In Covid-19 pandemic year 2020 circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) has further improved its leading position in Turkey. So Turkey continues to be one of the companyโs strongest and most consistent sales markets. Even in difficult years, the manufacturer and its longstanding Turkish representative Mayer Mรผmessillik have achieved positive results. The reasons for this yearโs success, as Mayer & Cie. sees it, are the transfer of production to locations close to Europe, Turkeyโs state-of-the-art machinery and the increase in demand for comfortable clothing that is suitable as home office wear.
Turkish market is a growth market despite the corona pandemic
Stefan Bรผhler, Mayer & Cie.โs regional sales manager for Turkey, said; โCompared to 2019, we anticipate a growth in the Turkish market even though the corona situation was a serious setback in the second quarter of 2020โ.
Mayer & Cie. got off to a strong start on the Bosporus in the first quarter of 2020 with additional positive effects until mid-March. This was due to a desire for production locations close to Europe. In the second quarter, during the lockdown, demand largely ground to a halt. Government measures helped to cushion the downturn. Ahmet M. รฤretmen, general manager of MCTโs Turkish sales partner Mayer Mรผmessillik reminded that in the second quarter, GDP was down by about 10 percent; โHowever, despite the crisis, we can say that the circular knitting sector got off lightlyโ.
Since July 2020, orders for Mayer & Cie. circular knitting machines have bounced back again. Saying that there are different interactions at the source of this improvement, รฤretmen continued his words as follows; โThe main reason is the low exchange rate of the Turkish lira, which has boosted exports of ready-made textilesโ. The Turkish Daily Hรผrriyet reports, with reference to the Turkish state news agency, 11 percent year-on-year growth in August 2020. The most important export markets, the newspaper says, are Germany, the UK and Spain. Between them, they account for around half of exports totalling 1.27 billion EU. รฤretmen; โThis demand must be fulfilled. That leads to investment in machinery by manufacturersโ.
Relanit is synonymous with single jersey
The machines of choice for Turkish knitwear manufacturers are regularly Mayer & Cie. machines. The long-established German firmโs share of the Turkish market is substantially higher than in other markets. The manufacturerโs position is particularly strong in the market for plain single jersey fabrics, with the Relanit 3.2 HS being the machine of choice. It achieves an extraordinarily high level of productivity, especially in processing elastomer yarns. It also handles a wide range of yarns reliably.
Mayer & Cie. has a solution for all knitting jobs
Mayer & Cie. is the clear leader in the second major circular knitting discipline, rib and interlock fabrics. โInterlock is Mayer & Cie.,โ says Ahmet M. รฤretmen, putting it in a nutshell. The machines used for double jersey fabrics are the OV 3.2 QCe, the D4 2.2 II and the D4 3.2 II. The OV 3.2 QCe knits interlock, 8-lock structures, spacers and fine gauge with 3.2 systems. The D4 2.2 II is another stalwart for rib, 8-lock and interlock. The 8-lock D4 3.2 II is the machine of choice for firms that want to manufacture structures such as Piquรฉ, Punto di Roma or Thermal in addition to interlock.
The MBF 3.2 is another top seller in Turkey. A three-thread fleece machine, MBF 3.2 knits fabrics for sports and leisurewear such as hoodies and is very much in keeping with the trend in home office year 2020. Ahmet M. รฤretmen said โComfortable clothing is circular knitted and the circular knitting industry benefits from that of courseโ.
The worldโs most state-of-the-art machine parks are in Turkey
Another advantage is the modernity of the Turkish machine park, which is doubly attractive in view of Turkeyโs weak currency. Mayer Mรผmessillik general manager Ahmet M. รฤretmen: โIn the past 10 to 20 years there has been very heavy investment in high-quality machines. As a consequence we have the worldโs youngest and most up-to-date production facilitiesโ.
Combined with geographical proximity to the main export markets in Europe that should prove a growth driver in the years ahead โ and keep demand for Mayer & Cie. machines brisk and high.