Originally Posted by
shasta5718
Most machine companies were bought out by Singer a few years and machines are now made where they get the best deal. That's why so many look and sew the same with different prices. My son worked in a sewing shop and was told about it.
Singer, Viking and Pfaff are all owned by a holding company called SVP. Singer didn't buy out anyone, they couldn't even keep themselves afloat.
There is crossover between all the major brands, as well as machines being built by companies we've never heard of. Brother has always built the high end Babylocks and they've built machines for Bernina and Janome as well. For others too. Janome builds or has built machines for just about everyone, including Singer and Bernina. They're the largest manufacturer of badged machines in the world. Juki, now they build industrial machines, but they contract out for everything else including their sergers. None of the sergers are built by the big manufacturers. There are 3 factories in the world, none with a name we would recognize, that build all sergers.
Cari