1861
| Foreign sales exceed U.S. sales for the first time.
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1863
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The company was incorporated as the Singer Manufacturing Company, holding 22 patents and with capital assets of $550,000. Some 20,000 home sewing machines were being sold annually.
Branch office opened in Hamburg, Germany. |
1865
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The "New Family" sewing machine introduced.. |
1866
| Singer patented an oscillating shuttle sewing machine. |
1867
| Singer opens its first factory outside of the United States, in Glasgow, Scotland. |
1868
| Cabinet factory opened in South Bend, Indiana. |
1870
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The Singer Company sells 170,000 machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Company opened sales and distribution centers in England.
The Singer Red “S” girl trademark made her debut. Her trademark is produced in several languages, becoming one of the most recognized trademarks in the world. |
1870
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Red "S" girl trademark made her debut-destined to become one of the best known emblems in the world. |
1871
Singer's Bridgton factory became the largest in Britain.
Unit sales reached 180,000 a year. |
1872
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Elizabethport, New Jersey became the site of a large, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. |
1873
With the official opening of the factory in Elizabethport, the Singer Manufacturing Company became a New Jersey Corporation under a special charter.
Canadian manufacturing began. |
1875
| I.M. Singer dies in Torquay, England at age 63. |
1880
An Edison electric motor drives a sewing machine.
Singer sewing machine sales worldwide exceed 500,000 machines. Additional factories are established in the United States. |
1881
| Factory opened in Cairo, Illinois. |
1882
| Factories opened in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Floridsdorf, Austria. |
1883
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To meet growing demand in Europe, Singer opened the largest sewing machine factory in the world in Kilbowie Scotland. This factory at one point employed 12,000 workers and its most distinctive feature was the second largest clock tower in the world at almost 200 feet high. |
1884
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Statue of Liberty, believed to be in Isabella Singer's likeness, is given to U.S. |
1889
| Singer introduced the first practical electric sewing machine. |
1890
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Singer claims 80% worldwide market share in sewing machines. |
1891
| First use of electric motor to power a commercial machines. |
1892
| Singer developed a commercial zigzag machine. |
1900
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Singer Company was producing 40 different sewing machine models.
The "Singer 66" was introduced.
Kilbowie, Scotland factory renamed Clydebank. |
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