Sewing machines are made and/or manufactured in SE Asia.
..."The Bernina 220 is made in China in a Bernina factory. Which means it is a factory built by and owned by Bernina. The 220 features the same quality Bernina is famous for.
The Bernina Activa 220 is NOT built in China. It is manufactured in a Bernina-built factory in Thailand, opened by Hans-Peter Ueltschi personally. Unlike Singer, Viking, and so many others, these machines have strict quality control and strive to equal the full-size Swiss-made machines."...
..."SVP WORLDWIDE’S VSM FACILITY IN SWEDEN TO SHIFT FOCUS TO ENGINEERING, DESIGN, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS CALL FOR MANUFACTURING TO TRANSITION TO COMPANY´S EXISTING FACILITY IN ASIA.
LaVergne, TN, January 14, 2010 - In a move that will enable the company to improve pricing and strengthen its competitive position, SVP Worldwide announced today that it plans to transition the manufacture of machines now made at its VSM plant in Sweden to a state of the art facility in Shanghai where it currently manufactures many of its other machines. The VSM plant currently manufactures only a specific segment of products, often referred to as embroidery or top of the line machines."...
...As are the Janome, Babylock, Singer, etc... in Taiwan & Japan.
There are none made in America. Sorry to be bearer of bitter news.
A good, older machine is better but it is a matter of choice, mostly...
Happy shopping!