The ideas and designs of Giorgio Pederzini led to the founding of Mape in 1950, as a company for mechanical machining of components for small motors.

   The new company took its first steps in the years that saw the rise of the Italian motorcycle industry. This was an ideal environment for the consolidation of a company that from the very beginning demonstrated to have fully understood and delineated the path which it was to follow.

   Through a precise policy of innovation of its production system, Mape soon became the leader in the Italian market for the manufacture of crankshafts. The crisis that hit the motorcycle market in the 1980s was the incentive for the company to look for new outlets, such as the agricultural sector and recreational activities (snowmobiles, personal water craft , ATVs and new products such as connecting rods with caps for inboard and outboard motors).
The years have rewarded the flexibility and dynamism of Mape. It has become the absolute world leader in the sector of built-up crankshafts, produced using a certified ISO 9001 quality system.

   In the 1990s, during this phase of growth and development of its resources, Mape opened its second manufacturing plant while simultaneously completely renovating its main plant. In 2000, Mape celebrated its 50th anniversary, 50 years of continual growth.

   Today, the numbers unequivocally demonstrate the winning position of Mape: the company exports more than 50% of its production, mainly to the United States market, with the remaining 50% subdivided among the principal European countries.

   Mape however, is not stopping here. It is opening its third plant dedicated mainly to the growth of the one piece crankshaft and cam shaft markets and to its "racing and performance" department.