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Logistics
theMellrichstadt center
will beoperational in2015
the success of clipped activities in Germany has
necessitated the construction of a new, modern
logistics center, fitted with a sprinkler system. This
will protect the parts stored there against the risk
of fire. The commissioningof thisnew facility,which
will improveworkingconditionsaswellastheservice
provided tocustomers, isscheduled forApril2015.
Specializationof fourEuropean
fasteners sites
Initiated in 2010, LISI AUTOMOTIVE’s European
specializationprogram for fastenersplantswas fully
completed in2014. It involvedthemodernizationand
restructuring of the Business Group’s four plants:
Delle and Saint-Florent in France, Fuenlabrada in
Spain, and Kierspe in Germany. The first results
producedby thisspecializationareexpected in2015.
Dasle
Extraordinary
constructionwork
The reconstruction of over 50% of the Dasle site in Franche-
Comté was achieved without production loss. A remarkable
organizational achievement. The site, transformed intoamodern
and extremely functional plant, had to be totally redesigned to
optimizeand rationalize itsentireworkflow.Thesecolossalworks,
started in October 2012, increased the level of production by
30%. Spread overmore than two years, they were completed in
May 2015, without business interruption thanks to the seamless
orchestrationofequipment relocation.
A divisional plant performance booster, the
operational excellence program, LISI Excellence
AchievementProgram (LEAP),hasbeendeployed
across all LISI AUTOMOTIVE plants in France
and throughout the world. Four of these plants
were rewarded in 2014 for the quality of such
deployment: Beijing in China, Cejc in the Czech
Republic, Fuenlabrada in Spain, and Melisey
in France, demonstrating that LEAP knows no
frontiers.
