Pioneer of PCD tools passes away
Mapal Group mourns the death of Werner Stief

The Mapal Group mourns the loss of Werner Stief. The company founder of today's Mapal competence center for PCD tools in Pforzheim died at the age of 75.
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Pioneer of PCD tools passes away

The Mapal Group mourns the loss of Werner Stief. The company founder of today's Mapal competence center for PCD tools in Pforzheim died at the age of 75.

Sidney Pimenta Paiva has taken over the management of the US subsidiary Mapal Inc.

Koichi Matsuda has succeeded Toshiyuki Funabashi as head of the Japanese subsidiary Mapal KK in Saitama.

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The circumferentially ground Walter indexable inserts of type LNHU... in various milling applications have proven themselves many times over since their introduction at AMB 2012.

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