LISI GROUP - Activity report 2018

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QUESTIONS TO
JEAN-LOUIS COLDERS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
LISI AEROSPACE
“The LISI AEROSPACE division
remains focused on deploying
methods that improve our
operational performance.”
Howhas the division adapted to these
newdemands?
Numerous site extensions, renovations and
constructions have strengthened andmodernized
our industrial capacities. Capacity investments
have reachedmore than 7%of the division’s annual
sales revenue. The robotization plan ismaking
progress:more than 200 units have been installed
to increase productivity and guarantee quality.
Finally, we remain focused on deployingmethods
that enable us to improve our operational
performance.
What role do you play in the development
of newgenerations of aircraft?
In each of our business segments, we anticipate
market developments and expectations over the
mediumterm. Based on this insight, we formalize a
technological roadmap and develop
demonstrators, alone, or with partners or
customers, to prepare the technological bricks of
have applied thismethod to several
major innovations. The LISI@OneSide project,
for example, is nowoffering themarket a unique
blind structural fastener systemdesigned to be
implemented by a robot in composite structures,
integrating its tools and installation sequences.
Another example is our forging concept for
intermetallic alloys (TiAl), a light, temperature-
resistantmaterial used in engines that is difficult
to implement, nowmakes its transformationmore
economical and increases its use.
The experiencewe have acquired in additive
manufacturing technologies allows us today to
produce highly innovative design parts that are
compatiblewith the constraints of aeronautics:
we are one of the fewcompanieswhose parts
producedwith this technology fly on currently
operating aircraft.
Howare you preparing for the future?
We are constantly seeking to attract human
resourcesmotivated by innovation and
performance. To achieve that, we developworking
andmanagementmethods to express these
talents. Digital technologymakes this newvision
ofmanagement within the company possible.
As such, we are proud that one of our sites has
been labeled “Showcase Industry of the Future”.
It is a life-size expression of howwe envision
the future.
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