LISI GROUP - Integrated report 2020

3 _ STRATEGIC VISION _ Levers for action / Sustainable growth MODERNIZATION / GERMANY COMMISSIONING OF A HEAT TREATMENT LINE AT KIERSPE The new heat treatment line at LISI AUTOMOTIVE’s plant in Kierspe, Germany, was installed in 2019 and commissioned this year. Equipped with a pass- through furnacewith a capacity of 800 kg/hr, it reduces the external subcontracting of heat treatment. The furnace and the washing machine are fed directly by the three cold heading machines by automatic conveyors allowing the unit to take out a finished product without any intermediate handling. AUTOMATION / FRANCE AUTOMATED MONITORING OF HIP PROSTHESES LISI MEDICAL’s site at Hérouville-Saint-Clair is equipped with an automated unit for laser marking and monitoring and identification by camera of the hip prosthesis stem. It allows loading in batches of 60 pieces and unloading directly to the final cleaning line before packaging in a controlled atmosphere room.