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Inventor of MALIMO technology celebrates 100th birthday
26 Mar '09
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However, they soon also became used for producing technical textiles, such as backing substrates for PVC coatings, car headliner and insulating materials. The 1000th stitch-bonding machine was delivered to VEB Malitex in nearby Hohenstein-Ernstthal in 1972. This company was producing roughly nine million square metres of stitch-bonded textiles every year up to 1989.
Prof. Dr.-Ing Holger Erth made particular mention of the change in applications for stitch-bonded technology in the speech he made at the party. Whereas the emphasis was still on the production of home and household textiles during the 1980s, the 1990s saw the rapid development of technical applications, which was promoted by the appearance of the multiaxial and biaxial machines. These included reinforcement textiles for the aerospace industry, cars and ship-building, for producing rotor blades for wind turbines, composite textiles, geotextiles and building materials.
The applications for MALIWATT and MALIVLIES machines were extended and new end-uses were opened up as backing substrates for coatings, filter fabrics, blankets, insulation materials, hygiene, medical and sanitary textiles, and linings for the automotive industry. The types of textiles that can be produced on the new Kunit and Multiknit machines include textile cushioning materials, sub-cushioning materials for car seat covers, and acoustic insulation.
A decisive factor for the subsequent future development of the technology and the opening up of new applications was the takeover of the two companies, Nähwirkmaschinenbau MALIMO and Wirkmaschinenbau Limbach, by KARL MAYER in 1992. 'Technology that could hold its own anywhere in the world, based on Heinrich Mauersberger's inventions and the forward-looking entrepreneurial flair of KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH in Obertshausen near Frankfurt am Main, are the reasons for the continuing success of Heinrich Mauersberger's inventions and the MALIMO trademark,' said Dr. Michael Fiedler.
In 1997, KARL MAYER's subsidiary moved from its location in Annaberger Strasse, where it had been for many years, to new premises in Mauersberger Strasse.
The KARL MAYER Group also began to undertake the strategic reorganisation of the company at that time. KARL MAYER MALIMO was extended to become the centre of excellence for the development and production of textile machines for manufacturing technical textiles. The decision to invest in the Chemnitz site was also taken on the basis of the company's long textile tradition and the expertise and know-how of the specialists based there. Nowadays, KARL MAYER MALIMO Textilmaschinen GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machines for producing composites.
'Stitch-bonding technology currently occupies a firm place in the ranks of textile manufacturing technology,' said Prof. Dr.-Ing Holger Erth when assessing the significance of Heinrich Mauersberger's invention today. 'The changeover to specialist articles, and especially technical products, the movement of production away from clothing and home textiles to automotive technology, light engineering and protective textiles have given stitch-bonding technology a new impetus.'
And this trend is reflected in the number of patents that have been granted. Since 1990 alone, roughly 65 more patents have been granted for the machine technology and textile products since Heinrich Mauersberger was granted that first patent 60 years ago.
Roughly 60 large stitch-bonding machines are currently operating in Saxony and Thuringia. But they have also proved themselves countless times in practice in Italy, the USA, Norway, Belgium, Turkey, Tunisia, China, France and all over the world, in fact. Such is the living legacy of Heinrich Mauersberger's invention!
Prof. Dr.-Ing Holger Erth made particular mention of the change in applications for stitch-bonded technology in the speech he made at the party. Whereas the emphasis was still on the production of home and household textiles during the 1980s, the 1990s saw the rapid development of technical applications, which was promoted by the appearance of the multiaxial and biaxial machines. These included reinforcement textiles for the aerospace industry, cars and ship-building, for producing rotor blades for wind turbines, composite textiles, geotextiles and building materials.
The applications for MALIWATT and MALIVLIES machines were extended and new end-uses were opened up as backing substrates for coatings, filter fabrics, blankets, insulation materials, hygiene, medical and sanitary textiles, and linings for the automotive industry. The types of textiles that can be produced on the new Kunit and Multiknit machines include textile cushioning materials, sub-cushioning materials for car seat covers, and acoustic insulation.
A decisive factor for the subsequent future development of the technology and the opening up of new applications was the takeover of the two companies, Nähwirkmaschinenbau MALIMO and Wirkmaschinenbau Limbach, by KARL MAYER in 1992. 'Technology that could hold its own anywhere in the world, based on Heinrich Mauersberger's inventions and the forward-looking entrepreneurial flair of KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH in Obertshausen near Frankfurt am Main, are the reasons for the continuing success of Heinrich Mauersberger's inventions and the MALIMO trademark,' said Dr. Michael Fiedler.
In 1997, KARL MAYER's subsidiary moved from its location in Annaberger Strasse, where it had been for many years, to new premises in Mauersberger Strasse.
The KARL MAYER Group also began to undertake the strategic reorganisation of the company at that time. KARL MAYER MALIMO was extended to become the centre of excellence for the development and production of textile machines for manufacturing technical textiles. The decision to invest in the Chemnitz site was also taken on the basis of the company's long textile tradition and the expertise and know-how of the specialists based there. Nowadays, KARL MAYER MALIMO Textilmaschinen GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machines for producing composites.
'Stitch-bonding technology currently occupies a firm place in the ranks of textile manufacturing technology,' said Prof. Dr.-Ing Holger Erth when assessing the significance of Heinrich Mauersberger's invention today. 'The changeover to specialist articles, and especially technical products, the movement of production away from clothing and home textiles to automotive technology, light engineering and protective textiles have given stitch-bonding technology a new impetus.'
And this trend is reflected in the number of patents that have been granted. Since 1990 alone, roughly 65 more patents have been granted for the machine technology and textile products since Heinrich Mauersberger was granted that first patent 60 years ago.
Roughly 60 large stitch-bonding machines are currently operating in Saxony and Thuringia. But they have also proved themselves countless times in practice in Italy, the USA, Norway, Belgium, Turkey, Tunisia, China, France and all over the world, in fact. Such is the living legacy of Heinrich Mauersberger's invention!
KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH
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