The KARL MAYER GROUP is an innovative player in the composites industry and has been an exhibitor at JEC World for many years.

At this year's leading industry trade fair from 5 to 7 March, the company will be exhibiting with KARL MAYER Technical Textiles and its STOLL division in Hall 5, Stand K 32. The company will be exhibiting with KARL MAYER Technical Textiles and its STOLL division in Hall 5 at Stand K 32 in the Parc des Expositions in Paris Nord Villepinte.

One focus of the exhibition will be scrims and tapes made from bio-based yarn materials for reinforcing composites. Last year, KARL MAYER Technical Textiles had already shown exhibits in this area and hit a nerve: Under pressure from the looming climate crisis and rising energy prices, the composites industry is constantly looking for sustainable solutions. "While our business with multiaxial and spreading technology for processing conventional technical fibers such as carbon or glass continues to do well, we are seeing increasing interest in the processing of natural fibers into composites. That's why we have a new product in our trade fair luggage for the upcoming JEC World: an alpine ski in which, among other things, hemp fiber fabrics were used," reveals Hagen Lotzmann, Sales Manager of KARL MAYER Technical Textiles.

The winter sports equipment is the result of a sponsored project. The hemp tapes for this were supplied by FUSE GmbH and were processed into fabrics on the COP MAX 5 multiaxial warp knitting machine in the KARL MAYER Technical Textiles technical centre.

With the capacities in the company's own application technology centre and the expertise of its composite specialists, the company supports its customers in the implementation of projects and processing trials. The aim of the trade fair is to strengthen the company's image as a contact point for innovators with unusual ideas. "Everyone is currently looking for new applications. We want to present ourselves as a competent development partner and special machine manufacturer in the composites industry," says Hagen Lotzmann. The sales professional and his team will also be presenting an innovation from the multiaxial machine sector for the production of composites from glass rovings.

The STOLL business unit will be focusing on thermoplastic materials. On display will be several molded knitted sample parts with a visually appealing textile outer surface and a hardened inner surface. The double-face products can be made from different types of yarn and do not need to be back-injected for use as side door panels or housing shells, for example. In addition, the ready-to-use design saves waste and yarn material.

The KARL MAYER Group is looking forward to its guests, numerous discussions and many new ideas.