Smiths provide watches and ‘sledgemeters’ for Captain Scott’s epic expedition to the South Pole.

S. Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Limited, lists on the London Stock Exchange.

To meet soaring wartime demand, Smiths opened a new Cricklewood factory, where aircraft instruments, including their first airspeed indicator, began rolling off the production line in growing numbers.

Smiths is producing 80% of all speedometers sold in the UK.

The first affordable electric clock developed for homes and offices.

By the mid-30s Smiths produces half of all clocks made in the UK, manufacturing 4,000 electric and up to 10,000 mechanical clocks a week.

Smiths acquires a controlling interest in Henry Hughes & Son Ltd. Later merged with Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd, to form Kelvin & Hughes Ltd – Smiths Industries’ maritime division.

Smiths supported the war effort by producing over ten million aircraft instruments, four million clocks, and 1.5 million speedometers and mileage counters -prompting the acquisition of a new Cheltenham site.

Design of the world's first automotive mechanical seal by John Crane.

Smiths autopilot completes the first successful landing without human control in zero visibility.

Smiths instruments were vital to Formula One success in the 1960s, with leading teams like BRM, Lotus, Cooper and Lola relying on them for precise, real time data that helped drivers push their cars to the limit. Read article here.

Smiths is behind the development of the first ATM (Automatic Teller Machines) including PIN (Personal Identification Number) technology.

John Crane innovates through developing the first non-contacting, dry-running gas seal.

Smiths introduces first ever heads-up displays, to project data onto the windscreens of planes, working with customer Saab to fit them to their Viggen aircraft.

First checkpoint hand baggage X-ray scanner introduced by Smiths Detection.

Smiths works with Boeing to provide auto-throttles for the 727 and 737 ranges and engine indicators for the 747.

Smiths Industries ceased production of its domestic clocks and watches.

Smiths joins the FTSE100 index on the London Stock Exchange for the first time.

Smiths Detection introduces the world’s first hold baggage CT scanner.

European Space Agency Rosetta’s mission to land first probe on a comet launched and landed on Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014.  Smiths enabled the probe to communicate its findings back to Earth.

Smiths Group completes the divestment of its aerospace and maritime businesses.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission launched to conduct landmark study of the sun. Travelled 7x closer than any other spacecraft before it. Smiths delivered high reliability and connectivity performance for the data and control transmission systems of the probe.

Smiths develops next generation 3D CT scanners that eliminate the need for passengers to remove liquids and laptops from their bags.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, built to take humans farther than ever before, launched its successful test flight proving Orion could pull astronauts to safety in the event of an emergency. Smiths ensured the signal and communication integrity of the control modules onboard.

First dry gas seal digital diagnostics solution to monitor conditions at the heart of the compressor.

NASA’s DART mission launched to demonstrate the first asteroid deflection technology. Smiths enabled the transmission of mission critical data, including providing images of asteroids to help the probe stay on its collision course.

Smiths announces the sale of it Medical business.

First commercial decarbonisation of Direct Reduction of Iron (DRI) process. Replaces fossil fuels used in traditional DRI steel production with hydrogen and creates water vapour as the effluent gas rather than CO2 to create ‘green steel’.

Smiths Group announces the sale of its Detection and Interconnect businesses.

Smiths supports NASA’s Artemis II historic mission providing critical components from three of its divisions for the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo.