SUCCESS STORY

1948

VOEST-ALPINE Linz/Austria founded its own machine tool production for its steelworks

1950

Production of manual turning machines, more than 50,000 turning machines sold

1974

Takeover of WEIPERT / Germany and production of the Weipert Heavy Duty Turning Machines in Linz

1982

True complete machining for the first time: Development of the WNC 500S (later M55 MILLTURN). Possibility of machining complex workpieces thanks to 4-axis turning and 5-axis milling in a turning machine.

1992

New generation of machine, the M30 MILLTURN, with single tool holder and external tool magazine for the first time.

1993

Partial privatisation of VOEST: Incorporation of MILLTURN production into AUTANIA AG. Renaming to WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & Co. KG

2002

Introduction of the new MILLTURN Generation M40 and M40-G and supply of the first M150 MILLTURN.

2005

The new M35 MILLTURN supersedes the M30 MILLTURN

2008

Granting of a patent for the CrashGuard real-time collision prevention software

2009

EN ISO 9001:2008 company certification

World premiere of the large M150 MILLTURN for diameters up to 1500 mm and processing lengths up to 8000 mm at the EMO in Milan

2011

The largest WFL modular system, presented with the M80 MILLTURN at the EMO trade fair

2015

Hybrid manufacturing technologies integrated into a MILLTURN by WFL

EN ISO 50001:2018 company certification

2016

Introduction to the market of the new M200 MILLTURN. Workpieces of up to 14 m in length, up to 2 m in turning diameter and a max. workpiece weight of 60 t can now be machined.

2017

Premiere of the new M30 MILLTURN at the EMO in Hannover