Industrial flooring group James Halstead (LSE: JHD) has announced yet another record profit. It is the largest company on Aim and superficially the dullest, making vinyl flooring in Manchester for schools, hospitals and trains. But it's far more interesting than it sounds. Halstead is one of the most consistently profitable companies on the market. Its size means it could happily slot into the FTSE 250. But for tax reasons, it has remained on Aim. It also has a global reach its flooring covers everything from the Kremlin conference centre to Indian submarines and oil rigs in the Gulf.
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