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Circular knitting

machine

manufacturer

receives Top 100

award for the

second time

The Albstadt circular knitting machine manufacturer “We want our customers to be able to maintain their
Mayer & Cie. (MCT) has been named one of market advantage with the help of our machines”,
Germany’s most innovative SMEs for the second said Benjamin Mayer referring to the claim of the
time. Benjamin Mayer, Marcus Mayer and Sebastian medium-sized family company. “We take customer’s
Mayer collected the Top 100 award. Host Ranga wishes very seriously, whether in the individual
Yogeshwar handed over the prize during the SME configuration of existing machines or in the
Summit in Ludwigsburg. Mayer & Cie. received the development of entirely new solutions.”
prize for their innovation management and success,
the most well-known example of which is currently Knitting today with a view to tomorrow
their spinitsystems knitting technology. The most current and concise example of the
consideration and application of new ideas is the
spinitsystems technology. A compact machine with
“We are delighted to have been named one of the the dimensions of a conventional knitting machine, it
most innovative German SMEs for the second time combines two previously separate processes,
already”, said Mayer & Cie. executive Marcus Mayer. spinning and knitting. This saves a great deal of
In the executive board, he is responsible for time, space and energy. True to the company
research and development. “For us, it is part of our philosophy, the Swabian SME already has another
self-understanding to advance in the market and coup up its sleeve, which it will present at the ITMA,
think in terms of new solutions. This requires us to the industry’s leading fair, to be held again in 2019.
take the long view in business – but also to show
courage, as not every idea manages to become An award with weight and tradition
an innovation.” The Top 100s have been awarded for more than 25
years now. The focus of the award is on a
“Traditionally one step ahead” company's innovation management. It is the goal of
The circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & the organisers to offer companies a benchmark in
Cie. has been operating in the market for more than this respect. Whether a company is accepted into
100 years, with over 75,000 machines sold the Top 100 club or has its place reconfirmed – as is
worldwide since the company’s founding. To ensure the case with Mayer & Cie. – is decided upon by a
that knitters in countries like India, China and Turkey jury drawn from the fields of politics, economics and
will count on quality “made in Germany” well into the research, under the chairmanship of Professor
future, Mayer & Cie. invests five to six percent of its Nikolaus Franke, Chairman of the Institute for
turnover each year into research and development. Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna
Around seven percent of the employees are University of Economics and Business (WU). For this
engaged in development and construction. Mayer & year’s competition, Franke and his team examined
Cie. keeps a close ear to the market – and not just more than 470 applications. 288 companies were
with the sales and marketing staff in the successful in three classes, including 120 global
headquarters in Albstadt, but also with 80 market leaders. One of these is Mayer & Cie., a
representatives around the world. market leader worldwide and once again a Top
100 winner.

July/August 2018