Smiths Group plc is an industrial group organized around 4 product families: - industrial equipment (36.2% of net sales; John Crane): mechanical linings, auxiliary sealing systems for pumps and compressors, bearings, power transmission couplings, etc.; - detection equipment (27.4%; Smiths Detection): for detecting and identifying explosives, weapons, chemical and biological agents, etc.; - tubular and thermal systems (25.1%; Flex-Tek); - electric and electronic interconnection equipment (11.3%; Smiths Interconnect): primarily for the defense, telecom and transportation sectors. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (19.9%), the Americas (54.1%), Asia/Pacific (15.2%) and other (10.8%).