*PierreLamard–ViellardMigeon&Cie“From forge toholdingcompany”
1977
1989
1777
1796 1806
1899
1968
GFDacquiredBLANC
AERO
,whichspecialized
inaerospacepartsand in
packagingcomponents for
thePerfumerysector.The
newgroupwasnamedGFI.
MIGEON&DOMINEwas
founded
inMorvillars in
theBelfort region, later to
becomeVIELLARDMIGEON
&Compagnie (VMC).
JAPYBrothers
launched
thefirst industrial
manufacturingplant in
France for forgedwood
screws,withVIELLARD&
MIGEON,whosupplied them
with the“finestqualitywire
manufactured”.*
GFIwasfloatedonthe
ParisStockExchange’s
over-the-countermarketand
becameGFI Industries.
FrédéricJAPYsetup
awatchmovement
factory inBeaucourt,
near Montbéliard.
TheSociété Industrielle
deDelle
was founded
by theDUBAIL-KOHLER
family in the townofDelle,
(TerritoiredeBelfort).
Thecompanyquickly
began tospecialize in the
manufactureofmachine-
turnedscrews
Thesethree family-run
businesses (KOHLER,
JAPYandVIELLARD)
mergedto forma
companycalledGFD
thus
becomingFrance’s foremost
manufacturerof standard
andautomotivenutsand
bolts.The three founding
familieswere thenpartofCID
(Compagnie Industriellede
Delle),owningacontrolling
stake in theLISIgroup.
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