LISI Group (LISI AUTOMOTIVE)

Company Profile

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2 rue Juvénal Viellard, 90600 Grandvillars, France

Business Overview

-The Group is a manufacturer of fasteners and assembly components and solutions for several industries including automotive industry.

-The Group is organized in three divisions:

Lisi Automotive
Lisi Aerospace
Lisi Medical

-Lisi Automotive consist of following three product lines:

Threaded fastening systems
Clipped solutions
Safety mechanical components

-Sales of Lisi Automotive were EUR 610.4 million in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, which accounted for 37.4% of the total Group sales.

Competitors

ABC
Agrati
A. Raymond
Boellhoff
Brugola
Bulten
Ejot
Fontana
Hewi
Illinois Tool Works
Kamax
Nedschroef
Nifco
PIOLAX
SFS
Stanley Engineering Fasteners

Shareholders

-The Company is publicly traded on the Euronext Paris stock exchange.

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Products

Threaded fasteners
-Fasteners for power train

Wheel screws and nuts

-Fasteners for interior assemblies and engine components

Screws for sheet metal
Self-tapping screws
Screws for soft materials
PRESSFIX screws and force-fitting nuts
Anti-creep enging heat shield bolts and spacers
Spacers
Bi-material spacers
Exhaust manifold spacers
Washers
Studs for soft materials
Studs for plastics
Double-ended studs for soft materials
Double-ended studs for plastics
Insulating bolts
Self-locking metric screws
Self-cleaning BIW metric screws
Over-moulding screws
E-motor screws

Clip fasteners
-Fasteners for panels
-Fasteners for tubes and mono- and bi-material beams
-Snap-on nuts with tapped drums
-Rivets and pins
-Blanking plugs and cable grommets
-Axis fasteners and multifunctional metalloplastic subsets

Mechanical safety components-Torsion bars
-Guide rods
-Brake hoses
-Parking brake systems
-Seat mechanism pinions and linkage
-Engine and gearbox components
-Steering components
-Guide pins
-Electric parking brakes
-Drive screws for on-board mechatronics (Leadscrew)

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History

1777	Founded as a parts maker for watches created by Frederic Japy in Beaucourt near Montbeliard
1782	Founding in Morvillars near Belfort of the Migenon & Domine manufacturing plant, which later became Viellard Megeo & Compagnie (VMC)
1807	The firms Japy and Megeon & Domine jointly decide to launch the industrial manufacturing of wood screws made in France
1899	Creation in Delle (Belfort) of the Societe Industrielle De Delle, which specializes in the manufacture of lathed screws
1968	The three family-owned companies merge to create GFD, which becomes the leading French manufacturer of threaded fasteners and Automotive nuts and bolts
1977	GFD acquires the firm Blance Aero, which specializes in aerospace fasteners. The new company is renamed GFI
1985	Creation of Former, which evolved from the merger of GFD's department for special fasteners and the Massicot company in Saint-Florent, acquired in 1981 by GFI
1991	Former acquires La Boulonnerie De Thiant (North of France), which specializes in the manufacture of nuts, and FDM in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
1993	Former acquires the firm Beley & Fils in Dasle (Doubs), which manufactures special nuts
1995	Former acquires Mohr Und Friedrich in Germany, which specializes in hot forging
2000	Former acquires Gradel in Haute-Savoie, which specializes in precision machining. The first of June, GFI Industries acquires the RAPID Group, which is one of Europe's leaders of metal and plastic clips fasteners (one factory in France and two factories in Germany)
2002	Creation of GFI Automotive, which is comprised of Former and Rapid. GFI Industries becomes Lisi, of which its three divisions each adopt this name and add their respective main business areas. As a consequence, GFI Automotive becomes Lisi Automotive. Creation of a factory in Mississauga (Canada), which specializes in mechanical components
2004	Acquisition of Form a.s. in the Czech Republic
2005	Acquisition of Knipping Group of Germany Disposal of Lisi Automotive Gradel
2007	Disposal of Monistrol plant in the Haute-Loire (France)
2008	Creation of a second production site in Shanghai
2010	Acquired automotive fastener plants from Acument Global Technologies (USA)
2014	Acquired the minority interests of LISI Jiehua Automotive Co. Ltd. raising its stake from 75% to 100%.
2015	Started operations at a new plant in Monterrey, Mexico.
2018	Announced the signing of an agreement with ARCH Global Precision LCC for the acquisition of 100% of the assets of HiVol Products.
Nov. 2019	Disposal of the entire business producing chassis screws and studs as well as steering ball pins and the attached real estate located at Saint-Florent sur Cher to AFF ST FLO.
Jun. 2020	Acquired the remaining 49% of the US based Termax LLC equity and became the sole owner of Termax through LISI Holding North America.
Jul. 2020	Divested its subsidiary Mohr & Friedrich GmbH located in Vöhrenbach, Germany to ZerobaseInvest Holding GmbH.
Nov. 2021	Inaugurated a plant in Tangier, Morocco, where specializes in plastic injection, for the production of plastic components and assembly.