#Knitting & Hosiery

2024-02-01

New 2024 training dates

The CREATE DESIGN software solution accelerates the entire development and design process for knitwear and therefore the workflow from idea to market launch. A set of sophisticated features ensures greater speed and efficiency, including a Shape & Grading function to support the creation of a knitting pattern and size sets, a toolkit for developing digital structures with a wide range of creative possibilities, a colour generator and flexible yarn creation options.

In addition, patterns and textures can be exported from CREATE DESIGN and imported into any 3D software. This makes it easy to create photorealistic images of fully knitted garments.

The many possibilities and advantages of the Game Changer solution have just been demonstrated at Munich Fabric Start and Pitti Filati. The presentations were received with great interest. "We were able to present CREATE DESIGN to numerous guests. Fashion and knitwear designers in particular had many questions and saw advantages for themselves. They particularly appreciated the ability to quickly develop design variations digitally without having to order prototypes straight away," says Goran Sidjimovski, who works as a Technical Designer for KM.ON and STOLL.

Anyone who wants to learn how to use CREATE DESIGN professionally in their day-to-day work can book an online course with Goran Sidjimovski as a trainer.

CREATE DESIGN online courses for creative minds in the knitting industry

The training schedule for 2024 has just been published. The dates for the upcoming events are:

• - 28 and 29 February, deadline for registrations is 7 February

• - 8 and 9 May, deadline for registrations is 17 April

• - 17 and 18 July, deadline for registrations is 23 June

• - 16 and 17 October, deadline for registrations is 25 September

Registrations are possible by informal e-mail at academy@kmon.net.

Goran Sidjimovski is looking forward to welcoming numerous participants: "CREATE DESIGN is very intuitive and easy to use. However, the courses make it easier to get started, especially for beginners," says the trainer.

Anyone who has attended the course can get started straight away.

STOLL: Agreement signed for the divestiture of selected assets

In early 2025, KARL MAYER announced its strategic decision to focus on its core business areas of WARP KNITTING, WARP PREPARATION, and TECHNICAL TEXTILES. As part of this move, the flat knitting machine business under the STOLL brand was discontinued and the production site in Reutlingen was closed in October 2025.

KARL MAYER presents a textile TEXTRONIC® innovation at ITM 2026

With highly efficient machines and continuous textile innovations, KARL MAYER underscores its role as a reliable partner for discerning top-tier customers. Just in time for ITM 2026 in Istanbul, the industry leader is introducing a true innovation: an eyelash lace with its characteristic fringed look – combined with a previously unattainable 4-way stretch. While the established fabric could until now only be produced as rigid version or with one-dimensional stretch, the new elasticity in both dimensions expands the possibilities for cross-band panel fabrics.

TM WEFT, 270" – More width, more design freedom for the fashion world

KARL MAYER is expanding its successful TM WEFT series with an innovative model that opens up new possibilities, particularly in the fashion & apparel sectors. With a working width of 270", this new machine with weft-insertion not only offers significantly higher output than its narrower counterparts but is also specifically tailored to the demands of dynamic clothing market – particularly in China and Türkiye. A well-thought-out upgrade also ensures even greater design versatility.

“We need to move away from the price trap and return to a value-driven mindset.”

With its new Textile Innovation Center, KARL MAYER is sending a strong signal for innovation, collaboration, and the future of textile applications. In this interview, Karl Josef Mayer discusses new opportunities in warp knitting, the processing of staple fibres, recycling, the changing role of machinery manufacturers, and why the textile industry must once again focus more strongly on the value of textiles. by Oliver Schmidt

SHIMA SEIKI to show complete knitting and cutting workflow at ITM 2026

Leading computerized flat knitting technology provider SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Turkish representative TETAS IC VE DIS TICARET A.S., will participate in the ITM 2026 International Textile Machinery Exhibition in Istanbul, Türkiye this month with a full product lineup. In addition to flat knitting machines and design software, visitors will also have the opportunity to experience the full range of SHIMA SEIKI textile machinery with its automatic cutting machine exhibit, all geared toward the fashion apparel market as well as non-apparel related businesses.

Mayer & Cie. Global is getting ready for ITM 2026

ITM 2026 marks the beginning of a new chapter for Mayer & Cie. Global. For the first time, the company will present itself to the international textile machinery industry in its new setup: combining proven circular knitting technology engineered in Germany with a clear commitment to its Albstadt headquarters and an internationally shaped, agile management approach.

GenuTrace client advisory: Is your cotton supply chain UFLPA ready?

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released updated operational guidance (CBP Publication No. 5560-0526) expanding its forced labor enforcement framework. The guidance supersedes the original 2022 UFLPA Operational Guidance and now covers all forced labor enforcement authorities — UFLPA, CAATSA, and WROs/Findings — in a single unified document. For cotton importers, the enforcement posture has not softened. It has become more structured, more documented, and more demanding. Learn more about UFLPA.

TERNAfil wins first place at PitchMiUp Night 2026 in Minden

The RWTH spin-off TERNAfil has developed MAXCarbon, a new high-performance hybrid fibre that combines the mechanical performance of carbon with the temperature and corrosion resistance of ceramic materials. For this development, TERNAfil was awarded first prize at the PitchMiUp Night in Minden on 21 May 2026.