LISI GROUP - Integrated report 2020

1 _ PROFILE LISI was born in the eighteenth century out of the merger of several family-owned companies in Montbéliard and Belfort. In this region located in the north of the Department of Franche-Comté, industrialization had begun very early, in a number of different areas, but with a common technical theme: iron working. The technical excellence that was developed for metalworking then spread to other industries in the region, such as watchmaking, the bolts and screws produced on an industrial scale for the first time in France by the company Japy-Frères, bicycles and cars. LISI is representative of this progression: its original business, the production of metal wires and screws and bolts gradually transformed, adapting to the demands of an industrialized world that has greatly evolved over the past two centuries. LISI currently produces high technology fittings (threaded and clipped) for the automotive, aerospace and medical sectors. With its still predominantly family shareholding that allows it to pursue a long-term strategy, LISI continues to grow in France and around the world, offering its customers optimal service and responsiveness. 1777 Frédéric Japy created a watchmaking factory in Beaucourt 1835 Juvénal Viellard joined Migeon & Dominé, which was eventually renamed Viellard-Migeon & Compagnie (VMC) 1959 Japy's screws and bolts business was taken over by SID, Bohly Frères and VMC 1796 Foundation of the Migeon & Dominé factory initially specializing in the production of wire 1866 Comptoir des quincailleries réunies de l’Est was created, with branches in Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Zürich, Stuttgart and Buenos Aires 1962-1968 Towards the creation of an industrial group: GFD The family-run businesses Bohly, Dubail-Kohler and Viellard merged into Générale de Forgeage Décolletage (GFD). The new group became the leading French manufacturer of standard and automotive screws and bolts. 1806 First industrial manufacture of forged wood screws by Japy-Frères and Migeon & Dominé 1899 The Société Industrielle de Delle (SID) was founded by the Dubail brothers, Joseph Kohler and Joseph Frossard 240 YEARSOF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY