R & D


Projects with and without public funding create important foundations for practical innovations and lead directly to new products, technologies or processes. In this section, promising projects for flat knitting and warp knitting are presented.

Raschel machine brings smart textile projects forward
Inauguration of an MJ 52/1-S from KARL MAYER for processing electrically conductive yarns at Grabher GROUP
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Customised, cost-effective implant solutions
Personalised patient textile implants produced in single batch sizes
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Using textiles and pipettes for new organs
Warp knitted spacer fabrics as the base structure for 3-dimensional cell culture
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Greater energy efficiency in greenhouse growing
Developing a thermal blind for greenhouses made of warp-knitted spacer fabrics
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Interested inDigitalization?

Help for the daily work routine
Successful launch of the KARL MAYER GROUP's new Customer Portal myKM.ON at ITMA 2023
Transparency for efficiency
With new features, the k.management dashboard offers even more support for day-to-day work
New patterning dimensions with the HKS digital generation
HKS 3-M ON demonstrates maximum flexibility in warp-knitted fabric design