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LISI 2012
LISI MEDICAL
FLAGSHIP PRODUCTS
The Exeter®
hip prosthesis is one of the
most widely-fitted hip implants in the world.
Exclusively manufactured by LISI MEDICAL,
it is offered in packaged and sterile form. All
the items constituting the total prosthesis,
manufactured and proposed in this form, allow
for the offering of the complete reconstruction
solution (socket, polyethylene insert, head and
femoral stem).
The associated instruments for the fitting
of implants
are also manufactured by LISI
MEDICAL which thus offers a complete solution
to customers: impacters, files, socket holders,
stem holders, cutting guides for the knee.
Polyaxis screws for the spine, intersomatic
and corporectomy cages
are amongst the
most widespread manufactured products of
LISI MEDICAL, together with the associated
instruments: stem holders, curettes, drill bits,
scrapers (bone preparation).
In traumatology, numerous plates
intended
for loan consolidation are produced, as well as
the associated fasteners. In this area, numerous
instruments are offered, from a simple
screwdriver to a complex system for the fitting
of the implant.
Dental implants,
pivot axes and healing
screws, as well as the various associated
fitting instruments, offer a complete solution
to customers who are leaders in this area of
implant surgery.
A YEAR OF
TRANSFORMATION
ON THE THREE SITES
2012 was confirmed as a year of transformation in terms
of organization and strategic orientation, the objective
being to widen the customer base for all the sites, by
reorienting Caen towards new products on the recons-
truction market and the other two sites to the markets for
spinal implants and traumatology.
The plant at Caen, sustained by the flow of contracts with
Stryker, recorded good performances in operational terms,
despite the forecast standardization of volumes.
The plants at Lyon and that San-Diego for their part
continued their switch to the areas of high value-added
implants, while seeking to widen their customer base.
Hence, new accounts profoundly transformed the
customer portfolio.
Inoperational terms, the configurationof the plant at Caen
changed notably, in order to guarantee better service to
customers. The plant accelerated its automation projects
in order to improve its performances in productivity and
delivery times, and invested massively in new equipment
in order to increase its production capacity and to access
new markets, particularly knee joints. The creation of a
unit dedicated to knee joints was initiated in order to cover
the range of joint implants in the reconstruction area.
The plant at Lyon also equipped itself with production
equipment allowing it to be competitive within the
framework of its strategy for penetration of new markets
for spinal implants and traumatology, essentially latest-
generation machining equipment to manufacture
implants in metal or in plastic.
The plant at San-Diego improved its capacities in terms
of skimming and reaming for spinal segment implants in
order to capture large customers in this area and to be less
dependent on a dental segment which is very sensitive to
fluctuations in the economy.
