LISI Group (LISI AUTOMOTIVE)
Company Profile
Business Overview
-A manufacturer of fasteners.
-The Group is organized in three divisions:
- Lisi Automotive
- Lisi Aerospace
- Lisi Medical
Lisi Automotive consist of following three product lines:
- Threaded fasteners
- Clipped solutions
- Safety mechanical components
Competitors
- ABC
- Agrati
- A. Raymond
- Boellhoff
- Brugola
- Bulten
- Ejot
- Fontana
- Hewi
- Illinois Tool Works
- Kamax
- Nedschroef
- Nifco
- PIOLAX
- SFS
- Stanley Engineering Fasteners
Products
Screwed 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
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
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. |
