Two Generations of Mafell Cases on One Shelf

Fitout By Mafell

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Mafell has been building portable woodworking machines in Oberndorf am Neckar since 1899, and they are known for their saws. This is their booth at IWF 2026.

Underneath the saws is the part we came for: a row of light grey cases with red catches, in several different heights.

Two generations on one shelf

Most of them are systainer T-Loc cases — Mafell calls those T-MAX — but the one in the middle of the second photo is a generation newer, molded MAX3, with the rounded Systainer³ catch instead of the T-Loc’s T-shaped one. Both sit on the same shelf and stack on each other, which is the point. The T-Loc and the Systainer³ share the same 396 x 296 mm footprint and stack together on the same rails, so a Mafell case sits on a Festool one without an adapter and always has. A brand can move generation without stranding a single case it already sold — which is why a shelf like this one looks unremarkable instead of like a transition.

The open one on the right shows the arrangement: black foam routed to the saw’s outline, and a printed card in the lid — this one for the KSS 40 18M bl cross-cutting system — with the product photo and the setup diagram. The red catch and the mafell logo stamped in red across the lid are the only parts of the case that are Mafell’s, and they are enough: you can pick their case out of a stacked wall from across a booth.

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MAFELL AG has built portable woodworking machines in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany since 1899 — carpentry circular saws, cross-cutting systems, mortisers and beam saws aimed at timber-frame and joinery work. Mafell ships much of its range in light grey systainers with red catches, under its own naming: T-MAX for the T-Loc generation cases and MAX3 for the Systainer³ ones.