Karl Mayer, the German technology major that enjoys considerable demand in India for its warp machine, has its service subsidiary in Mumbai since 2009 with service operations being expanded on a regular basis. The company sees India as an important sales region for the warp preparation machines produced at Obertshausen. Demand for them is on the rise since 2010.

With increasing demand, Karl Mayer considers India, an important growth market for the textile machinery. Hence, it’s planning to set up its own production centre in India. Preliminary work on the project is already in development stages. The company has acquired majority ownership of LIBA Maschinenfabrik GmbH. Integration of the two worldwide leading companies in areas of development, manufacturing and delivery of warp knitting and technical textile machinery has been implemented according to plan. As a member of the Karl Mayer Group, now LIBAMaschinenfabrik will be incorporated under the name Karl Mayer LIBATextilmaschinenfabrik GmbH.

At present work is in full swing on ‘Best of Both Worlds’ projects, on completion of these, integration of LIBA into the Karl Mayer business unit structure will commence. This would be finalized by the end of 2015.

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