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HISTORY
GFI BECAME LISI
To better delineate its specialist areas, GFI Industries
becomes LISI, (LInk Solutions for Industry; its three divisions
each take on this name and add their main business line:
LISI AEROSPACE, LISI AUTOMOTIVE and LISI COSMETICS.
The strategy of focusing on core business continues:
• Sale of non-strategic business lines (GFD, Ars Industries
and the production unit at Aillevilliers),
• Acquisition of California’s MONADNOCK by LISI AEROSPACE.
2002
EXTERNAL GROWTH
The Group returns to external growth with
two major acquisitions:
• Acquisition by LISI AUTOMOTIVE of two French
sites from the American Group, Acument
Global Technologies, specializing in the
manufacture of fasteners for the automotive
industry.
• Purchase by LISI MEDICAL of a site producing
hip replacements from the American Group,
Stryker Corporation, a leading global provider
of medical technologies, which strengthens
the initial acquisitions of 2007.
2010
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ST
FORGED WOOD
SCREWS
JAPY Frères and VIELLARD &
MIGEON decide to join forces to
launch the first industrial
manufacture of forged wood
screws in France.
1968
CREATION OF GFD
These family-run businesses
(BOHLY, DUBAIL‑KOHLER
and VIELLARD) merge to form
a company called GFD, thus
becoming France’s foremost
manufacturer of standard and
automotive nuts and bolts.
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CREATION OF SID
A bolt manufacturing business
is set up at Champagney by
the BOHLY family; the Société
Industrielle de Delle is founded
by the DUBAIL-KOHLER family
in the town of Delle, Belfort.
The company quickly begins
to specialize in the manufacture
of machine-turned screws.
2016
ACQUISITION
OF REMMELE
The LISI Group acquires
100% of the shares
of Remmele Medical
Operations (USA), a
company that specializes
in the manufacture of
implants and instruments
for Mini-Invasive Surgery.
2017
ACQUISITION
OF TERMAX
On October 31, 2017,
the LISI Group buys 51%
of the shares of TERMAX
(Automotive USA) and
undertakes to buy back
the 49% of the remaining
shares by March 31, 2021.
2018
DOUBLE CERTIFICATION
The LISI Group receives double ISO 14001 and
OHSAS 18001 certification for all its activities.
Previously each LISI site was individually
certified, but now LISI is certified through a
single multi-site certification.
LISI AUTOMOTIVE confirms in November 2018
the acquisition of the assets of the American
company Hi-Vol Products which aims
to strengthen its global position in the
production of mechanical safety components
with a strong technical base in North America.
On December 31, 2018, LISI AUTOMOTIVE sells
BETEO GmbH & Co. KG. (€6.9 million in 2018), a
company that specializes in surface treatment,
to Germany’s BENSELER with which a
subcontracting agreement has been signed.