LISI FINANCIALREPORT2013 I
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GENERAL INFORMATIONREGARDINGTHECOMPANY
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MarketMaker’sContract
Themarket-makingcontractcomplieswiththeethicalcharteroftheAFEI
and iscarriedoutby:
ODDOFINANCECORPORATE
Mr.EricBIGOTTEAU
Email:ebigotteau@oddo.fr
Tel:+33 (0)140175289
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HISTORY
1777
Frédéric JAPY sets up a watch movement factory in Beaucourt, near
Montbéliard.
1796
Some years later MIGEON&DOMINE is founded inMorvillars in the
Belfortregion, latertobecomeVIELLARDMIGEONetCompagnie(VMC).
Initially a specialist in themanufacture of wires, the company rapidly
integratesprocessingactivities.
1806
JAPYFrèresandVIELLARD&MIGEONdecide to join forces to launch the
industrialmanufactureof forgedwoodscrews inFrance.
1899
The Société Industrielle de Delle is founded by the DUBAIL-KOHLER
family in the town of Delle, Belfort. The company quickly begins to
specialize inthemanufactureofmachine-turnedscrews.
1968
These three family-runbusinesses (KOHLER, JAPYandVIELLARD)merge
to form a company called GFD
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, thus becoming France’s foremost
manufacturer of standard and automotive nuts and bolts. The three
foundingfamiliesaretodaypartofCID(CompagnieIndustrielledeDelle),
owningacontrollingstake intheLISIgroup.
1977
GFD acquires BLANC AERO, which specializes in aerospace parts and
in packaging components for the Perfumery sector. This new group is
namedGFI.
1989
GFI is floatedon theParisStockExchange’sover-the-countermarketand
becomesGFI Industries.
1990/2000
Throughout the 1990s, GFI Industries continues to strengthen its
positions in its three sectorsbyacquiringover 15 companies throughout
EuropeandtheUS.
2002
To better delineate its specialist areas, GFI Industries became LISI,
(LInk Solutions for Industry; with eachof the threedivisions taking this
name plus the name of itsmain business sector: LISI AEROSPACE, LISI
AUTOMOTIVEandLISICOSMETICS.
Thestrategyof focusingonCoreBusinesscontinues:
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Sale of non-strategic business lines (GFD, Ars Industries and the
productionunitatAillevilliers),
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AcquisitionofCalifornia'sMONADNOCK (LISIAEROSPACE).
2004
AcquisitionofFORMa.s intheCzechRepublic (LISIAUTOMOTIVE).
2005
AcquisitionofKNIPPING inGermany (LISIAUTOMOTIVE).
Openingofa factory inCanada (LISIAEROSPACE)
SaleofGradel (LISIAUTOMOTIVE).
2007
Sale of European distribution firm EUROFAST to ANIXTER France (LISI
AEROSPACE).
LISI AUTOMOTIVE sells its Monistrol plant in the Haute-Loire to the
PRECITURNgroup.
CreationoftheLISIMEDICALsubdivision, followingacquisitionof:
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HUGUENY (Lyon), specializing inspinal implants;
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JEROPA (Escondido-USA),whichspecializes indental implants,
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SEIGNOL and INTERMED Application (Neyron – France) and LIXUS
(Tangiers – Morocco), specializing in subcontracting of dental and
orthopedic implants.
2008
LISI AUTOMOTIVE increases its presence in China and India with the
creation of a second manufacturing plant in Shanghai dedicated to
makingthreaded fasteners fortheautomotive industry.
2009
On April 1, 2009, the Group sold KNIPPING subsidiary SDU, which
specialized in distributing technical products tomines and industry in
GermanyandPoland.
