Creation of the Gaston Véron company which soon produces and sales metal components for fragrance industry.
 

The Véron company acquires in Saint Saturnin (Laval, Mayenne area) the ground and buildings of the “Ardoisières d’Angers” and set up its production unit.
 

Blanc Aero which already owns the firm M.M.B (Méridionale Factory for Caps and Metal Components) acquieres the Véron company in order to develop a metal packaging division for fragrance industry.
 

Creation in Saint Saturnin (Laval, Mayenne area) of the Sogecap production unit which specializes in metal stamping.
 

GFD Group acquieres the firms Blanc Aero and Sogecap. The new Group is renamed GFI.
 

Market research in order to complete the GFI fragrance and cosmetics assembly and components division with a plastic injection moulding specialization.
 

GFI goes public on the Paris Second Marché and becomes GFI Industries.
 

Sogecap acquires the french company Serica and launches the injection moulding specialization.
 

Others firms which are specialized in plastic injection moulding and surface treatment are acquired:l’Eumail in France and Leoplast in Italy.
Opening of a commercial business unit in New York.
 

All the french companies merge to create Artem specialized in plastic injection moulding, metal stamping, surface treatment and assembling.
 

In order to better reflect its business areas, GFI Industries becomes LISI, which stands for LInk Solutions for Industry. The three divisions each adopt this name and add their respective main business areas:
LISI AEROSPACE, LISI AUTOMOTIVE, LISI COSMETICS.