LISI Group (LISI AUTOMOTIVE)

Company Profile

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2 rue Juvénal Viellard, 90600 Grandvillars, France

Business Overview

-The Group is a global manufacturer of assembly components and solutions across multiple industries including the automotive industry.

-The Group is organized into three divisions as follows:

Lisi Automotive: Manufactures assembly solutions and safety components including fasteners, clips, fittings, and harnesses
Lisi Aerospace: Manufactures hydraulic fittings, fasteners, and structural assembly components for aerospace companies
Lisi Medical: Manufactures orthopedic implants and instruments for minimally invasive surgery

-Lisi Automotive consist of following three product lines:

Threaded fastening systems
Clipped solutions
Safety mechanical components

-Sales from the Lisi Automotive division totaled EUR 579.7 million in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which accounted for 32.3% of the Company’s total sales.

Competitors

ABC
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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

Spacers
-Cradle welding spacers
-Exhaust manifold spacers
-Engine cradle reinforcement spacers
-Bi-material spacers
-Washers

Nuts
-Wheel axle nuts
-Wheel nuts
-Cage nuts
-Welded nuts
-SNK nuts
-Self-piercing crimped nuts for seat flange
-Airbag box fastening nuts
-Exhaust manifold nuts
-Crimp nuts
-Seat fastening pre-positioning clips and nuts
-Self-braking nuts
-Clamping nuts
-Flange weld nuts
-Self locking weld nuts
-Square weld nuts
-Valve spring retainers

Screw and bolts
-Anti-creep engine heat shield bolt and spacer
-ClipScrews
-Cold forged ball studs
-Double-ended studs for plastics
-Double-ended studs for soft materials
-Insulating bolts
-Weld studs
-Trim quick fastening screws
-Taptite bolts
-E-motor screws
-Over-molding screws
-Self-cleaning BIW metric screws
-Self-tapping screws

Stamped special components

Clipped solutions

Anti-creep rings

Shaft and linkage fasteners
-Shaft-mounted fasteners
-Shaft retaining washers

Caps, plugs and grommets
-Plastic clips
-Grommets
-Plugs for BIW

Clipped nuts and screws
-Tapped shank clip nuts
-Cage nuts
-Metal-plastic clips
-Recessed clip nuts
-SNK nuts
-Cage nuts
-Caged flange nuts
-Front mounted cage nuts
-Sealing cage nuts
-Self-retaining U nuts
-Stamped chimney nuts
-U nuts
-U shaped cage nuts

Fasteners and connectors for cables and tubes
-Tube fasteners for solid panel mounting
-Tube fasteners for mounting on panel edges
-Tube fasteners on a welded stud
-Two-material tube fasteners
-Plastic clips for braking tube
-Brake tube clip holders
-Cable clips
-Tube clip fasteners
-Wire channels

Panel and trim fasteners
-U-shaped clip fasteners
-Fasteners and studs
-Trim fasteners for pre-mounting
-Expanding nuts
-Plastic panel clips
-Clip-in clips
-Umbrella sealing clips
-U-based fasteners
-High retention clips
-Locator cap clips
-Magnets with carriers
-Metal sleeve clips
-One-sided clips
-Plastic arrow head clips and sealing clips
-Plastic bird’s beak clips and sealing clips
-Plastic expansion nuts
-Plastic rivets
-Rotating clips

Special engineered products

Safety mechanical solutions

Fuel system components
-Fuel injection sockets
-Fuel sensor ports
-Fuel inlet fittings

Seating
-Seat fasteners with pre-positioning clips
-Seat shafts
-Seat axles
-Seat mechanism axle
-Seat mechanism pinion

Occupant safety systems
-Seatbelt torsion bars

Braking systems
-Electric parking brake screw and nut systems
-Manual parking brake screw and nut systems
-Guide pins
-Brake caliper guide pins
-Brake spline shafts
-Brake tube nuts
-Electric parking brake components
-Fitting screws
-Grooved guide pins with bush

Other applications
-Cold forged ballstuds
-Power steering line fittings

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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.
Mar. 2025	Completed sale of LSI Automotive Nomel SAS subsidiary to ZB Invest GmbH.