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

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]

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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. Mass-produced home sewing machines starting in 1932.
  • ShangGong group (SGSB Co. Ltd) with the brands:
  • Feiyue Group - Chinese company.
  • Janome
    • Elna – Swiss sewing machine manufacturer.[3][4][5][6] Elna began operations in the 1940s.[4] 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.[7]
  • Juki
  • Merrow Sewing Machine Company
  • Necchi [it], Italian sewing machine manufacturer
  • SVP Worldwide (Singer Viking PFAFF) – global company with these brands:
  • Toyota Home Sewing[8] – Aisin Seiki
  • Union Special – American industrial sewing machine company based in Huntley, Illinois[9]

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References

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  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.[permanent dead link]
  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. ^ Swiss Technics. Swiss Office for the Development of Trade. 1962. p. 50. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. ^ 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. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. March 1950. p. 40. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  6. ^ tide, the newsmagazine of advertising, marketing and public relations. 1948. p. 78. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  7. ^ Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. November 1968. p. 38. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Toyota Home Sewing - Aisin". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  9. ^ "Company Overview of Union Special Corporation". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. ^ Company, Compton Litho (1884), English: Title: "'Mama's New Machine.' The Perfect No. 7. The American Sewing Machine Co.", archived from the original on 2022-08-06, retrieved 2021-12-23 {{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ Meighan, Michael (2013). Glasgow with a flourish. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445612614. Archived from the original on 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ 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
  14. ^ Forsdyke, Graham, English: Title: "The Riccar Story", archived from the original on 2023-08-10, retrieved 2023-08-09
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