![]() ![]() The KZM model from about the 1970s has stood up to the test of time and it is not rare nor valuable. It seems that whatever company that made the Universal sewing machine made some nice models. ![]() ![]() The machines that were made seemed to have been made from all metal parts, were very durable and some older models could work like a charm after a little oiling and cleaning. What can be uncovered about the American Universal sewing machine is that it was never an independent company, it was made under the ownership and supervision of White and the machines were a product of the Japanese sewing machine manufacturing boom that took place in the late 40s to early 60s. Their machines seem to be copies of the Taylor-Bird machine as it used the same parts. ![]() There is also no connection between that company and the Universal sewing machines made in America after the war. Their claim to fame was the aluminum sewing machine body but there is no word of the popularity of that model It was formed in 1954 and by 1957 it was making 35,000 machines a year. There was a Universal Sewing Machines LTD company in the United Kingdom after the war. It is most likely that White just used the name to make more money from people who thought they were buying a competitor’s superior machine. Also, the Standard company was first bought by Osaan of Japan in the year of the stock market crash, who sold it to Singer in the 30s who then sold it to white after the war.īut there is nothing definite as records have not been kept up since White disappeared in the late 20th century. The name Universal may have been used by a variety of different sewing machine companies as it is a very attractive name that gets people’s attention. White owned a lot of different brand names as it was one of the few original American sewing machine companies to make it out of the 19th century and survive long after the war. From all the research we could do and fin on this model name, the former company never existed and was only a faux competitor so they could have more dealers in the same area. To understand the Universal Sewing Machine company you would have to read the history of the White Sewing Machine Company. ![]()
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