Karl Mayer, a leading warp knitting machinery manufacturer, has reported a successful showcase at Techtextil, May 9 to 12, Germany.

The company held 200 high-level conversations. Most visitors came from Germany, followed by Turkey, Poland and India. Many visitors came from India and Turkey, but the majority of the visitors to Karl Mayer’s stand were Europeans.

Karl Mayer’s stand, with its modern design, accounted for the success of this machine manufacturer at the fair.

Many existing clients came to discuss projects, customer trials and machine purchases, and some sales contracts were signed. The company also made some important new contacts.

Many new clients came to visit the stand, including manufacturers from other technology sectors and the clothing industry, who are looking for new end-uses in the field of semi-technical textiles, for example.

Karl Mayer’s stand at Techtextil was featuring an impressive presentation of a future building material, textile-reinforced concrete. This composite enables lightweight, narrow concrete components to be produced using tough, carbon-fiber grids.

As an alternative to conventional steel reinforcements, which are liable to corrode, warp-knitted structures are increasingly attracting the attention of the construction industry – and consequently the textile industry.

Karl Mayer’s machines and equipment for the technical textile sector also include warp preparation systems, particularly the manual sectional warping machine for use in the production of woven technical textiles, geo grids and coating/backing substrates.