SUCCESS STORY
MILLTURN technology since 1982
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 |
| 2018 | Aquisition of FRAI Maschinenbau GmbH |
| 2019 | First presentation of the new M175 MILLTURN |
| 2020 | Extension of the MILLTURN product family with the new M20 MILLTURN |