KARL MAYER with great commitment in India

AW: Innovation and quick response to market changes are the core strengths of KARL MAYER. Focused on our core business warp knitting this means that we continuously provide products and services which add value to our customer’s businesses.

AW: Sustainability and the careful use of resources are very relevant topics for our machine development and are considered in every new product innovation.
Next to that the products of our machines also make applications for greater sustainability possible. One example of this is mesh solutions for the vertical greening of cities. The warp knitting grid structures are used as a climbing aid for fast-growing plants and, after the greening phase, can be recycled together with these plants in autumn as biomass in pyrolysis plants to produce electricity and activated carbon.

AW: Warp knitted fabrics are extremely flexible in their design. They can be produced with a wide variety of property profiles and therefore offer great potential to help meet the challenges of our time. In view of the increasingly hot summer months, warp knitted fabrics for sun protection clothing are in great demand, especially in Asia. At last year's ITMA ASIA + CITME, we presented a newly developed fabric for this purpose. The innovative textile was produced with a high gauge of E 44, offering a unique UV protection factor and was a highlight on our stand.
Sun protection nets are also becoming increasingly important, especially in agriculture. Warp knitted slope reinforcements and stone bags help to minimise the consequences of flooding. Composites with biaxial or multiaxial non-crimp fabrics make wind turbine blades with enormous spans or efficient lightweight construction solutions for e-mobility possible, and ultra-light weft insertion warp knits made from high-strength fibres are processed into comfortable personal protective waistcoats, to name just a few examples.

AW: We continuously monitor significant further developments that are influenced by the guiding principles of Industry 4.0 and, increasingly, Industry 5.0, and examine the extent to which they offer potential for the digitalisation and automation of our machines.
Our aim is to offer our customers easier operation and better performance through new functionalities. The Spring Motion Assistant, for example, is an automatic return device that makes it much easier to change guide bars on our tricot machines.

AW: We are happy to see India going through an evolution in warp knitting, moving forward into new areas and developing new products for these requirements.
We are already playing our part in this growth, of course with our machines but also with our training academy in Surat as well as a development centre; where customers have the opportunity to get inspiration from our extensive catalogue of designs and create new ideas on our trial machine with our experts on hand to help.
We are naturally close to the market with our set-up of comprehensive service and spare parts support, ensuring the entrepreneurs of the industry have our full backing.

AW: Our product portfolio is differentiated in terms of the various production targets. For example, we offer tricot machines for the highest productivity of elastic fabrics, raschel machines for net production, double raschel machines for the production of spacer fabrics or terry machines, each in different gauges and working widths.
This portfolio provided by KARL MAYER opens a huge and exiting variety of possible end uses.

AW: Of course, training, customer service and technical support play an important role. We have known this for a long time. In the field of warp knitting, we have one of the most comprehensive offerings on the market.

AW: Our recipe for success is focusing, networking and using synergies. We concentrate on the essential projects, namely projects with real benefits for our customers, and utilise the ideas, creativity and expertise of the specialists at all our international locations. We also use state-of-the-art development tools and methods for idea generation, process organization and machine design.

AW: KARL MAYER is a reliable and competent partner who listens and looks for suitable solutions.
We believe that the textile industry in India has huge potentials for which KARL MAYER most certainly has individual solutions available.
The key to identifying the potentials and working on solutions is communication and openness to discuss. KARL MAYER has always been open and ready for this.