With the APELIO punch-laser combination machine, AMADA developed a machine that combined these two technologies for the first time?. On the one hand, the APELIO was a very fast 300 kN punching machine with a 58-station tool turret – on the other hand, the APELIO was also an excellent laser cutting machine with up to 1500 watts. A combination that could hardly be more universal at the time.