LISI 2012
31
€
22.7
M
invested in R&D
+20.1%
versus 2011
Well-identified strategies
for each business
In 2012, LISI AEROSPACE confronted new challenges in a
context of great dynamism and changes in requirements.
The manufacturers, whether aircraft or engine builders, are
searching for solutions to numerous problems. Amongst
these, we have a wide use of composites in order to reduce
themass of structures or engines, theuse of titanium, which
is compatiblewith composites and allows for the carrying of
high loads at junctions, the reduction of costs by the integra-
tion of functions and the automation of assembly, and the
opening up to new technologies to reduce the environmen-
tal footprint.
LISI AUTOMOTIVE’s research has, for its part remained
focused on two main areas: materials and their treat-
ments as well as digital simulation, which requires impro-
vements in methods of calculation and especially the
constitution of reliable databases with rules about the
behavior of materials and surfaces.
Where the LISI MEDICAL division is concerned, the key
event remained the integration of a part of the R&D team
from Stryker Benoist Girard representing six people at the
plant in Caen, in September 2012. All the test resources
were also taken over, allowing LISI MEDICAL to offer its
customers services in terms of co-development and
associated mechanical tests, going as far as the prepara-
tion of technical and regulatory files for customers which
require them.
In 2012, the work by its teams enabled
LISI AEROSPACE to file 25 patents, completing
a portfolio of almost 230 patents
