MAPAL relies on green electricity

As a contribution to climate protection, MAPAL is increasing the use of renewable energies. Starting next year, the precision tool manufacturer will only use natural electricity from 100 percent renewable sources. “We are changing the electricity provider and in the future we will use green electricity from hydropower. To this end, we have concluded a corresponding framework agreement for all nine production locations in Germany with a well-known energy supplier, ”says Gorazd Bohinec, Global Lead Buyer Purchasing.

So far, MAPAL has used so-called “gray electricity”, an electricity mix in which the share of renewable energies is around 40 percent. The decision for pure green electricity was made despite the associated additional costs, “out of responsibility for the environment and for more sustainability”, as the managing partner Dr. Jochen Kress emphasizes. The annual electricity requirement of MAPAL in Germany is in the middle, double-digit gigawatt range. With the use of green electricity, the group of companies improves its ecological footprint and saves around 13,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) every year.

MAPAL operates an energy and an environmental management system that is certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 50001 and DIN ISO 14001. The company continuously reviews and optimizes energy requirements and invests in energy-efficient machines and systems as well as environmentally friendly lighting and building technology. The main plant in Aalen also has its own combined heat and power plant, which covers part of the energy required for tool production by means of combined heat and power.

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The MAPAL main plant in Aalen and the eight subsidiaries in Germany will be operated with environmentally friendly electricity from 2021.

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MAPAL tools for customer success

The MAPAL precision tools Dr. Kress KG is one of the leading international suppliers of precision tools for the machining of almost all materials. The company, founded in 1950, supplies well-known customers primarily from the automotive and aviation industries and from mechanical and plant engineering. With its innovations, the family company sets trends and standards in manufacturing and machining technology. MAPAL sees itself as a technology partner who supports its customers in the development of efficient and resource-saving machining processes with individual tool concepts. The company is represented in 44 countries with production, sales locations and service partners. In 2019 the MAPAL Group employed 5,500 people, and sales were EUR 620 million.