58 LISI - 2025 Integrated Report INNOVATION PROCESS WATCH OUT AN INDUSTRIAL PHILOSOPHY Established over the past two decades, the collaboration between LISI AEROSPACE and its industrial AI partner WATCH OUT has been built around a clear objective: securing the machining of high added-value aerospace fasteners in a context of significant labor market constraints. The two partners have progressively developed autonomous production cells integrating sensors, artificial intelligence, and embedded control systems. A KEY ENABLER Over time, this unique technological partnership has become a key industrial enabler for the Group. LISI’s equity investment in WATCH OUT, completed in 2024, marks the transition to industrial-scale deployment. In 2025, an initial series of machines was successfully brought into production. Twenty-two machines have been ordered — thirteen of which have already been installed at the Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône site (north of Paris) — with additional investment waves WATCH OUT is not an additional piece of equipment; it is an industrial philosophy that reinforces our drive toward operational excellence. Cédric Dejean, Senior VP General Manager Business Group Fasteners. planned through 2027: a further 30 machines are to be deployed by then. The objective is to expand capacity across European sites, particularly in SaintOuen-l’Aumône, Villefranche-de-Rouergue (southern France, northeast of Toulouse), and Saint-Brieuc (in Brittany, northwestern France), before extending deployment to the United States. The system architecture is built around three components: preparation, autonomous machining, and AI-optimized quality control. In the event of a deviation, the system immediately identifies the root cause and corrects it. Each part produced enriches the data set and continuously refines machining strategies. “WATCH OUT is not just an additional piece of equipment; it is an industrial philosophy that reinforces our drive toward operational excellence,” emphasizes Cédric Dejean, Senior VP General Manager Business Group Fasteners. EVOLVING ROLES Beyond performance, the project is transforming the actual roles. At Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, the first “industrialization specialists,” who act as true system pilots, are now fully operational. They oversee multiple cells via a mobile application and no longer intervene on individual machine settings, but on overall machining strategies. Operators define the technical framework, analyze data generated at each cycle, and validate or adjust machining methods based on AI-driven recommendations. Developed with the support of LISI, a founding partner, and EMTEK, WATCH OUT is LISI AEROSPACE’s autonomous machining program. It is becoming a key enabler across its European and North American industrial sites.
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