#Knitting & Hosiery

2013-01-02

In-house exhibition of the Multi-MATIC® at KARL MAYER during Heimtextil 2013 to take place from 9. to 12. January 2013

KARL MAYER’s Multi-MATIC® machine (c) 2012 Karl Mayer

KARL MAYER’s Multi-MATIC® machine manufactures sample and production warps of average running lengths, offering highest precision and economic efficiency, in other words: very convincing performance features.

Already shortly after its first presentation at ITMA 2011 in Barcelona the automatic warper has successfully been launched onto the market, where it has since proven to be both a flexible and highly productive manufacturing equipment for the weaving warp preparation sector. The Multi-MATIC® will provide a foretaste of its proficiency during an in-house show for customers to be held simultaneously with the forthcoming Heimtextil 2013. This internal machinery exhibition will take place between 9th and 12th January 2013 from 09:00 to 17:00 in the Technical Competence Center in Obertshausen. The Hessian industrial town can be reached by train or by car in only 30 minutes from Messe Frankfurt.

The address reads as follows: KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH Schubertstraße 101 D-63179 Obertshausen, Germany

During the in-house event the Multi-MATIC® will present the production of warp beams for various applications. On this occasion, the visitors to the show will have the opportunity to see the processing of polyester yarns, of patterns with different colour sequences and the process control with different programs, i.e. with and without size separation. Upon request, KARL MAYER‘s experts are also prepared to work out a production comparison between the Multi-MATIC® and existing or alternative machine types. All in all, an offer that is worth making a short detour from Heimtextil to Obertshausen. Those interested in this event are kindly requested to make an appointment via KARL MAYER’s regional agencies or to contact Mrs. Daniela Rieder directly at the parent company. She will be available by phone +49 6104 402 563 or by e-mail at the following address daniela.rieder@karlmayer.com. KARL MAYER would be pleased to welcome numerous visitors.

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