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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 Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff .
It made its one-millionth machine in 1910. Pfaff was bought by Husqvarna Viking in 1999. [5] In 2006, the American equity firm Kohlberg & Company, owner of Singer, acquired Swedish VSM Group, owner of Husqvarna Viking and PFAFF, thereby creating SVP Worldwide. [6]
The White line of sewing machines was consolidated into the lower end Husqvarna Viking brand after this spinoff. The White-Westinghouse brand name remained with Electrolux and that name is the only remnant of the "White Sewing Machine Company" name, however the brand line included no sewing machines. New White-branded sewing machines models ...
1872 – Sewing machines When demand declined, it turned out that the machinery for production of rifles was well-suited for producing sewing machines. 1874 – Kitchen equipment in cast iron Husqvarna started a foundry to produce details for sewing machines, a large part being the base frames. Soon the assortment was broadened to include such ...
SVP was formed when Kohlberg & Company, an American private equity firm that owned the Swedish VSM Group (owner of the Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff sewing machine brands), combined VSM with Singer, [5] which it acquired in 2004 for $134 million. [6] The company was founded in 2006 [2] and was formerly headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. [7]
Husqvarna (pronounced [ˈhʉ̂ːsˌkvɑːɳa] ⓘ) 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. The company has grown since, was partitioned, and is now a brand of multiple companies.
A vibrating shuttle is a bobbin driver design used in home lockstitch sewing machines during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. It supplanted earlier transverse shuttle designs, but was itself supplanted by rotating shuttle designs.
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