KARL MAYER Business Unit Technical Textiles
Company Values The Mayer family set their course for the future and confirms their long-term commitment to the company. They stand behind KARL MAYER and on this basis established company values, which give all of us, management and employees, a clear orientation for all our actions. KARL MAYER is a family company Continuous profitable growth and assurance of financial independence are the cornerstones of our corporate strategy. The entrepreneurial spirit of the family defines KARL MAYER by common sense, solidarity and pragmatism. “Do it well, or don’t do it at all” is our motto; what we do, we do it right. Innovativeness and focus on the future made us big. KARL MAYER is technology leader and cost leader. We set the benchmarks in our industry, we are the driving force for innovations by technical competence and closeness to our customers – their success is our success; “We care about your future”. With our products, our production processes and our operations and locations, we improve ourselves continuously.
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Company Values Quality defines our products, our plants, our company, our culture and our market approach. As worldwide market leader KARL MAYER operates in a very competitive environment. Quality is the key to open up new markets and to engage talented employees. Intensive cooperation with customers and dependability are our core strengths. Fairness and trust work inside and outside. This determines our relations with our employees, cooperation partners and our customers. KARL MAYER takes responsibility – for employment, joint ventures and Business relations. Complete integrity in personal behavior and a strong identification with the needs of customers are the basis of our success. As a globally-oriented company we manufacture in our markets. Thinking internationally creates closeness to customers. Producing in specific markets is the engine of our growth strategy and keeps us open to identify new opportunities. This requires respect for different cultures and strict compliance with the laws of the countries where we are active. Leadership means to act responsibly for the benefit of the entire enterprise. Staff promotion, everybody’s commitment and cooperation beyond the individual business units stand for our strengths.
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Company History
First workshop 1937
Karl Mayer at company Fukui 1955
1937
Karl Mayer sets up a mechanical workshop, and 10 years later the company starts with the production of tricot machines.
1947
The general market development called for the company‘s international orientation and for the export of machinery: Therefore „worldwide customer-oriented“ became our key slogan.
1955
Foundation of the first overseas subsidiary in Clifton, USA. In the next few years subsidiaries were also established in Brazil, Great Britain and Greensboro, USA.
1968
Start of production activity at KARL MAYER in Japan, later NIPPON MAYER Co. Ltd. Fukui.
1986
Foundation of KARL MAYER Hong Kong as a sale and service enterprise.
1991
Extension of warp preparation into the weaving industry.
1992
Takeover of MALIMO Maschinenbau GmbH in Chemnitz, today the head office of the business unit „Technical Textiles“.
1995
Foundation of KARL MAYER Textile Machinery Ltd. in Wujin near Shanghai in China with 28.000 m² production.
KARL MAYER MALIMO 1997
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Company History
Development Center 2007
1998
Takeover of Rotal s.r.l., Italy.
1999
KARL MAYER celebrates the start of production in the company‘s new building in Wujin / China and the 100% takeover of the company shares
2007
70th company anniversary. Opening of the new Development Center for about 200 employees.
2007/08 Takeover of warp preparation product ranges of Sucker-Müller, Griffin and Benninger. KARL MAYER China 2008
2008
Official opening of the new factory building of KARL MAYER (China) Ltd. with a production area of 60.000 m².
2009
Formation of Karl Mayer India Private Ltd. in Mumbai, India to provide comprehensive Service in India
2010
KARL MAYER delivers 100,000th warp knitting machine.
2012
Establishment of Karl Mayer Academy India in Surat, India
2013
Acquisition of LIBA Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Germany.
2014
Opening of Karl Mayer India Assembly plant in Ahmedabad, India
100,000th KARL MAYER machine 2010
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KARL MAYER Business Units
Warp Knitting Products: Tricot Machines Raschel Machines Double-needle bar Raschel Machines Lace Machines Warpers for warp knitting Applications: rigid fabrics elastic fabrics semitechnical fabrics
Technical Textiles
Warp Preparation Beaming machines Sectional warping machines Warp sampling machines Sizing machines Assembling machines Indigo dyeing range machine Creels
Products: Multiaxial Biaxial Weft Insertion Fibre Spreading New Technologies
Applications: Composites (glass, carbon) Coating Substrates Geotextiles
Parts and Components Wide range of technologies Parts manufacturing CFRP competence
Tailor-made solutions, worldwide service network and training academies in Europe, China and India
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KARL MAYER Group KARL MAYER UK, Shepshed
KARL MAYER, Obertshausen KARL MAYER MALIMO, Chemnitz LIBA Textilmaschinenfabrik, Naila
NIPPON MAYER Japan, Fukui
KARL MAYER North America, USA, Greensboro
KARL MAYER China, Changzhou KARL MAYER Switzerland, Uzwil
KARL MAYER INDIA, Mumbai KARL MAYER ROTAL Italy, Mezzolombardo
Sales, Service, Production Sales, Service Service Production (new in 2014 in India)
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KARL MAYER Hongkong
KARL MAYER Group - Asia Sales, Service, Production Sales, Service
NIPPON MAYER Japan, Fukui
Service
KARL MAYER China, Changzhou KMTS, Haining Office KMTS, Changle office, Changle city
KMTS, Shantou office, Shantou city KARL MAYER, INDIA, Mumbai
KARL MAYER Hongkong
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Business Unit Technical Textiles
warp knitting machines with parallel weft insertion
composite machines
new technologies
RS MSU S / Wefttronic® RS
COP MAX 4 CNC
Fibre-Foil-Line
RS MSU S-G
COP BIAXIAL Typ 2
Conti-Taping-Line
RS MSU S-V
Biaxtronic® CO
HKS MSU S
Maxtronic®
RSP MSU S
COP MAX 5 CNC Fibre Spreading Lines
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Competence in Technical Textiles
Copcentra MAX 4 CNC
Wefttronic® RS
Maxtronic®
RS MSUS
Biaxtronic® CO
RSP MSUS
Copcentra MAX 5 CNC
RS MSUS-G
Fibre Spreading Lines
RS MSUS-V
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Interlining
Copcentra BIAXIAL Typ 2
HKS MSUS
Carbon
Coating
Weftinsertion Machines
Geotextile
Glass / Hybrid
Composite Machines
Coating Substrates
Wefttronic® RS
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Geotextiles
RS MSU S-V
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Composites Glass
COPCENTRA MAX 4
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Composites Carbon
COPCENTRA MAX 5
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