The company KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH is the world leader in the production of warp knitting machines and warp preparation systems, with headquarters in Obertshausen, Germany, and subsidiaries in  Chemnitz, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, and USA.

The enterprise delivered its 100,000th machine in the year 2010. Today KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH has more than 70% market share,making it world market leader.

The business is organized in four Business Units:

Business Unit Warp Knitting: Market leader in the development and production of lace machines, tricot machines and Raschel machines as well as warpers for the warp-knitting section.

Business Unit Warp Preparation: Specialized in warp preparation units for the weaving industry, including: beaming machines, sectional warpers, warp sampling machines, sizing machines, assembling units, indigo dyeing machines and creels.

Business Unit Technical Textiles: Responsible for the business unit ‘Technical Textiles’ is KARL MAYER MALIMO in Chemnitz. The company’s product portfolio includes Multiaxial machines, Biaxial machines as well as weft-insertion machines. Main application fields for the textiles made on these machines are: advertising media, billboards, wind power stations as well as numerous technical composites.

Business Unit Parts & Components: In this section KARL MAYER offers comprehensive know-how for the big-part manufacturing. Moreover, this Business Unit has a wide range of technologies at its disposal as well as a high level of expertise in the production of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP).