Talk:Singer Corporation

Global enterprise

The article states that the Singer president "built one of the first truly global enterprises" There were other global enterprises at that time! As others would be: The Hudson's Bay Company, La Compagnie des Cents Associés, The Virginia Company of London and others. --Anon. Dec. 2005

Singer Computers

When I was in college at the University of Kent in England in 1974/1977, we used a Singer mainframe computer - is that the same company? I see from the article that they were diversifying into those kinds of areas - but there is no reference to them building these huge computing machines. Is this the same Singer company? SteveBaker 16:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

History during the '90s and after

It's almost completely missing. Probably because it's so complicated... if someone could add it, that'd be great. I'll just add the latest bit in, about SVP. --Lukobe 21:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, it's not entirely clear the division is still called Singer Corporation... -Lukobe 21:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Singer memories website is not a valid link —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.225.133.159 (talk • contribs)

There are Singer-brand televisions and other home electronics in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, see BD website for example. 61.245.161.168 (talk) 13:53, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Crucifixes Allegedly Made In Sweatshop

"A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under "horrific" conditions in a Chinese factory with more than 15-hour work days and inadequate food. ...St. Patrick's and Trinity bought the crosses from the Singer Co., a religious goods company based in suburban Mount Vernon. Co-owner Gerald Singer said the religious objects were made in China and purchased through a Chinese manufacturer called Full Start. " [1].

Is this the same Singer Co.? Ewlyahoocom (talk) 08:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Weapons Manufacturing in WWII

The article mentions the pistols, but does anyone know more about them, like how many were made and in what years? I have read that they are rare collectibles.--Deanzastudentman (talk) 02:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC) I remember some unconfirmable statements that perhaps singer made parts for analog fire control computers aboard US Navy Ships. Anyone know any proof of the statements?

"The Predictor's plans were passed to Sperry Corporation, who were just commencing production of their own complex high-altitude system, the M7 Computing Sight, and had no excess capacity to produce the new design as well. Instead, they completed changes needed to adapt the Predictor to U.S. production and sent the plans back to the Army for production elsewhere. In December 1940 the Singer Corporation was contracted to produce 1,500 predictors per month to equip the Army's existing 37 mm guns while production of the 40 mm Bofors was ramped up. Singer implemented massive changes in the company, including building new factories and the switching of a foundry from steel to aluminium. Production did not begin until January 1943, but the entire order was filled for the M5 Antiaircraft Director by the middle of 1944. For a brief time, some of the U.S. Army's Bofors guns were equipped with the Sperry M7, but these were replaced in the field as soon as M5s became available." - copied from Kerrison Predictor US Service Wfoj3 (talk) 00:47, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Singer traffic signals

It should also be included in this article that Singer had once been a manufacturer of traffic signal heads. As a traffic signal collector myself, I just recently acquired a Singer traffic signal from the 1960s, and the logo on the back of each signal housing is the exact same as that used by Singer today on their website. Srosenow 98 (talk) 10:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

It should also be added that Singer for a time owned CCA Electronics,a maker of radio broadcast transmitters, in the 1980's. Radio Sharon (talk) 03:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Manufacturing of Singer sewing machines outside the US

According to the lists of (two-letter-prefix) serial numbers on the Singer website, machines were also made outside the US (e.g. Pakistan, Scotland, Brazil, Japan and Australia) and stamped with the Singer logo, yet this article seems to be US-centric. Perhaps a new section in the article could expand on factories external to the US, and include dates and more info on localities? I have't been able to find out anything more than a list of manufacture locations, which is just city/state and country (otherwise I would go ahead with this). BoundaryRider (talk) 15:21, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Name geändert: Er heißt - Stephen H. Goodmann VERITASKLUB (Germany) www.nähmaschinenwerk.de — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.205.248.104 (talk) 17:43, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The article is very sketchy about Singer history even within the US. Surely a company of global importance like this deserves a comprehensive article. The Singer factory in Kilbowie, Glasgow, Scotland was absolutely huge with its own railway station. Just about every family in Europe and North America owned a sewing machine in the interwar years, and at least half of them must have been Singers. --Ef80 (talk) 00:08, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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Woodpecker claim

Zygerth claims that this article supports this text: In the late 1930's they were responsible for logging the last known home of the Ivory-billed_woodpecker after refusing to sale the logging rights to the National Audubon Society to help preserve the species. I cannot find any mention in the article of the Singer Corporation refusing to sell logging rights to the National Audobon Society. The article places the blame solely on Chicago Mill and Lumber Company, and makes no mention of Singer Corporation. This U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service pamphlet also blames Chicago Mill.

Zygerth, please quote the part of the Smithsonian Mag. article that you think supports your text. (Also, in the future, when your bold edit is reverted, you should begin a discussion, not edit-war.) Schazjmd (talk) 15:30, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

A/V equipment

Since Singer owned KLH speakers for a while as evidenced by the KLH page, they must've also sold speakers for a minute: "KLH had sales of $17 million, employed over 500 people and sold over 30,000 speakers a year before it was sold to Singer Corporation in 1964. In 1970, KLH became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Electro Audio Dynamics (EAD) of Great Neck, New York." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLH_(company) Vargob (talk) 01:06, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Singer sewing phone numbers are obsolete.

Singer sewing phone numbers are obsolete. 72.201.204.108 (talk) 15:45, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Where are there phone numbers in the article? Schazjmd (talk) 15:46, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Singer Corporation rename to Bicoastal Corporation

I've added a bit about the sale of the rights to Singer name to Semi-Tech Global who then renamed SSMC to it. I've cite articles in NY Times. I've also cited correspondence between the EPA and the renamed "Bicoastal Corporation" which outlines some of the history of the entity post 1989. Dóeltenga (talk) 11:24, 17 October 2023 (UTC)