KARL MAYER – at a glance

World market leader with innovative solutions for warp knitting, a warping machine for warp knitting, and 
Technical Textiles

KARL MAYER is a brand for innovative as well as driving force textile machinery building for warp knitting and weaving, and a technical German textile family-owned company founded in 1937.

WARP KNITTING ( Products)

Tricot machines
Raschel machines
Double-needle Raschel machines
Lace machines
Warping Machine for Warp Knitting

TECHNICAL TEXTILES

Tricot machines
Raschel machines
Double-needle bar machines
Lace machines
Direct warping machines

WARP PREPARATION

Tricot machines
Raschel machines
Double-needle bar machines
Lace machines
Direct warping machines

Our customers’ world

Applications
WARP KNITTING
TECHNICAL TEXTILES
WARP PREPARATION

Our ultimate goal is our customers’ success

Our strategy for ensuring maximum customer benefit

Made by KARL MAYER

Close to the customer

We Care About Your Future

Price-performance leadership with highest quality level

Innovative solutions

Future-oriented – Driving force of innovation

Quality
New applications
Automation: intuitive operation
Sustainability
Digital customer proximity: New Online Support
Ergonomics & Design

History

80 years of innovations
1937 – 1954

Company foundation and development into a textile machinery manufacturer

1955 – 1980

International expansion and further development of technology

01. First overseas subsidiary, in the USA
02. First Multibar Raschel lace machine for lace

1991 – 1998

Opening up new business areas and new markets

01. Warp Preparation for weaving
02. Subsidiary in China
03. Acquisition of Malimo and of Rotal

2000 – 2002

Growth and expansion in Asia

2003 – 2005

Innovations and new technology

  • New generation lace machines
  • KARL MAYER Command System
2007 – 2014

KARL MAYER‘s strategic reorientation

  • New Customer and Development Center
  • Opening of KARL MAYER CHINA
  • Acquisition of weaving warp preparation business of Benninger/Switzerland
  • Acquisition and merger with LIBA
2015 – …

Innovative market leader

  • Establish integrated KARL MAYER Techniical Textiles
  • Digitization
  • New designs and look

Business Unit Warp Knitting Portfolio

Tricot machines
Raschel machines + double needle bar machines
Lace machines
Direct warping machines

Automotive textiles – Apparel – Sportsware – Home textiles – Semi-technical – Nets

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