LISI 2012
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Four major categories of capital
investments
The capital investments initiated or finalized in 2012 can
be generally classified in four categories.
The first are the structural investments aimed at the opti-
mization and rationalization of the industrial plant, the
industrial “footprint”.
The purpose of the second, the innovative investments, is
the launch of new products which will ensure growth in
the future.
Next are the capacity investments which are programmed
in order to deal with the growth of our current and new
markets.
The last part the indispensable and recurrent capital in-
vestments. They are for the renovation of infrastructures,
the upgrading of our means of production and improve-
ments in working conditions in the area of health, safety
and environment.
In each division, an optimization of
the production capacities
LISI AEROSPACE
The growth of the business has necessitated an increase
in the production capacities, with the extension of the
industrial buildings at power plants in Izmir in Turkey, at
Villefranche-de-Rouergue and Marmande in France and at
Dorval in Canada.
In order to cope with the increasing market at Boeing,
machining and grinding centers have been put in place at
Dorval and at Torrance in the United States.
At Villefranche de Rouergue, the “Nuts” plan was deve-
loped with the acquisition of a Sacma machine adapted
for hot forging and a Hydromat lathe.
Lastly at Marmande, a complete workshop of 6,000 m
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being open to deal with the new programs in the process
of development.
In parallel, many production machines, new furnaces and
new measuring equipment have been acquired for all the
plants in the aeronautical division.
LISI AUTOMOTIVE
The “Threaded Fasteners” project was pursued with the
rationalization of equipment and production between the
plants at Delle and at Saint-Florent, both located in France.
A Sacma cold forging machine was acquired for the plant
at Delle and a second surface treatment line for the plant
at Saint-Florent.
Other equipment acquisitions were made: a lathe and
feed robots for the manufacture of linkages at the Saint-
Florent plant and a Sacma cold forging machine for the
plant at Dasle (France) intended for the manufacture of
nuts for the PSA platform.
At Kierspe, in Germany, the surface treatment line was
modified as part of the continuing project for deployment
of the MOVEX ERP. This project which was first imple-
mented in the French plants will be followed by a deploy-
ment in all the German plants.
In all the division’s plants, many production machines,
new furnaces and new measuring equipment have been
added to the existing plant.
LISI MEDICAL
In 2012, the division acquired its industrial building, which
was previously leased, at our plant located near Lyons. It
was also equipped with a machining center and a plas-
tics unit intended for the manufacture of parts in PEEK or
polyethylene.
For a new generation of hip implants, an automated for-
ging unit for the sockets, an automated grinding unit and
a knee joint and prototyping unit were installed.
