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Karl Mayer Rotal celebrates modern site expansion in Italy

In the recent expansion, which was completed in June of this year, EUR 2.7 million were invested in order to strengthen the company’s position.

18th October 2016

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Obertshausen

Clothing/​Footwear, Industrial

Karl Mayer Rotal, Karl Mayer’s subsidiary based in Mezzolombardo, Italy, and a leading producer of high-tech warp preparation machines, has marked the extension of its plant with a successful open house event.

In the recent expansion, which was completed in June of this year, EUR 2.7 million were invested in the modern site in order to strengthen the company’s position on its international markets and increase awareness of Italy as a production location. “With this investment, the Karl Mayer Group has confirmed its long-term commitment to the growth of Karl Mayer Rotal”, said Enzo Paoli, the current Managing Director.

Open house event

The event held earlier this summer provided an opportunity for the visitors to view the production facilities, to look at the latest technology in sectional warping, indigo dyeing and sizing, and to exchange information. A total of 146 representatives from 50 companies attended the open house event for the warp preparation customers in Mezzolombardo, and their interest in the company and machines on show generated positive feedback for the organisers.

“We are really delighted with the event,” said the Sales Director, Guiseppe Moretti. “The open house event was extremely popular and sent out a clear message to the market. It showed Italian manufacturers, who have always been some of the most important customers for the textile industry, how seriously the Karl Mayer Group takes their requirements.”

Research and innovation

One of the main focuses of the company is innovation and research, with about 80 people currently working for the company at its state-of-the-art production facilities, which are said to enable meeting the high, company-specific quality objectives. “We are operating on a highly competitive market,” explained the managing director. “Quality is the key to success here, especially in new business segments.”

Denim dyeing is one of the areas that Karl Mayer Rotal has tapped into over the years. The company has become a pioneer with high growth ambitions in the lucrative textile sector. The extension of the site in Mezzolombardo has also gone hand in hand with expansion of the activities of Karl Mayer in the denim sector.

“We are expecting approval for a big order in the denim sector soon. Karl Mayer Rotal’s modern production facilities have given us a real edge on the market,” explained Dieter Gager, the Sales Director of Karl Mayer’s Warp Preparation Business Unit.

Karl Mayer Rotal

Since it began operating as a local supplier of machines at the end of the 1960s, Karl Mayer Rotal has become a leading producer of high-tech warp preparation machines, and is set on course for further expansion. At the beginning of this year, the production facilities at the company’s headquarters in Mezzolombardo were extended by 3,100 m2, and the company’s site now covers an area of 9,000 m². Turnover has been quadrupled over the past five years, the company reports.

Karl Mayer Rotal achieves roughly 80% of its profits overseas, mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey, but business has also started to pick up on the domestic market again. The revenue is generated by selling sizing and dyeing machines for the denim sector and with sales activities for the whole Karl Mayer Group.

www.karlmayer.com

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