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THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2011
Interview with
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As a leading manufacturer of warp
knitting and warp preparation ma-
chines, Karl Mayer will be exhibit-
ing at this year’s ITMA. Mr. Fritz P.
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interview to The Textile Magazine,
shares his thoughts on ITMA and the
current trends in the European and
Asian textile industries.
Excerpts:
Question: Karl Mayer is one
of the largest exhibitors at ITMA
2011. What do you expect to
achieve by exhibiting at ITMA?
Answer:
We are hoping to meet
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the world at ITMA 2011. We are par-
ticularly geared up to welcoming visi-
tors who lead the way in their own
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product line strategy, we can supply
innovation-driven companies with
high-end machines of exceptional
technical quality. The ITMA fair in
Europe continues to be an effective
platform for us, where we can show-
case our high-tech machines, most of
which are developed and manufac-
tured in Western Europe.
Q: What role can a textile
machinery fair play in Europe
against the background of a
textile industry that is being in-
creasingly dominated by Asia?
A:
The ITMA fair in Europe is a
good opportunity for European tex-
tile machinery manufacturers to high-
light their pioneering position and to
demonstrate their exceptional inno-
vative strengths. It is true that new
technical innovations are increasingly
being developed in Asia but, in the
textile machine building sector, the
leading manufacturers are still impor-
ItMA 2011
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Mr. FRITZ P. MAYER,
CEO, Karl Mayer