# MAPAL expands Weisskopf Werkzeuge plant in Meiningen

MAPAL's subsidiary Weisskopf Werkzeuge in Meiningen opened a second production hall with administration wing, doubling production capacity. MAPAL invested €8.5 million and created 25 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2016-11-18
- Where: Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
- Value: $9.00M (8.50M EUR)
- Jobs: 25
- Starts operating: 18 Nov 2016
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubled production capacity
- Products: precision tools, special and micro tools from solid carbide
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [MAPAL Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG](https://endata.com/companies/16365.md)
- [Weisskopf Werkzeuge](https://endata.com/companies/16366.md)

## Sources

- [industrietreff.de](https://www.industrietreff.de/herstellernews1426366/mapal-erweitert-werk-in-meiningen.html), 2016-11-18: "MAPAL hat 8,5 Millionen Euro in den Neubau investiert und bisher 25 neue Arbeitsplätze geschaffen."

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