“Precision starts in the development process, in manufacturing”, says alfonso Bonaffini. Together with a team of 15, he is in charge of Quality Management at Mayer & Cie.

When Michael Fortenbacher started his own apprenticeship with Mayer & Cie. in 1986, a lot of manual work was still required. Today, more work is done by machines and trainers make sure apprentices feel comfortable and identify with their future career.

The German braiding machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. has been offering braiding machines with 48 carriers since this autumn. An MR-11 type braiding machine will be the first to be delivered with 48 carriers. It will leave the plant in Albstadt, Southern Germany, before Christmas. The first MR-15 equipped with 48 carriers is to follow in spring 2025. With the braiding machines with 48 carriers, customers benefit from larger inner tube diameters, short set-up times and unaltered coil volumes. This applies to both yarn and wire.

The machines that run at Gota in Albstadt-Tailfingen are many decades old. The fabric they produce is used, among other things, to make “Merz b. Schwanen” brand shirts, which have achieved cult status thanks to the “The Bear” series at the latest.

Caine-Allen Bauser has been living in China for almost a year. He took care of the relocation of the Mayer & Cie. works from Shanghai to Jintan. He already knew during his training that he would follow a circular knitting machine to the end of the world, if need be.

At Simatex in Argentina, Mayer & Cie. welcomed numerous visitors to their booth – despite the difficult market situation in the country. Fernando Ferradás, long-standing agent in Argentina relates this to the new government’s economical policy.

At ITM 2024, Mayer & cie. circular knitting machines and digital solutions – knitlink and knithawk in particular – met with interest.