Established in Australia in 1968 to provide high quality precision metal cutting goods and services to the Australian automotive industry.
Now a wholly owned subsidiary of the prestigious German tooling company, MAPAL Dr. Kress KG, distributes metal cutting tools from MAPAL and Widia in Germany, from Valenite in the United States, and Cimcool USA's metal working fluids and grinding wheels through its network of highly experienced sales engineers.
MAPAL's design and manufacturing facility was established in 1973 and has earned a strong reputation as a leader in intricate cutting tool designs, particularly for the automotive industry. Our complicated high precision tools – including generating tools and line boring bars – are regularly exported to automotive plants in the Germany, Korea, Japan, China and South Africa.