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obvious choice for knitting fine rib fabrics of up to increase, Kahraman Güveri explains. That leads to
E28 gauge. Spacer and interlock fabrics are also part
new investments, new companies and a growing
Back to normality: Mayer & Cie. of the machine’s established repertoire. The MV 4 3.2 demand for refurbished machines that then need to be
II is machine number three – and a literally fine
replaced by new machines elsewhere. “Apart from that,
Turkey benefits from its proximity to Europe, as
solution. The MV 4 3.2 II on show at the ITM knits to
participates in ITM and Techtextil an E38 gauge. The machine can also be supplied for transport routes are manageable,” says Stefan Bühler.
gauges from E14 to E60. It is, in addition, highly flexible,
Techtextil as a source of inspiration and networking
with a repertoire that ranges from piqué and double
piqué to one-thread fleece and smooth single jersey. platform
Techtextil is the only trade fair in Germany in which
Mayer & Cie. headquarters in Albstadt, Germany. Turkey, a market with prospects Mayer & Cie. regularly participates. “As this trade fair
“The challenges that the global economy faces are at focuses on technical textiles, customers mostly look
present enormously wide-ranging, of course,” says for small, fine solutions there”, explains Jürgen
Mayer & Cie.’s Turkey specialist Stefan Bühler. “The Müller, head of pattern service at Mayer & Cie.
Russian invasion of the Ukraine, supply chain Therefore, the company travels to Frankfurt without a
outages, shortages of raw materials and skyrocketing physical machine but with an array of samples and
energy prices all create uncertainty.” And then there plenty of experience for the capacities of circular
is galloping inflation in Turkey and elections in 2023. knitting. Jürgen Müller: “Our machine portfolio is
Yet despite, and in part because of, this state of known as the most extensive in the market. There is
affairs Bühler and Kahraman Güveri, CEO of Mayer & hardly anything in modern-day circular knits that
Cie.’s Turkish representative MMÜ, hold a positive cannot be produced on a Mayer & Cie. knitting
view of the market outlook for the years ahead. Large machine. That is why we prepare for focussing on
orders, especially for standard products, are on the consultancy at Techtextil.”

Cie. and their Turkish representative Mayer
Mümessillik will present themselves at Booth 713 in
Hall 7 with three machines on show: the D4-2.2 X
interlock machine, the OV 3.2 QCe for double jersey
structures and the MV 4 3.2 II for single jersey fabrics.
At Techtextil, the circular knitting machine
manufacturer’s booth will welcome visitors at booth
C63 in hall 11.1. Customers will be able to examine
samples and obtain information on Mayer & Cie.’s
extensive machine portfolio.

Exhibits at ITM: Established machines with that
something special
The portfolio of machines that Mayer & Cie. is
An assembly line at Mayer & Cie. in Albstadt-Tailfingen exhibiting at the ITM is tried, trusted and popular. The
After a four-year, Covid-related break the German OV 3.2 QCe is a specialist for interlock fabrics and
circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. double jersey structures that it knits in both filament
is exhibiting at two major trade fairs in June, at ITM in and synthetic fibre yarns. In Istanbul, the OV 3.2 QCe
Istanbul and at Techtextil in Frankfurt. At ITM, Mayer & on show will be a 30-inch, E40-gauge model. The
second exhibit, the double-jersey D4-2.2 X is an
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