LISI Group strengthened its partnership with Watch-Out by acquiring a minority stake in its holding company.

LISI Group and Watch-Out have partnered for nearly 20 years in the field of high-precision machining, and then in the development of a disruptive AI solution for fully autonomous machining that is now operational.

“We have decided to support Watch-Out in the deployment of this turn-key autonomous precision machining solution now ready for scale-up,” LISI Group stated.

A technological feat of Machining 4.0, the Watch-Out solution combines all the conventional machining cycles in a perpetual loop with a specific Artificial Intelligence. It is a virtually self-sufficient production machine that constantly self-corrects according to data generated and captured in real time on parts and tools.

More than just an improvement on the performance offered by previous-generation machine tools, the Watch-Out solution “represents a dramatic change in industrial paradigm aimed at eliminating the element of randomness in the treatment of chronic failures in the production chain,” according to LISI Aerospace CEO Emmanuel Neildez.

LISI Aerospace is part of France-based LISI Group, which manufactures fasteners and assembly components for the aerospace, automotive and medical implants industries. The Group reported US$1.75 billion in revenue in 2023. Web: lisi-aerospace.com