*PierreLamard–ViellardMigeon&Cie“From forge toholdingcompany”
2008
2010
2007
2005
2004
2002
1990/2000
Tobetterdelineate its
specialistareas,GFI
IndustriesbecameLISI
(LInkSolutions for Industry;
the threedivisioneach
adopted thisname, together
with theirmainbusiness
activity: LISIAEROSPACE,
LISIAUTOMOTIVE,andLISI
COSMETICS.Thestrategyof
focusingonCoreBusiness
continued:
•Saleofnon-strategic
business lines (GFD,
Ars Industriesand the
productionunitat
Aillevilliers),
•AcquisitionofCalifornia’s
MONADNOCK (LISI
AEROSPACE).
Throughoutthe1990s
,
GFI Industriescontinued
tostrengthen itspositions
in its threesectorsby
acquiringover15companies
throughoutEuropeand the
US.
AcquisitionofFORMa.s
in theCzechRepublic (LISI
AUTOMOTIVE).
Acquisitionof
KNIPPING
inGermany
(LISIAUTOMOTIVE).
Openingofa factory in
Canada (LISIAEROSPACE)
SaleofGradel
(LISIAUTOMOTIVE).
Creationof theLISI
MEDICALsubdivision
,
followingacquisitionof:
•HUGUENY (Lyon),
specializing inspinal
implants;
•JEROPA (Escondido-USA),
specializing indental
implants,
•SEIGNOLand INTERMED
Application (Neyron–
France)andLIXUS (Tangiers
–Morocco), specializing in
subcontractingofdental
andorthopedic implants.
LISIAUTOMOTIVE
increased itspresence
inChinaand India
with
thecreationofasecond
manufacturingplant in
Shanghaidedicated to
making threaded fasteners
andsafetymechanical
components for the
automotive industry.
TheGroupreturnedto
externalgrowth
•AcquisitionbyLISIAUTOMOTIVE
of twoFrenchsites from the
AmericanGroup,Acument
GlobalTechnologies,
specializing in themanufacture
of fasteners for theautomotive
industry.
•PurchasebyLISIMEDICALofa
siteproducinghip replacements
from theAmericanGroup,
StrykerCorporation,a leading
globalproviderofmedical
technologies.
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