Germany — The transition of the automotive industry, the Coronavirus-pandemic and Brexit have had a significant impact on Mapal. Although the market is picking up momentum again, the company does not expect its sales volume to reach pre-crisis volumes before 2023.

Nachdem die Produktionszahlen letztes Jahr ins Bodenlose fielen, rechnet Mapal für 2021 mit einer Umsatzsteigerung von zehn bis 15 Prozent. 2023 will man sich dem Vor-Pandemie-Niveau annähern.

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In September 2020, Mapal introduced a product range tailored to the needs of the die & mould sector. By offering an integrated programme, the company offers a comprehensive offer for tool and mould makers from one source.

Germany — In aircraft construction, thousands of bores have to be drilled into composite components and material assemblies for riveted connections. Solid carbide drills with a diamond coating are usually used for this. However, these are unsuitable for special applications. What's the alternative?

Combining several machining steps in one tool makes manufacturing as economically as possible. For example, bores can be drilled and reamed simultaneously with the Drill-Reamer from Mapal.

Stahlträger und Profile für den Stahlbau sind an zahlreichen Positionen zu bohren. Prozesssicher und wirtschaftlich gelingt dies mit den Wendeschneidplatten-Bohrern QTD-Steel-Pyramid von Mapal. Sie erreichen zehnfache Standmengen verglichen mit bisher üblichen Bohrern.

Mapal has introduced a wide range of products especially for the die and mould sector. From milling with fixed and replacement blades and drilling to countersinking and reaming, the company provides it all.

Mapal is expanding the series to include the Fix Ream Short Plus with newly developed coolant outlets. With the new reamer, users can machine both through bores and blind bores.

Mapal is launching a new, particularly economical system of replaceable head reamers — the Press-to-Size-Reamer (PSR) — for customers who manufacture in large series. The new development reduces the costs per bore massively, the company claims.