan Hood, Vice President of Product & Technology

Brian Bark, Chief Information Officer

Nick Pape, Divisional Business Partner

Steve Ellis, Vice President, Business Development

Richard Beers, Treasurer

David Moorehouse, Director

Andrea Wilson, Secretary

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

SMITHS DETECTION INC. does not make its financial statements public. The following information has been provided by private sources:

USD 2015

 

Revenue

57,600,000

Cash flow

Normal

 

We also attach the latest financial statements of Smiths Group plc. 

 

 

LEGAL FILINGS

 

 

 

Patents:

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTICAST DELIVERY OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ON DEMAND

Publication number: 20130159544

Abstract: A server in connection with a plurality of multimedia sources that has a plurality of clients. The server determines if at least one of the clients is requesting to receive at least one of the sources. The server then multicasts these requested sources to the requesting clients, respectively. If none of the clients is requesting a particular source, the server does not multicast that particular source. If all of the clients cease requesting a particular source that the server is currently multicasting, the server terminates the multicast of that particular source.

Type: Application

Filed: October 22, 2012

Publication date: June 20, 2013

Applicant: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventor: Smiths Detection Inc.

 

Portable detection system and method

Patent number: 8138909

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing assay information to a portable detection unit, by way of a remote server in communication with the portable detection unit or a consumable with stored information for use with the portable detection unit. Global Positioning System (GPS) information is provided to a portable detection unit having a GPS receiver, so that the unit can determine its current position, including altitude. Based on the determined position, assays and parameters, such as PCR melt temperatures, can be selected. Assays to be performed by the portable detection unit can be selected based on the results of a prior assay.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 2, 2008

Date of Patent: March 20, 2012

Assignees: Smiths Detection Inc., Smiths Detection—Watford Limited

Inventors: Jay Lewington, John Walter Czajka, Douglas Jason Green, Carmelo Volpe

 

Ion funnel for efficient transmission of low mass-to-charge ratio ions with reduced gas flow at the exit

Patent number: 9564305

Abstract: A sample inlet device and methods for use of the sample inlet device are described that include an ion funnel having a plurality of electrodes with apertures arranged about an axis extending from an inlet of the ion funnel to an outlet of the ion funnel, the ion funnel including a plurality of spacer elements disposed coaxially with the plurality of electrodes, each of the plurality of spacer elements being positioned between one or two adjacent electrodes, each of the plurality of spacer elements having an aperture with a diameter that is greater than a diameter of each adjacent electrode. The ion funnel is configured to pass an ion sample through the apertures of the electrodes and the spacer elements to additional portions of a detection system, such as to a mass analyzer system and detector.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 29, 2014

Date of Patent: February 7, 2017

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Vadym Berkout, Jan Hendrikse

 

Fiber optic detection system

Patent number: 7933011

Abstract: A sealed and decontaminated fiber optic detection apparatus includes an optics portion with individual chambers. Each chamber housing optical and electro-optical components. A manifold accommodates fibers, with each of the fibers being in optical communication with the optical and electro-optical components of a corresponding chamber. The apparatus also includes a sample holder that holds a sample to be tested and a mounting device provided between the sample holder and the manifold. The mounting device and the manifold form a sealed fiber optic interface between the sample holder and the optics portion.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 11, 2008

Date of Patent: April 26, 2011

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Douglas Jason Green, Jordan Fields

 

DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR PCR ASSAY

Publication number: 20110151461

Abstract: The application provides methods for improving the detection accuracy of the binding of labeled nucleic acid probes, such as those used in PCR reactions. One such method comprises measuring the label intensity, e.g. fluorescence, at two different temperatures, a higher temperature and a lower temperature, and then calculating the ratio of the label intensity at the lower temperature over the label intensity at the higher temperature. Another method comprises measuring the label intensity at least two points in time post-PCR and calculating the slope of the label intensity as a function of time. Measuring the hybridization kinetics of the probe binding to the target nucleic acid allows an on-rate slope to be calculated which gives this method good specificity of detection.

Type: Application

Filed: August 10, 2009

Publication date: June 23, 2011

Applicant: Smiths Detection-Edgewood Inc.

Inventors: John Robert Link, Barry Edward Boyes

 

IDENTIFICATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE USING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT HYBRIDIZATION

Publication number: 20120100526

Abstract: Oligonucleotide probes are provided that are capable of hybridizing to different target nucleic acid sequences in a temperature-dependent manner allowing for detection of more than one target sequence by the same probe or by different probes having reporter labels with identical or similar detection characteristics. Also provided is a method for detecting target nucleic acid sequences using an oligonucleotide probe capable of hybridizing to the sequences in a temperature-dependent manner or using different probes having reporter labels with identical or similar detection characteristics.

Type: Application

Filed: December 7, 2009

Publication date: April 26, 2012

Applicant: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Inventors: John W. Czajka, Harry A. Glorikian

 

Chemical identification of peroxide-based explosives

Patent number: 7439496

Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of an analyte in an ion mobility spectrometer using an amide ionization reagent is provided. This method is particularly useful for the detection of peroxide-based explosives.

Type: Grant

Filed: May 4, 2006

Date of Patent: October 21, 2008

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: William Ronald Stott, Sabatino Nacson, Gabriela Iulia Eustatiu

 

Device for polymerase chain reactions

Patent number: 7170594

Abstract: A detection device includes a housing containing a chamber configured to receive a specimen, a heating element disposed in the chamber, and an optical window to permit observation of the chamber. The housing includes a passage configured to allow fluid flow through the chamber to thereby provide cooling.

Type: Grant

Filed: May 4, 2004

Date of Patent: January 30, 2007

Assignee: Smiths Detection, Inc.

Inventor: Douglas Jason Green

 

METHOD FOR REDUCING LOSS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN DETECTION APPLICATIONS

Publication number: 20120133933

Abstract: The application provides a method for reducing the loss of electromagnetic radiation caused by passing electromagnetic radiation through material with a rough surface. The method comprises applying a surface layer, such as a liquid or plastic film, to the material. The surface layer masks or decreases the surface irregularities or effects therefrom resulting in decreased loss of electromagnetic energy.

Type: Application

Filed: May 10, 2010

Publication date: May 31, 2012

Applicant: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Inventors: Peng Zou, Dustin Levy

 

Aligned particle based sensor elements

Patent number: 7113069

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor array for detecting an analyte in a fluid, comprising first and second sensors formed by chemically sensitive resitors, wherein the first sensor comprises a region of aligned conductive material; or where each of the sensors comprises alternating regions of nonconductive regions and aligned conductive regions with each resistor providing an electrical path through both the nonconductive region and the aligned conductive region, while each sensor manifests a different electrical resistance during contact with sample fluids having different analyte concentrations via the monitoring arrangement of having the sensors electrically connected to an electrical measuring apparatus. The aligned conductive particle material is aligned by exposure to either of an electric, magnetic, optical, photo-electric, electromagnetic or mechanical field, which serves to improve signal to noise ratio of vapor sensors allowing Lower Detection Limits for vapors being sensed.

Type: Grant

Filed: November 30, 1999

Date of Patent: September 26, 2006

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Steven A. Sunshine, Beth C. Munoz

 

Method and apparatus for meat scanning

Patent number: 7164749

Abstract: A system and apparatus for scanning food products to determine at least one property of the food product. In one embodiment, two sources of the food product, such as a low fat and a high fat source, controllably feed into a grinder. The grinder feeds into an x-ray analysis apparatus which is adapted to determine the desired property of the food product by x-ray analysis. A controller then forms a feedback loop which controls the relative amount of food product being feed from each of the food product sources.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 28, 2004

Date of Patent: January 16, 2007

Assignee: Smiths Detection, Inc.

Inventors: Todd Schrock, Brook Nash, Earl Smith

 

Detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of a medical condition or disease with artificial olfactometry

Patent number: 7819803

Abstract: Methods and devices for rapid diagnosis and monitoring a patient for disease or effectiveness of treatment in real time. In preferred embodiments, the methods and devices comprise contacting an array of sensors with a sample from a mammal suspected of having a disease to generate a sensor array profile, measuring a clinical diagnostic marker for the suspected disease, and then developing a diagnosis using the sensor array profile in combination with the clinical diagnostic marker.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 20, 2007

Date of Patent: October 26, 2010

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Timothy E. Burch, C. William Hanson, III, Erica R. Thaler

 

Sensor system with close-loop-adsorption circulation

Patent number: 8650932

Abstract: A detection and identification system includes a sensor unit (100) having a sensor array that detects and identifies at least one chemical included in an air flow. The system also includes a pump (120) that drives the air flow through the detection and identification system, in which the pump receives the air flow that has passed out of the sensor unit. The system further includes an adsorption unit (130) that dries and cleans the air flow within the detection and identification system, to obtain a substantially dry and clean air flow, in which the adsorption unit receives the air flow that has passed out of the pump. The system also includes at least one valve (140) that receives the substantially dry and clean air flow that has passed through the adsorption unit. The valve provides the substantially dry and clean air flow to the sensor unit in a close-loop circulation operation to thereby clean a sensor array.

Type: Grant

Filed: October 15, 2009

Date of Patent: February 18, 2014

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventor: Shou-Hua Zhang

 

Detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of a medical condition or disease with artificial olfactometry

Patent number: 7255677

Abstract: Methods and devices for rapid diagnosis and monitoring a patient for disease or effectiveness of treatment in real time. In preferred embodiments, the methods and devices comprise contacting an array of sensors with a sample from a mammal suspected of having a disease to generate a sensor array profile, measuring a clinical diagnostic marker for the suspected disease, and then developing a diagnosis using the sensor array profile in combination with the clinical diagnostic marker.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 4, 2003

Date of Patent: August 14, 2007

Assignees: Smiths Detection Inc., Trustees of University of Pennsylvania

Inventors: Timothy E. Burch, C. William Hanson, III, Erica R. Thaler

 

Aligned particle based sensor elements

Patent number: 7471185

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor array for detecting an analyte in a fluid, comprising first and second sensors formed by chemically sensitive resitors, wherein the first sensor comprises a region of aligned conductive material; or where each of the sensors comprises alternating regions of nonconductive regions and aligned conductive regions with each resistor providing an electrical path through both the nonconductive region and the aligned conductive region, while each sensor manifests a different electrical resistance during contact with sample fluids having different analyte concentrations via the monitoring arrangement of having the sensors electrically connected to an electrical measuring apparatus. The aligned conductive particle material is aligned by exposure to either of an electric, magnetic, optical, photo-electric, electromagnetic or mechanical field, which serves to improve signal to noise ratio of vapor sensors allowing Lower Detection Limits for vapors being sensed.

Type: Grant

Filed: September 25, 2006

Date of Patent: December 30, 2008

Assignee: Smiths Detection, Inc.

Inventors: Steven A. Sunshine, Beth C. Munoz

 

Non-destructive inspection of material in container

Patent number: 7164750

Abstract: An apparatus and method for non-destructive inspection of materials housed in containers involves orienting an X-ray beam emitter and detector to direct and detect an X-ray beam at an angle substantially parallel to a sloped surface of the container to be inspected. A first X-ray apparatus is located opposite a second X-ray apparatus, and both the first and second X-ray apparatus are adapted to provide two X-ray beams. This arrangement provides for imaging of the entire area of a sloped portion of the container without any shadow or hidden spots.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 25, 2004

Date of Patent: January 16, 2007

Assignee: Smiths Detection, Inc.

Inventors: James Nabors, Brook Nash, Todd Schrock, Dick Wyman, Norbert Hartwig, Earl Smith, Adam Williamson

 

Mixed statistical and numerical model for sensor array detection and classification

Patent number: 7672813

Abstract: A method and system for detecting and classifying biosensor and chemical sensor data includes processing data fetched from an array of sensors. A statistical analysis of the processed data is performed, to obtain statistically analyzed sensor data. A determination is made, based on the statistically analyzed sensor data, whether or not there a response signal has been generated from the array of sensors. If a response signal is determined to have been generated, a numerical pattern recognition is performed on the data collected from the array of sensors, in order to categorize the data.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 3, 2007

Date of Patent: March 2, 2010

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Sichu Li, Mary E. Tabacco

 

Gas flow assisted ion transfer system with improved transfer efficiency

Patent number: 9786477

Abstract: An ion transfer system includes an ion source coupled to an ion inlet; an ion transfer tube assembly including a concentric ion transfer tube with a porous material that is permeable to a gas, the concentric ion transfer tube coupled to the ion inlet and the ion source, where a first gas that includes an ion stream flows through the concentric ion transfer tube; and a concentric gas tube, the concentric ion transfer tube disposed within the concentric gas tube, where a second gas flows between the concentric ion transfer tube and the concentric gas tube; an ion detection device coupled to a capillary tube that is coupled to the concentric ion transfer tube, where the capillary tube transports the ion stream to the ion detection device; and a pump coupled to at least one of the concentric ion transfer tube or the concentric gas tube.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 30, 2016

Date of Patent: October 10, 2017

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Henryk Zaleski, Reno DeBono

 

MASS SPECTROMETRY (MS) IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHM

Publication number: 20140260536

Abstract: A system includes a gas chromatograph configured to determine experimental chromatographic data including retention times associated with samples. The system also includes a mass spectrometer configured to determine experimental mass spectral data associated with samples. The mass spectrometer can include a quadrupole field ion trap that uses a non-classical detection technique. The system. determines a retention index for an unknown sample based upon retention times for a calibration sample and the unknown sample, and identifies reference mass spectral data using the retention index. The reference mass spectral data can include spectra measured using a classical detection technique. The system can compare the experimental mass spectral data to the reference mass spectral data using one or more comparison metrics, such as a percent fragment match and/or a variance match. A score can be determined to identify the unknown sample using one or more of the metrics.

Type: Application

Filed: March 14, 2014

Publication date: September 18, 2014

Applicant: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: Charles S. Sadowski, Greger Andersson, Kevin Judge

 

Dual spectrometer

Patent number: 9869585

Abstract: Systems and techniques for optical spectrometer detection using, for example, IR spectroscopy components and Raman spectroscopy components are described. For instance, a system includes a first electromagnetic radiation source configured to illuminate a sample with a first portion of electromagnetic radiation in a first region of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., an IR source) and a second electromagnetic radiation source configured to illuminate a sample with a second portion of electromagnetic radiation in a second substantially monochromatic region of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., a laser source). The system also includes a detector module configured to detect a sample constituent of a sample by analyzing a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the sample associated with the first electromagnetic radiation source and a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the sample associated with the second electromagnetic radiation source.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 3, 2013

Date of Patent: January 16, 2018

Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.

Inventors: David W. Schiering, Maxim Frayer, Peng Zou

 

 

Trademarks:

CHEMALERT

Chemical sensors for the detection, discrimination, monitoring, alarm and notification of chemical agents for use in a variety…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78276906

 

SABRE 4000

Spectrometer used to detect trace amounts of narcotics, explosives and chemical weapons

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78388590

 

SABRE CENTURION

Spectrometers in the nature of air quality monitors used to detect trace amounts of narcotics, explosives and chemical weapons…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78388584

 

IONSCAN 500 DT

Particle detector used to detect trace chemical elements, namely, narcotics, explosives and other chemical weapons

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78388596

 

CHEMBIOALERT

Chemical sensors for the detection, discrimination, monitoring, alarm and notification of chemical agents for use in a variety…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78276908

 

IONSCAN SENTINEL

walk-through particle detector used to detect trace chemical elements, namely, narcotics, explosives and other chemical…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78074053

 

MMTD

Chemical, gas and vapour detectors; ion mobility spectrometers

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION - TORONTO LIMITED

Serial Number: 77111032

 

CENTURION

Air quality monitors for use where toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents pose a threat

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78623843

 

PROCLAIMS

Computer software for use with ion mobility scanners, namely, software that detects and quantifies trace analytes

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 77170800

 

HI-SCAN 9075

Electrical and electronic security and inspection apparatus and instruments for detecting articles and substances; x-ray…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78590963

 

HI-SCAN 7555I

Electrical and electronic security and inspection apparatus and instruments for detecting articles and substances; x-ray…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78590964

 

HI-SCAN 6040I

Electrical and electronic security and inspection apparatus and instruments for detecting articles and substances; x-ray…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78590962

 

HI-SCAN 100100T

Electrical and electronic security and inspection apparatus and instruments for detecting articles and substances; x-ray…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78590965

 

HI-SCAN 6046SI

Electrical and electronic security and inspection apparatus and instruments for detecting articles and substances; x-ray…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78590966

 

MAIL SENTRY

Low volume mail and parcel screening machine for use in the detection and identification of chemical and biological agents…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION-EDGEWOOD, INC.

Serial Number: 78346094

 

REACHBACKID

Educational services, namely, providing training, workshops and seminars and remote online and telephonic instruction related…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 85066589

 

REACHBACK

Educational services, namely, providing training, workshops and seminars and remote online and telephonic instruction related…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 85066576

 

LIVEWAVE

entertainment services, namely, the production and distribution of live and on-demand television programming, distributed…

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 75775741

 

SBS

Biological agent detectors

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 77378630

 

IDENTIFYIR

Portable infra-red based chemical detection apparatus

Owned by: SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Serial Number: 78794663

 

 

Filling History:

Smiths Detection Inc. was formerly known as Smiths Heimann, Inc.

 

 

Lawsuits:

Morpho Detection, Inc. v. Smiths Detection, Inc., No. 2:2011cv00498 - Document 416 (E.D. Va. 2013)

Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER - Conclusion For the reasons set forth above, Morpho's motion is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part. Prejudgment interest is AWARDED at the prime rate, compounded quarterly, and post-judgment interest is AWARDED at the s tatutory rate set forth at 28 U.S.C. § 1961. Damages from the accounting period that can be recovered in this Court are limited to the eighteen sales made to customers other than TSA because the United States has directly assume d liability for the infringing sales made to TSA, and Morpho is required to recover its reasonable and entire compensation for such infringement in the United States Court of Federal Claims. As to the eighteen sales before this Court, lost profit s are awarded on nine sales and a reasonable royalty is awarded on nine sales, for a combined total of $418,719.51. As for any post-judgment infringement by Smiths, the ongoing royalty rate for each post-judgment infringing sale is $9,375. Signed by District Judge Mark S. Davis and filed on 10/17/13. Copies distributed to all counsel of record 10/18/13.(ldab, )

 

DSA Detection, LLC v. Smiths Detection, Inc.

Plaintiff: DSA Detection, LLC

Defendant: Smiths Detection, Inc.

Case Number: 1:2016cv11012

Filed: June 1, 2016

Court: Massachusetts District Court

Office: Boston Office

County: Middlesex

Presiding Judge: Richard G. Stearns

Nature of Suit: Other Contract

Cause of Action: 28:1332

Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

 

WHITE v. SMITHS DETECTION, INC. et al, No. 2:2010cv04078 - Document 144 (D.N.J. 2013)

Court Description: OPINION. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer on 4/29/2013. (nr, )

 

 

UCC:

No records found

 

 

OFAC

Sanctions List Search:

 

The company is not listed in the OFAC list.

Maximum Credit Provided

USD 1 000 000

 

 

SUMMARY

 

 

Founded in 1851, Smiths Detection Inc. is a mature organization in the fluid meter and counting device manufacturers industry located in Edgewood, MD.

 

SMITHS DETECTION INC. has approximately 389 full-time employees in USA.

 

Today Smiths Group plc has over 23,000 employees in over 50 countries.

 

Smiths Detection Inc. generates an estimated USD 57.600 million in annual revenue.

 

The company imports from Hungry, Germany, China and France, and exports worldwide, operating within national and international markets.

 

Smiths Detection Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Smiths Group plc.

Smiths Group plc

 

This has been an ACTIVE company incorporated in NEVADA in 1997.

 

RISK INFORMATION

 

 

 

DEBTS

Controlled

PAYMENTS

Regular

CASH FLOW

Normal

SUGGESTED CREDIT LINE

USD 1 000 000

STATUS

ACTIVE

 

 

INTERVIEW

 

NAME

Jess

POSITION

Operator

COMMENTS

She confirmed legal name, trade name, telephone, website, address, principal activity and operations area.

 

She confirmed branches and major holders.

 

She asked the reason of the call and refused to provide further information through the phone.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

INR 65.04

UK Pound

1

INR 90.56

Euro

1

INR 79.78

US Dollar

1

INR 65.22

 

Note : Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

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RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

D

High Risk

Business dealing not recommended or on secured terms only

NB

New Business

No recommendation can be done due to business in infancy stage

NT

No Trace

No recommendation can be done as the business is not traceable

 

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