KARL MAYER opened its new TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER (TIC) April 21 in Obertshausen, Germany. Located in the company’s headquarters, the center brings together the latest developments in warp knitting, technical textiles and warp preparation. The company will be hosting an opening week for the center April 21–24, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for April 23.
“With our TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER, we are strongly focusing on textiles as the heart of our industry and the growth engine for our customers. The TIC marks a key milestone in KARL MAYER’s strategic orientation. We are investing in innovation, quality and partnership-based development so that our customers not only remain competitive, but also have access to innovative textiles that open up new business areas for them,” says Lutz Wolf, CEO of KARL MAYER.
The center will provide a meeting space for industry members and partners to network, share ideas and learn about new developments in the industry.
The KARL MAYER Academy will be a part of the TIC and will offer specialist courses for customer technicians, brand employees and service technicians as well as students of textile-related subjects.
“The size and equipment of our new TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER are unrivalled in the world. Here, we are aiming at the Medici effect, basically a renaissance of the textile industry; it’s about preserving and building up textile know-how and textile technology, as well as developing innovative textile solutions,” says Karl Josef Mayer, representative of the Mayer family and patron of the TIC.
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