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Market maker’s contract
The market-making contract complies with the ethical charter
of the AFEI and is carried out by:
ODDO FINANCE CORPORATE
Mr. Eric BIGOTTEAU
Email:
ebigotteau@oddo.frTel.: +33 (0)1 40 17 52 89
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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 in Morvillars
in the Belfort region, later to become VIELLARD MIGEON et
Compagnie (VMC). Initially a specialist in the manufacture of
wires, the company rapidly integrates processing activities.
1806
JAPY Frères and VIELLARD & MIGEON decide to join forces to
launch the industrial manufacture of forged wood screws in
France.
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 in the manufacture of machine-
turned screws.
1968
These three family-run businesses (Kohler, Japy and Viellard)
merge to form a company called GFD, thus becoming France’s
foremost manufacturer of standard and automotive nuts
and bolts. The three founding families are today part of CID
(Compagnie Industrielle de Delle), owning a controlling stake
in the LISI group.
1977
GFD acquires BLANC AERO, which specializes in aerospace
parts and in packaging components for the Perfumery sector.
This new group is named GFI.
1989
GFI is floated on the Paris Stock Exchange’s over-the-counter
market and becomes GFI Industries.
1990/2000
Throughout the 1990s, GFI Industries continues to strengthen
its positions in its three sectors by acquiring over 15 companies
throughout Europe and the US.
2002
To better delineate its specialist areas, GFI Industries became
LISI, (LInk Solutions for Industry); its three divisions use the
same name, adding their core business suffix: LISI AEROSPACE,
LISI AUTOMOTIVE and LISI COSMETICS.
The strategy of focusing on Core Business continues:
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Sale of non-strategic business lines (GFD, Ars Industries and
the production unit at Aillevilliers),
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Acquisition of California's MONADNOCK (LISI AEROSPACE).
2004
Acquisition of FORM a.s in the Czech Republic
(LISI AUTOMOTIVE).
2005
Acquisition of KNIPPING in Germany (LISI AUTOMOTIVE).
Opening of a factory in Canada (LISI AEROSPACE).
Sale of GRADEL (LISI AUTOMOTIVE).
2007
Sale of the distribution company Eurofast to ANIXTER France
(LISI AEROSPACE).
LISI AUTOMOTIVE sells its site at Monistrol-sur-Loire to the
PRECITURN group.
Creation of the LISI MEDICAL subdivision, following acquisition
of:
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HUGUENY (Lyon), specializing in spinal implants;
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JEROPA (Escondido-USA), specializing in dental 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 grows its presence in China with the
creation of a second production site in Shanghai, dedicated to
the manufacture of threaded fasteners for automobiles.
2009
On April 1, 2009, the Group sold SDU (€25 million in revenues),
a subsidiary of the KNIPPING group, specialized in the
distribution of technical products for mines and industry in
Germany and Poland.
2010
The Group returned to external growth with two major
acquisitions:
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Acquisition by LISI AUTOMOTIVE of two French sites from the
American group, Acument Global Technologies, specializing
in the manufacture of fasteners for the automotive industry.
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PurchasebyLISIMEDICALofasiteproducinghipreplacements
from the American group, Stryker Corporation, a leading
global provider of medical technologies. The agreement was
accompanied by a five-year supply agreement.
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LISI 2015 FINANCIAL REPORT
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPANY