Mayer & Cie, one of the world’s leading knitting machine manufacturers, plans new investments despite the instability in the global market. Among the investments planned for the second half of 2015 and the year 2016, Mayer & Cie plans to modernize its plant located in Germany. Furthermore, Mayer & Cie, which will invest for the branches located in China and Czech Republic, aims to strengthen its position in the market thanks to these investments.
Mayer & Cie, which has allocated 3 million Euros from the budget for the modernization of the headquarters located in Albstadt, Germany, will also increase the number of employees. Mayer & Cie, which will be revised in order to reduce the energy consumption of heating and cooling systems, will meet the requirements of BlueCompetence initiative of VDMA, which offers environmental solutions for energy savings, material and resource issues.
The Production Capacity in China Will Increase
Deciding to expand its assembly plant located in Shanghai in order to meet the needs of growing Asian market in recent years, Mayer & Cie will increase the production capacity of MSC 3.2, a jersey fabric machine developed especially for Chinese market. Increasing the production capacity of S- ve D- series manufactured in Czech Republic, Mayer & Cie aims to increase its power in jersey fabric and double plate knitting industries.
A Growth of 75 % in 2014
Explaining the investment plans of Mayer & Cie, Benjamin Mayer, managing director of the company, said that they are very satisfied with the performance of the company during the last year and he added that: "We grew 75 percent compared to the last year and we achieved a turnover of approximately 90 million Euros. We want to use this success in order to determine the right routes for the future. In order to provide continuously the best quality for our customers, we regularly modernize our machines used for assembly and production.”
Stating that Asia is an important market for Mayer & Cie, Mr. Mayer underlined the importance of modernization of the plant in China and said that: “Our Asian customers often order machines only after they accept orders that they cannot complete in due time with their existing machinery. If we want to be successful, we need to be able to react quickly and flexibly to these short-term orders”
