Singer had a factory in Kilbowie, Scotland. You can even find the birthdate by looking at the serial #. It was not made "for", it was made "by" Singer. I have a Singer that is 65 years old, the other one is 50 years old. They both sew like a dream. How do I know, because I have Singer I bought about 10 years ago just for zig-zag, didn't pay much. It is 'plastic' and I mean that in a negative way. I took the thing apart to do some maintenance. Some of the innards are plastic where my old machines are finely machined metal. Libber