Talk:List of sewing machine brands

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Is there interest in developing on this list?

I have an interest in a specific *brand* of sewing machine and would like to see how far Wikipedia wants to develop this list.

In common with a lot of domestic / light engineering products (typewriters spring to mind), there is a distinction between manufacturers and brands of sewing machines. I see the industry divided into three categories, the lines between them are fuzzy and I am totally open to debate on this...

Companies who manufactured machines and sold them under their own brand: eg Singer
Companies who manufactured machines and sold many to other companies to sell under their brand: The Japanese are the prime example but this happened all over the world. This is not cut & dried because many companies sold machines under their own brand domestically and exported the exact same model overseas to be sold under a different brand. Brother is the perfect example but this was a standard business model for many if not most Japanese manufacturers.
Companies who sold machines manufactured by other companies under their own brand. This is my own niche, I am documenting the Australian Lemair Helvetia brand. It was marketed machines under it's own label which were ALL imported machines with minor fitting done in Australia (motors, cases & labels) focusing more as a company on sales and support. I cannot stress how widespread this business model was, perhaps Nelco in America is a good example, starting off as a distributor of European machines (Necchi & Elna) and then eventually selling Japanese made machines under their own brand.

At the bare minimum, this subject needs to have two lists...

List of sewing machine brands
List of sewing machine manufacturers

...which are cross-referenced between the two

I can expand and give more information here and will contribute if there is interest but I have fallen afoul before of Wikipedia's penchant for cutting back on articles that it doesn't deem to be notable and have no desire to waste my time again.

K