Mapal to celebrate its 75th anniversary at EMO

Third-generation Optimill Uni HPC to debut at EMO

Germany-based Mapal, a global leader in providing precision tools and machining solutions, will showcase its latest solutions, meet up with existing customers, and establish new partnerships at EMO Hannover 2025, taking place 22-26 September (Stand A20, Hall 4). Furthermore, both Mapal and EMO are celebrating milestone anniversaries this year, with Mapal turning 75 and EMO turning 50.

Since it was founded in 1950, Mapal has grown from a small tool manufacturer to a global supplier of precision tools and manufacturing solutions. Today, the tooling specialist employs around 4,850 staff and has production sites, sales offices and representatives in 44 countries. The company supplies leading customers from the automotive and aerospace industry, machine and plant engineering, and the die and mould sector. The focus for the anniversary year as well as the future is on digitalisation, enhancing productivity and sustainable manufacturing.

Jacek Kruszynski, Mapal’s chief technology officer, said: “EMO is not just a trade fair for us — it plays a key role in our customer relationships and is the venue where we unveil our product innovations for the coming year.”

Mapal describes itself as a ‘holistic solutions provider’. Customers are supported throughout the entire process chain – from turnkey solutions with process and tool design, to technical support during production, not to mention tool management and digital services. The aim is to systematically enhance productivity in customer processes. This is also the premise behind the 2026 innovations in the areas of reaming, fine boring, boring, milling, clamping and setting. Highlights among the new products include the OptiMill-Uni-HPC and HPR400 technology-based solutions.

New solid carbide milling cutter to debut
With the third-generation OptiMill-Uni-HPC, Mapal is launching a solid carbide milling cutter specially designed for automated manufacturing processes. A newly developed cutting material, wear-resistant coating and a variant with an integrated chip breaker ensure maximum process reliability, a high removal rate and long machine running times – ideal for unmanned shifts and robot-assisted machining. The new generation is available in three variants and covers a wide range of applications in steel, stainless-steel and cast-iron machining.

Meanwhile, Mapal’s HPR400 reaming system (pictured left) offers a variety of advantages in terms of machining speed, ease of handling and flexibility for machining large diameters.

The tooling specialist is showcasing several new solutions at the EMO in order to enhance productivity in series production. The combination tool with the ISO leading stage and HPR400 system is an innovative ‘one-shot solution’ for finish machining with high material removal. It enables bores to be made with up to 6mm of stock removal in a single working step, thus ensuring minimum cycle times.

The HPR400 plus series was specifically developed for machining face grooves. The new tool concept significantly improves the cost effectiveness of machining bores with special base contours.
Together with a new tool solution for finishing stator bores in electric motors, the newly developed solutions are very good examples of how cost-effectiveness in machining can be increased even when there are complex requirements.

Another Mapal focus at EMO will be on aluminium machining. The company has chosen the slogan “Empower Your Aluminium Machining” to underline the fact that smart-tool solutions make maximum precision, process reliability and cost-effectiveness possible when machining aluminium components. Mapal has decades of materials expertise in the area of aluminium and offers a wide range of high-performance tools for highly productive processes.