In view of ever shorter innovation cycles in the textiles and clothing industries, machinery manufacturer Karl Mayer says it finds that four years is quite a long time between the ITMA exhibitions in Europe, the leading trade fair for international textile machinery builders. This is the reason why the company decided to present its latest machine innovations halfway between ITMA 2011 in Barcelona and ITMA 2015 in Milan at an Open House exhibition at its German headquarters a few weeks ago.

According to Karl Mayer, the open house event was a complete success with about 200 guests being welcomed in Obertshausen. Visitors mainly came from Europe but also from distant countries such as Egypt, India, Thailand and Taiwan and there was a strong contingent from Italy at the event.

The company reports that the response from customers was very good and that it was very satisfied with the event overall.

“All in all, the open house event was just perfect. Many of our important customers visited us, and could be convinced of the high performance of our exhibited machines and of Karl mayer’s innovative power,” said Oliver Mathews, Sales Vice President of the Warp Knitting Business Unit, commenting on the good mood at the end of the event.

According to Karl Mayer the working machines in its showroom were surrounded by crowds of people almost all of the time. The Business Unit Warp Knitting presented the following machines:

The new MJ 42/1-B, a RSJ 4/1 – now also available in a gauge of E 32

• HKS 4-M EL
• New HKS 2-SE for the first time in E 40 gauge
• HKS 2-3 in E 50
• The brand-new TM4 EL – a top seller

The BU Warp Preparation displayed the latest generations of the Nov-O-Matic and of the Multi-MATIC at Karl Mayer’s factory in Hausen.

The technology show was complemented by a small but select product show on the topics of lingerie, sportswear and outerwear and amongst other things, visitors had the opportunity to see light running jackets and evening gowns from the company’s own creations.

Karl Mayer also managed to win the support of the trend expert Louisa Smith for giving a lecture on textile trends autumn/winter 2015/2016 of the ISPO Textrends Forum. ISPO is considered to be the leading international sports business network.

A third highlight of the attractive program around the open house show was the presentation of software solutions that provide comprehensive and easy means for fully utilizing the patterning possibilities of Karl Mayer machines. The efficiency of these programs was demonstrated in separate rooms by the manufacturers Texion, EAT and CADT by means of computer simulations.