This is a list of notable sewing machine brands and companies. A

sewing machine A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with Thread (yarn), thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. ...

is a machine used to stitch

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and other materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...

to decrease the amount of manual

sewing Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving ...

work performed in clothing companies. The main household manufacturers are Baby Lock, Bernina (bernette),bernette web site
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, Janome ( Elna), Juki,

SVP Worldwide SVP Worldwide is an American private company that designs, manufactures, and distributes consumer sewing machines and accessories around the world under three brands: Singer, Husqvarna Viking, and Pfaff. The company's corporate headquarters is ...

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Singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Husqvarna Viking Husqvarna () is a Swedish company founded in 1689 to produce muskets. The company has grown since, was partitioned, and is now a brand of multiple companies. Husqvarna may refer to: * Husqvarna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag, the original branch, a defun ...

Pfaff PFAFF (german: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG, PFAFF Industrial) is a German manufacturer of sewing machines and is now owned by the SGSB Co. Ltd. History PFAFF was founded in Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1862 by instrument maker G ...

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Aisin Seiki is a Japanese corporation that develops and produces components and systems for the automotive industry. Aisin is a Fortune Global 500 company, ranked 359 rankings. Aisin is a member of the Toyota Group of companies. Aisin was founded in 196 ...

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Active sewing machine brands and companies

* Baby Lock – a Tacony brand. * Bernina – privately owned international manufacturer of sewing and embroidery systems. The company was founded in 1893 in Steckborn, Switzerland, by a Swiss inventor

Fritz Gegauf Fritz Gegauf (1893-1980) was a Swiss inventor and founder of the Bernina International, an international manufacturer of sewing and embroidery systems. He was the son of Karl Friedrich Gegauf (1860-1926), inventor of the hemstitch sewing machine. ...

. **bernette – a brand of the BERNINA Textile Group. *

– 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 the world's first electronic feeding system in 2015. Brother Industries also develops and sells garment printers (printers used for garment and fabric printing). *

Feiyue Group China Feiyue Sewing Machinery Group was founded in 1986 by Qiu Jibao, and is one of the largest non-state enterprises in China. Its headquarters are in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, and the company has over 30 international offices in other countr ...

- Chinese company. * Janome ** Elna – Swiss Sewing Machine Manufacturer. Elna began operations in the 1940s. 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. * Juki *

Merrow Sewing Machine Company The Merrow Sewing Machine Company, best known for inventing the overlock sewing machine, is a manufacturer of sewing machines. After the explosion of his gunpowder mill in 1837, in 1838 J.M. Merrow built a knitting mill on the same site. The comp ...

*, Italian Sewing Machine Manufacturer * PFAFF Industrial *

(Singer Viking PFAFF) – global company with these brands: **

Singer Corporation Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac Singer, Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward Cabot Clark, Edward C. Clark. Best known for its sewing mac ...

– American manufacturer of sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by

Isaac Merritt Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-n ...

with New York lawyer Edward Clark. **

VSM Group VSM Group AB (Viking Sewing Machines), previously named Husqvarna Sewing Machines is a company based in Huskvarna, Sweden. Founded in 1872, the company is best known for "smart" (computerized) sewing machines and sergers under the brands ''Husqv ...

– (Viking Sewing Machines), formerly named Husqvarna Sewing Machines ** PFAFF Household * Toyota Home Sewing –

Union Special Union Special (Union Special Machine Company) is an American industrial sewing machine company based in Huntley, Illinois, and is one of the oldest remaining sewing machine companies. The company opened its current factory, which was formerly a ...

– American industrial sewing machine company based in Huntley, Illinois

Defunct sewing machine brands and companies

*American Sewing Machine Company *

Davis Sewing Machine Company The Davis Sewing Machine Company began in 1868 in Watertown, New York, and moved to Dayton, Ohio, around 1890. History Early Davis sewing machines, known as their "Vertical Feed" machines, did not use the conventional four motion feed, as invent ...

*Domestic Sewing Machine Company, later purchased by

White Sewing Machine Company The White Sewing Machine Company was a sewing machine company founded in 1858 in Templeton, Massachusetts, by Thomas H. White and based in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1866. History Founded as the White Manufacturing Company it took the White S ...

* Jennie June – manufactured by the June Manufacturing Company, which was founded in 1879. * Jones Sewing Machine Company *

Kimball and Morton of Glasgow Kimball & Morton were a Glasgow-based manufacturer of domestic and industrial sewing machines active between 1867 and 1955. Company inception The first office set up in the UK by I.M. Singer was at 11 Buchanan Street in Glasgow in 1856, and the ...

– former manufacturer of domestic and industrial sewing machines based in Glasgow, Scotland, that was active between 1867 and 1955. * Leader Sewing Machine *

National Sewing Machine Company National Sewing Machine Company was a Belvidere, Illinois-based manufacturer founded in the late 19th century. The company manufactured sewing machines, washing machines, bicycles, an automobile, home workshop machinery, and cast-iron toys and nove ...

– former Belvidere, Illinois-based

manufacturer Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...

founded in the late 19th century, it manufactured sewing machines and other products. *New Home, purchased by Janome in 1960 and used as a badge for their own machines *

Sewmor Sewmor sewing machines were designed and manufactured in post- World War II Japan (mainly using parts from miscellaneous Asian countries, though the 900 series motors are said to be manufactured in Belgium) and imported/badged by the Consolidat ...

Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company The Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company was a pioneering sewing machine company established in 1875 at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. As the sewing machine industry gradually commoditized, Taft-Peirce leveraged its toolmaking capabilit ...

Tikkakoski Tikkakoski is a northernmost residential area of Jyväskylä, Finland, about north of the city centre. It has a population of 6,000. The Jyväskylä Airport, Aviation Museum of Central Finland, and a Finnish Air Force , colours ...

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Sewing machine A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with Thread (yarn), thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. ...

Active sewing machine brands and companies

Defunct sewing machine brands and companies

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