By investing in new technologies, digitalization, and the targeted development of skills, the company strengthens its position in key industries and accelerates its pace towards the market and customers. This is exemplified by the activities in the dynamically developing aerospace segment: In the department Global Organisation for Assembly (GOA) founded in 2024, MAPAL consolidates its competencies in the final assembly of aircraft – a crucial step to serve globally operating customers more quickly and precisely. The integration of the subsidiary c-Com and the acquisition of the Italian X-Pro S.r.l., a specialist in turnkey projects and clamping devices, also underscore the ambition to actively shape technological developments and fully meet customer requirements.
The forward-looking activities are set against the backdrop of a challenging economic environment. In the fiscal year 2024, the MAPAL Group recorded a revenue decline of 6.3 percent to 551 million euros. Reasons for this include weak economic conditions and ongoing uncertainties in key sales markets. The outlook for the current fiscal year 2025 is also very cautious in this context.
“After an unsatisfactory first half of the year, we currently expect a further revenue decline of up to five percent,” explains Dr. Jochen Kress, Managing Director of the MAPAL Group.
In light of this development, the personnel structure has been adjusted to the changed market conditions. Vacant positions were not filled, so the MAPAL Group concluded the fiscal year 2024 with 4,850 employees. Additionally, targeted capacity reductions will take place in 2025 at the locations in Aalen, Altenstadt, and Pforzheim. Thanks to socially acceptable solutions, operational layoffs could largely be avoided. “As a family-owned company, we feel particularly connected to our workforce,” emphasizes Dr. Kress. “This decision was therefore very difficult for us. But it was necessary to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the MAPAL Group.”
At the same time, the company is implementing numerous measures to strengthen its future viability. In the automotive industry, the Generic Component approach is bearing fruit: For strategic components, MAPAL independently develops prototype parts with the corresponding processing processes, which are then quickly adapted to the needs of the respective customers. This approach has been implemented, for example, in collaboration with a machine tool manufacturer for the production of stator housings, a core component in electromobility. In addition, MAPAL continuously realizes product-related innovations and optimizations for all machining-relevant components to achieve productivity advantages for customers. For instance, the established processing of valve seat rings in internal combustion engines has been made significantly more efficient with the HNHX indexable cutting inserts. In the field of fluid technology, the company is expanding its portfolio to respond even more effectively to customer requirements with intelligently combined solutions. In the aerospace sector, the strategic decisions are showing results. Dr. Kress: “By bundling all global activities in the area of final assembly in the GOA department, we have become significantly faster and more efficient. And this is true both towards customers and internally.”
With an investment sum of around four million euros, the Aalen site is currently being modernized – a clear commitment to the headquarters, which is both the corporate headquarters and production site. To achieve high efficiency, short delivery times, and optimal utilization, MAPAL is restructuring its production structure. The corporate headquarters is also undergoing a structural reorganization: Since June 2025, MAPAL Aalen has been operating as SE & Co. KG. At the same time, René Günther is strengthening the MAPAL Executive Team as the new CFO.
With these steps, the MAPAL Group is consistently aligning itself with the requirements of the future – while remaining true to its commitment to actively shape changes and connect customer proximity, innovation, and competitiveness.
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