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Posted by Ron Anderson on December 18, 2005, 3:04 pm
>I toured the viking factory 3 weeks ago and there was noise on the factory
>floor about viking being sold but there was no mention of the purchasing
>group. There was also much concern about jobs being moved out of sweden.
>
> In fact, some Pfaff model was being assembled in Husqvarna and that line
> was being moved into the area where there were now viking assemblage. no
> hint about whether that was compression or replacement. I think that the
> pfaff assembly had been moved to sweden for lower labor costs than
> germany?
>
> Ron Anderson wrote:
>
>>Not a particularly scientific method but in looking at the parts books for
>>those the part number on many parts particularly the needle plates and
>>bobbin cover plates are the same as some Janome machine. Janome is the
>>largest producer of badged sewing machines on the planet.
> badged? does that mean machines made by janome but sold under another
> brand, i.e., kenmore?
Yes that is correct.
>>Now there is nothing to say they do not own Yamatta or make their machines
>>as well. The one problem again with the Yamatta is no parts support. Best
>>you keep with a known name brand. Also the Kenmore's were like made by
>>Janome. Just because a place makes a product does not necessarily mean it
>>is on par with their other products.
>
>>Viking can dictate better quality parts as in made in Japan rather then
>>China etc. etc.
>>
> do you mean in reference to components? I saw cartons of components for
> the viking platinum and designer lines that had come from other places but
> those were commodities, i.e., motors and disk drives. I suspect that other
> components may come from common sources if they 'fit' and then assembly is
> in Husqvarna. [The transmission in my Volvo [owned by Ford] is made by GM
> and the car was assembled in Ghent Belgium but the origin sticker says
> Sweden].
yes that is exactly what I mean.
> My Viking Huskylock serger 936 says made in Taiwan but of course no
> reference to the mfr or assembler name.
They never do refercence the maker. There were 2 versions of the 936 and no
telling who exactly made it.
> Kenneth in VA
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