From developing equipment to the production of finished goods, the British Smiths Group has one foot in the medical sector and the other in aviation and industry. It is fourth in line in the world for the construction of installation equipment and finished products. The detection division provides technologically advanced security solutions to detect and identify explosives, chemicals, and biological agents, weapons an contreband.Its aeronautics branch manufactures aircraft components and navigation systems (hydraulic, electrical and surveillance) for military and civil purchasers. So it is one of the main suppliers to Boeing and Airbus. Its industrial section produces components, such as propellers, ventilators and connectors. Various sectors are involved: aviation, medicine, printing, the environment, cleaning, automobiles, construction, chemicals and energy. Its last section is heavily involved in the medical sector, equipping hospitals with surveillance monitors, for example. With an implantation in forty countries, Smiths Group does not economize on the resources required to satisfy the needs of its customers in Asia and the Middle East.