Tooling specialist Mapal reports that Dr Dieter Kress passed away on 27 December 2023 at the age of 81 after a long illness. At the helm of the Mapal Group for almost five decades,he was a passionate entrepreneur and an impressive personality. Dr Kress shaped the once small company into an international group. Although he retired from active management in 2018, Dr Kress continued to take a keen interest in the company’s developments. “Mapal is my baby and that’s why I’ll never let it out of my sight completely,” he once said. The entire workforce joins the Kress family in mourning his passing.

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