circular knitting
People and machines from Mayer & Cie. as TV stars: “Once again, please – ‘Action’!”
Filming at Mayer & Cie.: A day full of action and an impressive result.
Filming at Mayer & Cie.: A day full of action and an impressive result.
“The challenges that the global economy faces are at present enormously wide-ranging, of course,” says Mayer & Cie.’s Turkey specialist Stefan Bühler. Yet, Mayer & Cie. and its Turkish representation Mayer Mümessillik see promising prospects in Turkey.
Value retention, maintenance and upgrades for existing machines are a key issue for the Mayer & Cie. – and for the customers who successfully use existing Mayer & Cie. equipment. That’s why the company recently launched customised upgrade kits to improve the long-term performance of machines.
How does the desired design make its way to the circular knitting machine? The answer: Using our MDS1 design software. Along with the proper yarns.
Mayer & Cie. looks back on a positive 2021. For 2022, there are several challenges to be met.
Circular knitting machines often travel long distances before arriving at their destination. What does it take for a safe journey – besides bubble wrap?
On Mayer & Cie. braiding machines our customers manufacture enforcements for high pressure hoses. See for yourself how these machines work – in our new product video.
The Winter Olympics are in full swing. (Real) snow may be in short supply but it is still really cold at the Olympic sports facilities. Warm functional underwear is a must for athletes, coaches and spectators alike. It is mostly knitted on circular knitting machines.
A compliment is quickly forgotten although it expresses appreciation and motivates its recipient. On the occasion of International Compliments Day we went looking for compliments to remember.
Mayer & Cie.’s two new CHPs are nearing completion – and along with it the company’s awarded energy renovation plan.
End of October, around 70 students from the neighbouring secondary school visited Mayer & Cie. for a Careers Advice Day.
Tenth anniversary at Mayer & Cie. Czechia: A festival for family and friends.
Sebastian Mayer from Mayer & Cie. informed his audience at a Chamber of Commerce event on saving “systematic” knowledge and on ensuring Mayer & Cie.’s claim to leadership.
Sebastian Mayer from Mayer & Cie. gave a keynote at SAP’s PLM Info Days on May 18 and 19. Find a summary of his speech here.
Sebastian Mayer from Mayer & Cie. will give a keynote at SAP’s PLM Info Days to be held digitally on May 18 and 19. In an interview, he explains why the company has opted for the platform strategy and why it is important for the manufacturer of circular knitting machines and braiding machines.
Circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) has been named one of Germany’s most innovative companies by the monthly business magazine Capital and Statista.
Circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) generated group sales of around € 72 million in 2020, a 20 per cent decline on the previous year, making it the second year in succession in which the company reported a negative result. Looking ahead, in contrast, the outlook is much more promising. Since late summer 2020 the company has benefited from a marked recovery in all of its markets. Thanks to this positive trend Mayer & Cie. anticipates a successful 2021 financial year.
At VDMA’s Textile Machinery Webtalk on 17February, Mayer & Cie., Groz-Beckert and Thies presented challenges in producing fine gauge knits and showed ways to manage them.
At VDMA’s Textile Machinery Webtalk on 17February, Mayer & Cie. presents challenges in producing fine gauge knits and shows ways to manage them.
Thom H. Boehm is probably the world’s only circular knitting influencer. He refers to himself as “the thinking man’s circular knitting machine mechanic”. In an interview, he talks about his work, his machines and how he has started his career on social media.
Sweatpants are becoming ever more popular, thanks to the coronavirus and the accompanying home office boom. The comfy legwear can be produced on a Mayer & Cie. MBF 3.2, for example.
Twenty-five tonnes of knitwear per day is the Rubenis knitting factory’s production capacity. This impressive number is reached thanks to more than 30 Mayer & Cie. circular knitting machines.
At the end of 2020, Mayer Braidtech GmbH has merged with Mayer & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG. With this move, the circular knitting machine manufacturer has formally completed the integration of Mayer Braidtech GmbH at the company’s Albstadt headquarters.
In an interview on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of collaboration between Dimatex and Mayer & Cie., Fernando Ferradás, managing director of the Argentine representation, talks about memories, milestones and circular knitting machines.
Business development trips as we know them cannot take place this year. In a virtual excursion to Spain and Portugal, organized by the VDMA, Mayer & Cie. demonstrated a profound market knowledge and apt machines.
Even in pandemic year 2020 Mayer & Cie. (MCT) has further improved its leading position in Turkey. The reasons for this year’s success are understood to be the transfer to production locations near Europe, Turkey’s state-of-the-art machinery and an increase in demand for comfy home office.
The Relanit 3.2 HS is the 77,777th circular knitting machine that Mayer & Cie. has manufactured in over 80 years of circular knitting machine production.
The D4 2.2 HPI is the world’s most productive interlock machine. It is a topseller worldwide with the strongest growing demand in South America.
The mattress ticking market has experienced a surge in demand. Most customers look for a high level of productivity and variety of patterns. The new OVJA 2.4 EM optimally caters for those needs.
From 15 to 30 October 2020, Mayer & Cie. will participate in InnovateTextile & Apparel Virtual Trade Show. On their booth, the team welcomes customers and visitors weekdays from 7 am to 7 pm (CET).
Longstanding Indian Mayer & Cie. representative Batliboi participated in their first virtual trade show. At vTex, they met up with customers and professional audience that they cannot meet in person due to the Corona pandemic.
Mayer & Cie. will participate in the virtual trade fair Innovate Textile and Apparel from 15 to 30 October 2020. Their exhibit will focus on circular knitting machines producing mattress covers as well as double jersey and Relanit models.
The MPU 1.6 is apt to knit fleece fabrics. That is why it is put to use in research aiming to develop environmentally compatible fleece products.
On July 8th 1905, Tailfingen is a village in the Southern part of the German Empire. There, eight men render a signature that is to lay the foundation of a long, successful history.
India’s Textile Magazine has asked entrepreneurs in the global textile industry to share their experiences during the covid pandemic. In a video interview, Benjamin Mayer talks about the effects the pandemic has had on a manufacturer of circular knitting machines like Mayer & Cie., on why it is important to tackle on one’s weaknesses in times of crisis and on how business might evolve post covid-19.
The measures undertaken to contain the spread of Covid-19 have led to downturns in the German engineering industry. Yet, “there are a few markets keeping up some of their regular activities while observing strict measures to contain the corona pandemic”, says Sales Director Wolfgang Müller.
This year’s ITM textile machinery fair is scheduled for 14 to 18 July in Istanbul. It was postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus and the July dates are by no means certain, but Mayer & Cie. (MCT) is still going ahead with preparations.
Due to the corona crisis, circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. is now producing its circular knitting and braiding machines by working in two shifts. Administration is also pursuing a two-part strategy.
“Egypt has long been a permanent feature on our Mayer & Cie. world map,” says Benjamin Mayer, Managing Director of Mayer & Cie.
Sales manager Bühler is conveinced: “Patience may still be required of us textile machinery manufacturers but in our opinion Ethiopia will sooner or later become the new Bangladesh.”
At Shanghaitex Mayer & Cie. China (MCN) exhibited the MFC 3.2. Where will the machine be available? MCF stands for “Mayer Fleece China”. Developed for the Chinese market, it is the first model that was developed in-house by our Chinese subsidiary Mayer & Cie. in Shanghai.
Pakistan is one of the textile and clothing industry’s largest locations. In cotton production alone, it is a global Top Five producer with 13 million bales.
A few weeks ago at the ITMA trade fair the (circular-knitted) sports outfit in Mayer & Cie.’s corporate colours was worn by a shop window dummy in a victory pose on the rostrum in Barcelona, where it stood for the popularity of fashionable sportswear, an important growth driver in the circular knitting industry.
In respect of digitization, corporate development and service we hear from Sebastian Mayer, member of the Management, from Stefan Brändle, in overall charge of networks, and from Giovanni Maltese, Head of Electronic Engineering, about their personal ITMA experiences.
India is one of Mayer & Cie.’s most important markets. In the premium and mid-market segment the Albstadt-based family firm’s market share is 36 percent, due mainly to its longstanding successful collaboration with local representatives Batliboi.
Digitization is a topic that no company can afford to ignore nowadays. It does, however, cover a wide range of processes from which each company must find the right solution for its needs. That, says Sebastian Mayer, the member of the Management in charge of corporate development, is why “there is no such thing as digitization per se; there are different areas in which it can be of relevance for us as an engineering company.
From Research and Development we hear from Marcus Mayer, Managing Director, Dr. Wolfgang Bauer, Head of R & D, and Bernd Boss, in charge of Patents and Technical Documentation, about their personal ITMA experiences.
“Stay a winner. With Mayer & Cie.” is the slogan that Mayer & Cie. will be using at this year’s ITMA. At the leading industry trade fair, in Barcelona from 20 to 26 June, Mayer & Cie.’s presentation will focus on sport.
With sales of around EUR 110 million Mayer & Cie. can draw a positive line under the year 2018. In spite of considerable fluctuations in the textile machinery market the family-owned Albstadt firm held its own and even achieved a slight increase on sales in the previous year.
2019 marks the starting signal for the production of braiding machines at Mayer & Cie.’s Albstadt headquarter. These special machines are only distantly related to circular knitting machines, but they are good old aquaintances: US affiliate Mayer Industries in Orangeburg, South Carolina, built the special machines for more than 40 years.
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