PFAFF continues heritage of refining art of sewing

18 Dec '07

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In the fiftieth year, the PFAFF brand was already exporting to 64 countries: 34 European, 22 African, seven Asian countries, and Australia. Over the next 25 years the PFAFF brand further expanded into the Americas. In 1935 the three millionth PFAFF sewing machine was made. In 1951 the first portable consumer sewing machines with variable free-arm were introduced to the market.

In 1979 the PFAFF brand developed the first freely programmable automatic sewing machine with X/Y control. A variety of fancy seams and tack designs could be made on this machine. The PFAFF brand's technical refinements and precision associated with high quality features include the creation of the original IDT system and beautiful 9 mm stitches.

These sewing advancements are only a few of those introduced by the PFAFF brand and have since become sewing industry benchmarks. A series of ownership changes occurred throughout the ensuing years. In 2006 the American equity firm Kohlberg and Company, L.L.C., owner of the SINGER brand, acquired Swedish VSM Group AB, the parent company of the HUSQVARNA VIKING and PFAFF brands, thereby creating SVP Worldwide, the largest sewing machine company in the world.

“The 145th anniversary of the PFAFF brand is made possible by loyal sewers throughout the world,” said Brad Hunsaker, Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SVP Worldwide. “The many years of dedicated efforts by the talented PFAFF team has focused on new technology and attention to detail giving sewers the ultimate sewing experience and the ability to be creative and precise in all aspects of sewing and embroidery.”

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