It takes me about three hours to get to Vsetín
I leave the train station in Brno at 5:02 AM on an express through the flatter parts of central Moravia
and then travel to the end of the line on a little local train with grimy windows and low red seats
Vsetín is the unofficial capital of Moravian Wallachia
a region located at the eastern edge of the Czech Republic and the western edge of the Carpathian Mountains
It’s known for its difficult landscape and traditions of rebellion
which makes it something of an exceptional place in a country more typically associated with gently rolling hills and passive resistance
During the final months of the Second World War
Wallachia became a center of the antifascist partisan movement
While doing research on former resisters and their postwar fates
I became interested in how ordinary people in this peripheral part of the country experienced the political transformations that followed liberation from Nazi occupation
which I’ve been researching here in the Czech Republic since January 2021
examines political life in Moravian Wallachia between 1945 and 1954
The Liberation Monument on Vsetín’s main square at Christmas
It honors fallen resisters — participants in the rebellion against Habsburg rule in the seventeenth century
soldiers who fought on the Allied side during the First World War
and members of the resistance to Nazi occupation
I usually cut through the town park on my way to the archive
The relationship between abstract bureaucratic institutions and concrete local realities shaped Czechoslovak postwar politics
It was especially important in Moravian Wallachia
a region whose people were simultaneously modern citizens and members of tight-knit village communities
Decisions made by political leaders in the capital of Prague shaped everyday life
but so did informal structures of authority
And while a lot has changed in Wallachia over the past seventy years
Crossing the bridge near the archive on a cloudy morning
The Vsetín State District Archive — Státní okresní archiv Vsetín
or SOkA Vsetín in the footnotes — is in an industrial area about a fifteen-minute walk from the train station
and there are never more than two others at the reading room at any time
but most visitors are there for other reasons — a man putting together a brochure about the history of his local soccer club
a woman designing signs for an educational trail through a nearby forest
or people looking for documents necessary to complete official business
the second-largest city in the Czech Republic
where the main archives and libraries for my research are located
I travel out to Vsetín to examine documents produced by local government officials and Communist Party functionaries
I’ve examined the records of citizens convicted of political misdemeanors like swearing at policemen and laughing at the flag
and I’ve learned what people named their cows
These matters couldn’t have interested high-ranking officials in Prague
who received information about this region in abstract form
But they provide a more sharply detailed picture of local societies
although it’s still a picture shaped by the state bureaucracy
Some Czech district archives are in castles or monasteries
but SOkA Vsetín’s building is a bit more modest
It used to be the district construction office
The archivists at SOkA Vsetín are guides to this bureaucratic world
and official guardians of formal knowledge who sign off on every folder I open
But they’re also well-connected locals whose work maintains and deepens their region’s long memory
and their knowledge goes far beyond what is contained in the archive’s depository
Zdeněk Pomkla usually works at the back of the reading room
sharing stories and recommending old movies
He’s one of the first people I bring any of my research questions to
I mentioned to him that I was having a difficult time finding sources about state repression related to agricultural policy
particularly in a poor region like Wallachia
it was defined as a farmer who owned more than a certain amount of land
but it could also mean someone who employed seasonal workers
or simply stood in the way of official plans
Communist leaders argued that collective agriculture under state direction would be more rational and effective than small-scale private farms
Farmers would get access to mechanical equipment that they could never purchase on their own
and they would learn to implement modern agricultural techniques
Local Party officials held that incorporating agriculture into the planned economy would not only increase production
it would bring an end to poverty in Wallachia
They also predicted that kulaks would try desperately to thwart their plans
manipulating their neighbors to advance their selfish interests
Farmers failed to plant the designated crops or work the land that had been assigned to them
Members of the agricultural collective quit
this confirmed that internal enemies — kulaks
— were deliberately stirring up resistance to undermine their efforts
Party leaders used the local loudspeaker system to declare officially that the former chairman
and the Esperantist were members of the “village rich.”
Eva had heard a story about how one of the leaders of the village Communist Party association came to see the former mayor after his release
This woman explained that she was meant to testify against him
but she became suddenly ill on the day of his trial
She interpreted this as a sign that she had been wrong
The Esperantist continued singing at weddings and funerals
All three men lived out the rest of their lives in the village
There’s an idea that the Communists waged war on the countryside
Rural communities had few effective defenses against the repressive modernizing state
whose forcible social intervention deliberately broke traditional bonds beyond repair
We might tell the story of these three farmers this way
that archival documents and local memories reveal something more complex
This isn’t to provide a happy ending to a sad story
much less exonerate the Czechoslovak Communist regime
repressive political system which enlisted their neighbors in their persecution
But this story does not so much reveal a monolithic state enacting its will on a helpless rural population
it shows the chaotic interactions between state bureaucracy
It also demonstrates the strength and tenacity of these men
This has become a theme of my research over the last year
it’s become a theme of my trips to Vsetín as well
The same common ties that bound the writers of official reports
and local chronicles to their subjects also bind the archivists and the researchers to the past
The district archive is a scholarly and administrative institution
but also a subject of history and a site of memory
and the typewritten world of bureaucracy is part of the textured world of human experience
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In the ongoing debate on whether Czech schools are legally allowed to ban pupils’ mobile phone usage
the Ministry of Education has ruled that the organization or association in charge of the schools – usually the local municipality – is not able to directly rule on the matter or implement it
A school in the Czech city of Vsetín announced last month it would ban children from using their phones during the day from September
opting to make students either leave their phones at home or hand them over to teachers when they arrive at school
Local city councilors in Vsetín mandated this requirement
which also applies to six other elementary schools in the area
the decision on banning mobile phones isn’t made by the association running the school
but rather by the school principal or director after approval by the school board
One-third of the members of the board are appointed by the association
and the rest are elected according to the law by teaching staff and legal guardians of pupils
The government says that only when a school board repeatedly fails to approve the director's school rules or any change can the association in charge make the final decision
The school law in the Czech Republic allows for schools to limit or prohibit the use of mobile phones such as via storing them in a secure place
The Education Ministry clarified that if schools choose to have students keep their phones in a designated area
only the student and their legal representative should have access to it (for example during lunch breaks)
The phone should not be accessed by anyone else
current regulation “allows such extensive strict measures to be implemented,” said central school inspector of the Czech School Inspectorate Tomáš Zatlouka in July
argues that the ministry should take more decisive action
following the lead of other countries that have implemented a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools
"We can have a discussion about legal opinions for months, but children's education and their mental health will not wait," he wrote on social media
The ban on mobile phones in schools has been implemented in other countries such as France
while in the Netherlands it was recently extended to include secondary schools
more and more regions are also restricting the use of mobile phones in primary schools
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and Jaromir Jagr celebrate their first goal during the hockey game between Rytíři Kladno and VHK Robe Vsetín in Kladno
Jaromir Jagr returned to action on Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he beat legend Gordie Howe to become the oldest player in a professional competition
Czech Republic (AP) — Jaromir Jagr returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he surpassed legend Gordie Howe to become the oldest player taking regular shifts in professional ice hockey
10 — five days before he turned 52 — and rejoined his Kladno Knights
a top-division team from his Czech Republic hometown
in the second game of a playoff relegation series against Vsetin
The former NHL great in his first shift was unmarked when he collected the puck in front of goal and scored to give Kladno a 1-0 lead 1:59 into the game
It was Jagr’s 16th game in his 36th professional season
Kladno won the game 7-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series
Jagr traveled to Pittsburgh where the Penguins retired his iconic No
winning the Stanley Cup titles in 1991 and 1992
Jagr made his debut for Kladno as a teenager and returned to the club — which he now owns — in 2018 after the Calgary Flames released the NHL’s second all-time leading point-scorer
The New Jersey Devils announced today that the team has signed goaltender Jakub Malek
entry-level contract starting in the 2024-25 season
The announcement was made by President/General Manager Tom Fitzgerald
completed his second season in the Liiga (Finland) with Ilves and recorded a 16-4-5 record
goaltender recorded a 2.32 goals-against average (GAA)
.915 save percentage and earned two shutouts last season
Malek was one of eight Liiga netminders who recorded 16
and his .915 save% ranked sixth in the league
He also helped Ilves earn a postseason berth and posted a 1.87 GAA and .910 save% in three playoff games
Malek posted a 9-7-4 record in 22 appearances
Malek later appeared in three playoff games (1-2)
He also played on loan with KOOVEE in Mestis (Fin.) appearing in six games (2-2-2
Malek played for VHK Vsetín in the Czechia2 league for parts of four seasons between 2018 and 2021
He earned a career-high 22 wins during the 2021-22 season playing with Vsetín
His win total and goals-against average ranked third for all goaltenders in Czechia2
Malek posted a 1.75 GAA and .933 save% with two shutouts and a 7-4 record
Malek earned multiple Czechia2 honors in 2021-22
He was named to Team Czechia for the 2021 World Junior Championships which were subsequently cancelled
Czechia native was the lone goaltender New Jersey selected in the 2021 NHL Draft and the seventh netminder chosen overall
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Jaromir Jagr returned to the ice for his club
as they try to avoid being relegated from the Czech Extraliga
liga side Vsetin in a best-of-seven series to see who will play in the top division in Czechia next season
It is the third straight season Jagr’s club is having to play itself into staying alive
Jagr was playing in his first game since February, as the 52-year-old had been in Pittsburgh for his jersey retirement, and for a very strange saga involving some missing bobbleheads
Jagr tapped in a nice feed from former Oshawa General Jakub Strnad for the first goal of the contest
Jagr became the oldest player to ever score a goal in a professional hockey game
Jagr also added an assist in a 7-2 route of the second-tier club
The former New York Ranger has been playing for Rytíři since he returned to Czechia after a stint with Calgary Flames during the 2017-18 season
Jagr has haped Kladno get promoted from Czech 1
before the team was relegated the following season
Kladno has been in the top division since 2021
though they have had to win a relegation series in order to stay in the Extraliga in the previous two seasons
who sits second all-time in NHL scoring with 1,921 points
has posted 301 points in 356 games in playing professionally in Kladno
Jagr has scored 2,671 points (including playoffs)
opened its Czech subsidiary’s new factory hall at Vsetín on September 8
the new production hall is about half as large again as the old building
has been a member of the Mayer Group since 2011
it has made a decisive contribution to the Albstadt-based company’s success story
the year in which MCZ became a part of the Mayer Group
was a landmark year for our company,” said Mayer & Cie
Managing Director Benjamin Mayer in his speech at the inauguration of the new building
“We had just recovered from the setbacks of the economic crisis
We then had to set the right course in order to remain competitive in view of the growing competitive pressure.”
An opportunity that arose was to take over the insolvent Czech knitting machine manufacturer Amtek
“That was a risk for our company,” Benjamin Mayer recalls
“because at the time we ourselves had only just emerged from insolvency.”
the 2011 decision has proved right without the slightest doubt
only individual assembly groups were transferred to the new production site
but they were joined in 2012 by the first knitting machines
one Mayer machine in four was assembled at the Czech works
MCZ was quality certified to DIN ISO standards
The latest sign of this success is the modern company premises just outside the town of Vsetín
MCZ’s 70-plus employees can assemble knitting machines in tried and tested Mayer quality in state-of-the-art conditions
At present a little over one in three Mayer machines and various assembly groups come from the Czech Republic
S and D line machines account for a large proportion of them
serves the mid-range price segment most successfully
are the long-established circular knitting machine
showed why the Czech production site was the right decision
“enable us to keep our competitors at bay in the price-sensitive segment
to raise the barriers for new competitors and to offer new customers an easier entry into the Mayer product range.”
Around 20 employees from the main factory in Albstadt and three Chinese colleagues from Mayer & Cie
in Shanghai celebrated with their Czech colleagues and Vsetín Managing Director Stanislav Stastny the opening of the new works building
Production at the main factory in Albstadt-Tailfingen is
Benjamin Mayer described MCZ as “the most important supplier” of both Mayer & Cie
And not only that: the Czech subsidiary provided the parent company with the leeway it required to serve its established premium segment successfully and develop one innovative new technology after another
That indeed is how the market leader sees itself
With our present strategic alignment we are well equipped to continue to do justice to our claim to be always one step ahead.”
Jaromir Jagr continues to grab the hockey spotlight
he became the oldest professional hockey player when he skated for his club
according to Czechia hockey writer Zdenek Janda
Jagr marked the historic occasion by collecting a goal — his first of the season — and an assist as Kladno defeated Vsetin 7-2 in an Extraliga relegation game. Jagr is the sole owner of Rytíři Kladno, his hometown team, and has played in 15 games this season. Kladno finished in last place out of the 14-team league and was playing a two-game series against Vsetin, which it won, to avoid dropping down.
Jagr had his No. 68 retired this season by the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier this season.
Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe was 52 and 11 days when he last skated at the pro level (though there is a caveat to that statement) in 1980 with the Hartford Whalers. He had 15 goals and 26 assists in 80 games in that final season.
Howe did suit up for one shift in 1997 at age 69 with the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League, though it was largely ceremonial, making him the first and only player to skate in six decades as a professional. Howe made his NHL debut in 1946 with the Detroit Red Wings.
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Ex-Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings goaltender Roman Cechmanek has died at the age of 52
Cechmanek played three seasons with the Flyers and one with the Kings
Philadelphia drafted him at age 29 in 2000 with the 171st overall pick
going 35-15-6 with a .921 save percentage and 10 shutouts in his first NHL campaign
Cechmanek finished fourth in Hart Trophy voting and second among Vezina Trophy ballots that season
he was a member of the Czech Republic squad that won gold at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano
Cechmanek served as Dominik Hasek's backup but didn't play a game in the tournament
Hasek won the Vezina in 2001 when Cechmanek finished as the runner-up
Cechmanek made his mark in North America during his brief NHL tenure
he equaled the save percentage he posted in his first campaign while going 24-13-6
He authored a 33-15-10 record and a .925 save percentage with Philadelphia in 2002-03
Jennings Trophy with teammate Robert Esche and New Jersey Devils netminder Martin Brodeur
Cechmanek enjoyed further international success
helping his home country claim gold at the World Championships in 1999 and 2000
He started and finished his career in what is now Czechia
playing four seasons with Vsetin before heading to North America and spending his final four pro campaigns in his homeland
selected by an expert architectural jury from a pool of 38 nominations
Providing a much-needed connection between two Prague neighborhoods separated by the Vltava River, the Štvanická Footbridge was recognized by the jury for its structural resilience
The family care pavilion in Pelhřimov earned acclaim for its dynamic facade, which responds to sunlight. Meanwhile, the Kapka sports hall in Vsetín stood out for its multifunctional design and adaptability. Additionally, the contemporary art center Epo1 in Trutnov captured the jury's admiration for its incorporation of the project's industrial origins
all of which received accolades in the form of crystal bottles
This year's awards also featured a public competition, with over 118,000 individuals casting their votes for their favorite constructions of the year. The Mýtka apartment complex in Stará Boleslav secured the top spot among new Czech buildings
while the Saint Louis Airport in Senegal received the public's acclaim for foreign constructions
special recognitions were presented by the Ministry for Regional Development
for the construction of a new university campus in Ostrava
and and the Ministry of Industry and Trade
for the Křimická urban district in Karlovy Vary and the Kloboucká lesní administrative building in Zlín
Architect Josef Pleskot and designer Vladimír Janata were also presented special awards
comprised of esteemed industry professionals
personally visited all 110 registered buildings across the Czech Republic eligible for the awards
covering a total of 6,531 kilometers in 15 days
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Schools worldwide are cracking down on cell phone use in the classroom amid growing concerns over the detrimental impacts of excessive smartphone access
and other harmful effects linked to unfettered access to smartphones
A school in the Czech city of Vsetín is the latest to join this growing trend
having decided to ban phones throughout the school day in its local primary schools
The city management of Vsetín has mandated the principals of six elementary schools to implement a drastic new policy regarding students’ use of mobile phones
the schools will ban the use of cell phones not just during classes but throughout the school day
The mayor hopes the ban will also reduce bullying in schools
pointing to mobile phones as a tool for spreading it via social networks
students will have to hand over their cell phones to teachers when they arrive at school
and will only get them back when they leave
The city is already looking for lockable lockers to store the phones
“The clerks will pick up all the cell phones and lock them up in them
If someone does not hand over the mobile phone
and the principal will deal with it with the offending pupils,” Čunek said
adding that the sanctions would range from a warning to a class or principal reprimand
The mayor’s new policy has faced criticism from parents
who argue it infringes on their rights as and hearkens back to the socialist era
“I think you should be mainly concerned about the city’s safety
It reminds me quite a bit of the scene from my school years when teachers sent boys to the barber because they decided for the parents how long their children’s hair could be,” one parent wrote on social media
The mayor mentioned that many younger parents wish to stay connected with their children
He stated that it’s not appropriate for mothers to call their children during school breaks or while they are having a snack
Why should someone take away a child’s cell phone
Parents should start defending themselves and making decisions about their children.”
We are concerned with children’s education so that they can concentrate better and not think about when they will receive a message,” added Čunek who argued that these parents themselves attended schools even without constant contact with their parents
The city management’s decision is in accordance with the amendment to the Education Act
which “allows such extensive strict measures to be implemented,” said central school inspector of the Czech School Inspectorate
“It is technically possible to hand in your mobile phone at the beginning of class and get it when you leave school
The school takes full responsibility for the children
It is not about restricting rights,” said Zatloukal
The move by the Czech city mirrors similar policies being implemented in other countries. In the Netherlands, a nationwide ban on mobile phones and smartwatches in schools
and interacting with each other more during breaks
Some schools in the US have also banned mobile phones for students
and the state of Virginia have all prohibited student phones in classrooms
the UK government has issued nationwide guidance for schools in England to enforce comprehensive bans on mobile use during the school day
These actions align with policies in European countries like France
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SK Trhači Kadaň is withdrawing from the Chance liga
€ 18,000 to players on wages and it seems to be unable to even out its liabilities by September 5
which has been stated as the final deadline by CIHA
which finished in the last spot of the 1.liga last year and was relegated to 2.liga (3rd-level competition)
is now threatened even by losing of its 2.liga license and by total extinction
Slovak defender Jozef Salajka passed away today in a motorcycle accident near Senica
Big changes in Mladá Boleslav after its Extraliga relegation
As a reaction on the team's Extraliga relegation by Chomutov in the best-of-7 series
Both coaches Petr Novák and Vladimír Hiadlovský has been resigned
Also all the players went through a personal interviews with the organization's top management
Regarding the Head Director of Mladá Boleslav Jan Plachý players were penalized with fines
"We need to get back to Extraliga and to reach it we need there people what would sliver themselves for the team," Plachý said to bkboleslav.cz
Bottom side of Czech 1. liga, HC Most, has hired an experienced coach and motivator Vladimir Jerabek as their new head coach. The news comes after lengthy negotiations. Jerabek replaces Kamil Kastak
but managed just two regular time wins in 16 games so far
IHC Písek was the worst team in the last season of the Czech 1.liga with a 7-4-1-18 record. The club was relegated from 1.liga, but not for long. The owner of HC Vrchlabí Petr Dědek announced that his team's 1.liga license was for sale
Písek bought it and will return to play in the 1.liga next season
HC Vrchlabí will change their name to HC Stadion and play only in regional competition
both semifinals completed in straight four games
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a newborn boy was dropped off at one of the 76 so-called “babyboxes” that are spread throughout the Czech Republic
He is the 210th child to be left in one of the boxes since the first one opened in 2005
While the main idea behind the boxes is to save lives
the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child has declared the boxes to be in violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and has previously called for the Czech government to abolish the program
The little boy has been named Zdenda Martinásek
Zdenda was wrapped in a blue blanket and then placed in the box on Jilemnického in Prague 6
and the third in two weeks; on August 11th a girl was placed in Jičín
and on August 18th another girl was placed in Liberec
“so I hope there will be a bit of a break,” wrote Hess
As is now tradition for the babies placed in the boxes
and has since been moved to Vinohrady Hospital
with the latest at Vsetín Hospital in Vsetín
The babyboxes are all equipped with heating and air-conditioning for the wellbeing of the child in the few minutes after it is placed in the box
triggering an alarm in the nearby medical facility to alert staff to what has happened
If the parent doesn’t come back for the child
of which the most were in Hloubětín (28) and Brno (19)
with no other box receiving more than seven babies
the boxes have received from 12 to 22 babies per year
The boxes have been the subject of controversy and criticism since their opening
Among the major opponents of the program is the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
which oversees compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and urged the Czech Republic to abolish the boxes in 2011
The committee argued that the government should address the root causes of child abandonment
including the provision of family planning
appropriate counseling and social support for unplanned pregnancies
and the prevention of high-risk pregnancies
rather than “replacing the prevention of unplanned or risky pregnancies with a service for storing unwanted newborns,” which they described as “unthinkable”
then a KDU-ČSL MEP and previously Minister of Health: “I fundamentally reject the recommendation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child that the Czech Republic end the babybox program as a matter of urgency,” said Roithová
“I have the support of a number of MEPs and I intend to use the political tools at our disposal in the European Parliament to oppose this nonsensical recommendation
It is absurd that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child opposes a program that helps children survive.” She pointed out that the program had by then already helped 50 children
most of whom were living safely in adoptive families
the UN Committee expressed their concern for the increasing use of babyboxes throughout Europe
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Sportovní manažeři prvoligových klubů zvolili nejlepším brankářem sezony vsetínského mladíčka Jakuba Málka
Na děleném druhém místě skončili Pavel Jekel (Třebíč) s Maximem Žukovem (Jihlava)
vysněná účast na mistrovství světa bohužel skončila organizačním fiaskem
Kromě reprezentačních startů dokonce Málek párkrát nastoupil za vsetínskou juniorku
kde si parádními výkony řekl o pozici jednoznačné jedničky
V základní části se chlubil 93,21% úspěšností zákroků
jenž toho ovšem odchytal výrazně méně než Málek
V průměru inkasovaných branek na zápas (1,92 G/Z) skončil třetí
stejně tak i v počtu výher (22) a na děleném druhém místě byl v počtu čistých kont (3)
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With sales up by more than 10 per cent in 2015
a record order level in the first half of 2016 and a market share of around 20 per cent
there are no longer any signs of the difficulties that forced Mayer & Cie
(MCT) to file for scheduled insolvency in 2009
This year the circular knitting machine manufacturer is likely to make 200 more machines than last year and to further increase its sales revenue
Capacities are being increased at all production sites
The new factory at Vsetín in the Czech Republic is almost ready and the Czech subsidiary is about to move into the 5,000 square metre production building
Over the past 10 years the circular knitting machine market has reached a volume of about 300,000 machines
Mayer & Cie.’s share of the global circular knitting machine market is 15-20 per cent in value terms
That makes the Albstadt-based knitting machine manufacturer the market heavyweight
has every intention of achieving this position in respect of the number of machines sold
says: “We have good preconditions for increasing the number of machines sold with our Double Jersey and Jacquard machines and with the S and the D line.”
the knitting machine manufacturer can look back on EUR 91 million in previous year’s sales at the main factory in Albstadt-Tailfingen alone
Group sales in 2015 totalled around EUR 100 million
In Tailfingen 330 people help make circular knitting machines and around 450 employees are on the group’s global payroll
The Mayer sales network consists of about 80 representatives all over the world
Capacities are more than fully booked at all production locations – in Albstadt
The new factory in the Czech Republic with a production area of 5,000 square metres was opened in early summer 2016
China moved into larger and more representative premises in May 2015
a machine specially developed for the Chinese market
as – since January 2015 – is the corresponding Double Jersey machine
the demand situation is currently outstanding
MCT Sales Director Wolfgang Müller says the trend to high-quality machines was apparent at last year’s ITMA industry fair
such as Double Jersey or Jacquard machines
has always been our strong point,” he says
In addition to the tried and trusted MCT quality a variety of factors are increasingly leading customers back to the longstanding Albstadt-based company
More goods are being produced locally to local standards and requirements
In procurement the trend is toward closer to home
which eliminates long shipping routes and gives buyers greater flexibility
The fashion industry is enormously short-lived and requires short response times that are virtually impossible over long distances
along with the increasing importance attached to quality more goods are being produced in the traditional textile markets where Mayer & Cie
is very well established,” Müller explains
When he refers to traditional nearby textile markets he mainly means Turkey where customers are ordering many high-quality Jacquard and Double Jersey machines
More distant regions with a long textile industry tradition
are also responsible for the increase in demand from
Satisfied customers and successful collaboration over many years are an important basis for Mayer & Cie.’s success
Worldwide the company has an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 customers who regularly buy MCT machines and whose machine park consists largely of such machines
They include a fair number of customers who have stood by Mayer & Cie
General Manager of the lingerie manufacturer Speidel in Bodelshausen
has relied on the Mayer machines for years
Speidel knits its own fabrics and last year took delivery of the 70,000th Mayer & Cie
“We appreciate the constantly high quality
the high level of machine know-how and the continuity of Mayer & Cie
Special requirements that we have of our new machines for production reasons are reliably taken into account and implemented in the course of development,” says Speidel