List of sewing machine brands

Summary

A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread.[1] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies.[2]

A rare Gem-brand sewing machine produced by the White Sewing Machine Company, circa 1887

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The Bernina International model 105 was the company's first sewing machine, and was manufactured from 1932 to 1945.
 
An 1851 Singer sewing machine
  • Baby Lock – a Tacony brand.
  • Bernina – privately owned international manufacturer of sewing, sergers, and embroidery systems. The company was founded in 1893 in Steckborn, Switzerland, by a Swiss inventor Fritz Gegauf.
  • Brother – Sewing machines company in Japan. In 1908, Established Yasui Sewing Machine Co. for sewing machine repair service, the predecessor to BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD., in Nagoya. The first product marketed under the Brother brand was launched in 1928, Designed for making straw hats. Succeeded in mass-production of home sewing machines in 1932. Launched S-7300A NEXIO[3] the world's first electronic feeding system in 2015. Brother Industries also develops and sells garment printers (printers used for garment and fabric printing).
  • Dürkopp Adler
  • Feiyue Group - Chinese company.
  • Janome
    • Elna – Swiss sewing machine manufacturer.[4][5][6][7] Elna began operations in the 1940s.[5] In the late 1940s and 1950s, an increased demand for sewing machines in the United States transpired, and Elna machines were imported into the U.S., as well as other sewing machines from companies in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Sweden.[8]
  • Juki
  • Merrow Sewing Machine Company
  • Necchi [it], Italian sewing machine manufacturer
  • PFAFF Industrial
  • SVP Worldwide (Singer Viking PFAFF) – global company with these brands:
  • Toyota Home Sewing[9]Aisin Seiki
  • Union Special – American industrial sewing machine company based in Huntley, Illinois[10]

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References edit

  1. ^ Clayton, M. (2015). How to Use a Sewing Machine: A Beginner's Manual. Pavilion Books. p. pt25. ISBN 978-1-910231-67-8. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. ^ Bubonia, J.E. (2017). Apparel Production Terms and Processes: Studio Instant Access. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-5013-1557-2. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ^ BROTHER NEXIO
  4. ^ Swiss Technics. Swiss Office for the Development of Trade. 1962. p. 50. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Cox, M. (2008). The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7611-3881-5. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. March 1950. p. 40. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  7. ^ tide, the newsmagazine of advertising, marketing and public relations. 1948. p. 78. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  8. ^ Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. November 1968. p. 38. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  9. ^ Toyota Home Sewing - Aisin
  10. ^ "Company Overview of Union Special Corporation". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  11. ^ Company, Compton Litho (1884), English: Title: "'Mama's New Machine.' The Perfect No. 7. The American Sewing Machine Co.", retrieved 2021-12-23
  12. ^ Meighan, Michael (2013). Glasgow with a flourish. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445612614.
  13. ^ https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co44736/moldacot-pocket-sewing-machine-1887-sewing-machines
  14. ^ Tsurumi, Yoshi (1976), The Japanese are coming: a multinational interaction of firms and politics, Ballinger Publishing Co (Massachusetts), p. 25, ISBN 0-88410-651-9
  15. ^ Forsdyke, Graham, English: Title: "The Riccar Story", retrieved 2023-08-09