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Karl Mayer Group

PRESS RELEASE / Appointment

10 February 2026

2 minutes

The TIC is more than just a building; it is a place for collaboration, creativity and market-relevant solutions – a home for textile innovations.

Opening New Karl Mayer Textile Innovation Centre – A New Era Of Textile Innovation Begins

OBERTSHAUSEN, GERMANY: Karl Mayer is opening its new Textile Innovation Centre (TIC), sending a strong signal that it is driving textile innovation forward and opening up new perspectives for the textile industry. The TIC brings together the latest developments in Warp Knitting, Technical Textiles and Warp Preparation – Karl Mayer’s core areas of...

Indigo Dyeing / New Standard

24 July 2025

4 minutes

Compared to other dyes, indigo is exceedingly complex in chemistry and application. It can take up to two weeks and a lot of labor to prepare and ferment a finicky vat of natural indigo dye.

New Industry Standard for Indigo Dyeing Water Use Unveiled by Transformers Foundation

The Transformers Foundation has launched the first benchmark for water usage in indigo dyeing, offering clear standards for measuring environmental impact. The study, involving seven denim mills and equipment makers, defined water consumption metrics for both rope and slasher dyeing methods, aiming to curb greenwashing and bring consistency to denim sustainability reporting.

Staff Writer

Robotics / Knit Work

8 May 2025

Researchers at Laurentian University in Canada developed a model to convert fabric images into comprehensive instructions that knitting robots could read and follow.

Researchers Develop Robot that Can Knit Clothes Just by Looking at Fabric Images

Research at Canada’s Laurentian University establishes a foundation for fully automated robotic knitting systems, enabling customisable, flexible production processes that integrate perception, planning, and actuation, thereby advancing textile manufacturing through intelligent robotic automation.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Store

20 September 2024

2 minutes

The STOLL TexLab in the showroom is not just a presentation space, but also an experience centre. Customers can make contacts and develop concepts here, try out new yarns and develop innovative patterns together with STOLL application engineers.

New Experience World of Karl Mayer Group In China, with Focus on STOLL

OBERTSHAUSEN, GERMANY: Just in time for the upcoming ITMA Asia + CITME, the Karl Mayer Group is inaugurating a new showroom at its Chinese location in Changzhou. The official opening will take place on 13 October and is a highlight of an in-house show at Karl Mayer (CHINA) accompanying the trade fair, which will run until 18 October.

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PRESS RELEASE / Launch

3 July 2024

2 minutes

With its technical configuration, the RE4-1 is optimised for the production of elastic and non-elastic standard fabrics, especially for the underwear sector.

KARL MAYER Launches RE 4-1 Elastomeric Raschel Machine

OBERTSHAUSEN, GERMANY: Karl Mayer launches its RE 4-1, a new Raschel machine for the extremely efficient production of highly elastic textiles. With this newcomer, the global player is expanding its successful Elastomeric series and supplementing the established RE 4-1 as part of its two-product line strategy. With an excellent price-performance...

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

26 June 2024

3 minutes

The MAX GLASS ECO incorporates proven solutions from the KARL MAYER GROUP's range of multiaxial machines, including features from its predecessor, the MAXTRONIC®, and combines these with sophisticated new technical developments.

Karl Mayer Launches the New Composite Machine MAX GLASS ECO

Obertshausen, Germany: The wind power sector is a key industry for the climate-important energy transition, but it needs efficient value creation processes to realize its potential. Karl Mayer Technische Textilien makes an important contribution to this.

The innovative company based in Chemnitz develops, among other things, multiaxial warp knitting...

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

10 June 2024

3 minutes

The innovation is called CASCADE and focuses on steam as a heating medium in cylinder dryers. And for good reason: according to the IPCC report by ITMF Zurich, one tonne of steam cost between USD 20 and just under USD 27 internationally in 2021.

CASCADE: A Karl Mayer Group Solution for Verifiable Inline Energy Recycling on Sizing Machines and Dyeing Systems

OBERTSHAUSEN, GERMANY: Energy consumption is an important success factor for textile companies. For finishing companies, it can lead to costs of up to 15% of turnover. The industry average for energy expenditure is around 5%.

For both economic and sustainability reasons, manufacturers are increasingly looking for innovative technical solutions...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

23 May 2024

3 minutes

The focus of the exhibitions for the warp preparation sector is on the topics of cost-effectiveness and sustainability.

Karl Mayer's Innovation In Warp Preparation Sector at ITM 2024

Obertshausen, Germany: Karl Mayer Warp Preparation has long been a reliable partner to the Turkish textile industry. Its production solutions support customers in their competitive environment and set standards on the market. This is once again demonstrated by the innovations that Karl Mayer will be presenting at the upcoming ITM from June 4 to 8...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

17 May 2024

1 minute

Machines from Karl Mayer Technische Textilien are used to produce textile concrete reinforcements, roofing materials and plaster grids that make construction and renovation easier, more environmentally friendly and faster.

Karl Mayer: Rethinking Civil Engineering Business with Warp-Knitted Fabrics

Obertshausen, Germany: The Turkish building and construction industry offers a wide range of applications for technical textiles. In particular, the construction work following last year's earthquake and a wide range of infrastructure projects require innovative solutions with high efficiency and low resource consumption. Karl Mayer Technische...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

15 May 2024

4 minutes

The main exhibits will be a tricot machine with an exceptional, flexible product range and maximum speed - even with strongly changing yarn consumption - a digital solution for machine energy management from the Care Solutions division and textile innovations for more business.

New Business Momentum for the Turkish Warp Knitting Industry

OBERTSHAUSEN, GERMANY: Warp knitting companies can look forward to new opportunities for their business development when they visit the Karl Mayer stand at ITM. At the important trade fair in Istanbul, the industry leader will be presenting selected solutions to support customers in a market that is as important as it is difficult. The focus will...