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itMA 2011 [exclusive feature]
KArL MAyer
celebrates 75 th anniversary
Karl Mayer will celebrate
a special anniversary
next year. this
leading global manufacturer
of warp knitting
machines and warp
preparation machinery
will be 75 years old then.
96 | ThE TEXTILE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2011
Mr. FRITz P. MAyER, CEO, Karl Mayer
Then, as well as now, successful
entrepreneurs need to have forwardlooking
ideas and the courage to try
something new, and to do business
in a responsible manner. Karl Mayer
originally set up his new company in
Obertshausen in Germany to repair
and recondition car engines. Just 10
years after setting up his company,
he decided to change over to the lucrative
business of manufacturing
textile machines, and thus took his
first step into the unknown.
With his pioneering spirit and
technical know-how, and with
the support of his highly committed
team, this far-sighted engineer
gathered all the expertise he needed
around him. Just one year later,
in 1948, the first Karl Mayer warp
knitting machine left the factory.
Further successful milestones in
the company’s history followed in
quick succession. The first sectional
warping machine was produced
under the company’s own name
in 1950, and this laid the foundation
for today’s “Warp Preparation”
business unit. Three years
later, Karl Mayer began building
raschel machines and acquired the
Chemnitz-based company, Malimo
Maschinenbau, in 1992, thus extending
its product range in the field