Does the company still exist? I just can't bear to part with my old machine and even though it gets hard finding parts for it I thought the company was still around even though its probably smaller than what it used to be.
Rose
Singer still exists as a company, they even have a web site:
Their USA site is:
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Singer was bought out by Pfaff, which was bought by Husqvarna Viking, but it does still exists (and produces new products). You can still get spares for the old machines but it depends what you want and for which machine.
I bought a new rubber ring thingie for my 1950s Featherweight and a belt for my 1930s 15K80 treadle just last year.
Pfaff.
I don't remember who bought them out but I'm sure another
It depends a little bit on how old. For years, all Singers took the same attachments, pretty much. They're called "side-clamping low shank" and they're plentiful because all the Singer clones took the same ones. Then came the slant-needle, which was a darn good idea! So we have another set for those, but nobody copied them. Fortunately, they were really good sellers, so there's lots of them, too. Later, when plastic became so prevalent, and snap-on feet were invented, it started to change, so you would probably have to seek out an old Singer dealer to find those. It's amazing what an "OSMG" (that's Old Sewing Machine Guy/Gal) has in the drawers and bins in the back of the store, though. The OSMG need not be old, it's the machines that are, and that means that the store was around for a while.
A few years back, an Asian multimillionaire named James Ting started buying up sewing machine companies, and before he gave up on it, he had acquired most of the major brands. If you are curious about this strange story, see
His Semi-Tech empire collapsed and he disappeared.
who have been taken over by Husqvarna Viking, according to my local Pfaff dealer. Liz, who loves her Pfaff.
From what I've heard/read - Singer purchased major shareholding in Pfaff in
1993, but did not managed to improve its business (Pfaff was in a bit of trouble), and Pfaff eventually went bankrupt. Then Pfaff-domestic machines was purchased by Husqvarna (2000?), and Pfaff-industrial machines by someone else (Necchi?)Tatiana
Actually, James Ting's Semi-Tech bought both Pfaff and Singer, and I believe some other companies - or he was in negotiations to buy them - when his empire collapsed and he disappeared. Hong Kong investigators liquidated as much as they could find to pay the creditors, but it was a huge blow to Hong Kong financial markets and even international ones.
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