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seen their European production grow 14% each
in 2011. Overheating of the German industry
has also generated relatively significant
shortages among heat treatment and surface
treatment subcontractors. For their part, French
manufacturers have not been as successful,
but nevertheless limited the decline in their
production (-3% for PSA, -2% for Renault SA),
despite a sharp decline in domestic sales.
LISI AUTOMOTIVE took
advantage of this
fundamental move
Despite the decline in new car sales in Europe,
the production of its major customers
increased locally by 5% in 2011 over 2010,
driven by exports to the large Chinese
and American markets. The sales of the
division’s products to German manufacturers
experienced two-digit increases. LISI
AUTOMOTIVE’s “fasteners”business has
particularly benefited from the efforts
implemented by all manufacturers to conquer
and capture the business of fast-growing
emerging markets, by producing for their non-
European assembly plants, especially in Russia,
China and South America, where car sales are
growing rapidly. In Brazil, where production
is also very dynamic, the number of vehicles
per 1,000 inhabitants will reach 208 in 2015
against 153 in 2000.
Efforts granted and ongoing projects have
enabled LISI AUTOMOTIVE to enjoy the
gratitude of several of its customers. The
division indeed obtained in 2011 the status of
a major supplier to PSA, an award based on
Transfer to Puiseux
Announced in 2010, the closing down of the plastic clip
site of Bonneuil-sur-Marne, acquired fromAcument, and
the consolidation of the injection operations in Puiseux,
nearCergy-Pontoise (Val-d’Oise),were conductedaccording
to the schedule. The transfer was accompanied by the
creation of a second building (Puiseux II) for the storage,
sorting, assembling, packaging and shipping. It has
also helped to rebalance the share of plastic injection
compared to the metal production, and to streamline
the metal/plastic clip cutting activity. The site, whose
sales revenue increased significantly in 2011, now has
a fleet of 50 injection molding machines and has a
sufficient critical size for its plastic activities. It reports
to the Clip Solutions Business Group and must now take
advantage of the synergies achieved to develop metal/
plastic subset assembly activities for our parts suppliers
and manufacturer clients.