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List of sewing machine brands

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List of sewing machine brands
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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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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.
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An 1851 Singer sewing machine
  • Baby Lock – a Tacony brand.
  • Barudan - A manufacturer of embroidery machines based in Aichi, Japan.
  • 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.
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    • 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]
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  • Łucznik, previously Zakłady Metalowe „Łucznik” (ZM „Łucznik”, now FB "Łucznik" Radom) founded in 1925,[8] started producing sawing machines in 1947,[9] now part of ASPA Electro since 2004; all current models manufactured in Asia since about 2008[10]
  • Merrow Sewing Machine Company
  • Necchi [it], Italian sewing machine manufacturer
  • SVP Worldwide (Singer Viking PFAFF) – global company with these brands:
  • Toyota Home Sewing[11]Aisin Seiki
  • Union Special – American industrial sewing machine company based in Huntley, Illinois[12]
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