Pfaff

German sewing machine manufacturer

For the surname, see Pfaff (surname).

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MAX PFAFF Industrial

Founded| 1862; 163 years ago (1862) as PFAFF, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Founder| Georg Max Pfaff
Headquarters| Kaiserslautern, Germany

Key people

* Min Zhang (chairman)
* Cornelia Mast (CEO)[1]

Number of employees

| 180 (2014)
Parent| SGSB Co. Ltd
Website| www.singer.com/pages/pfaff

PFAFF (German: PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG, PFAFF Industrial) is a German manufacturer of sewing machines and is now owned by the SGSB Co. Ltd.[2]

## History

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PFAFF was founded in Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1862 by instrument maker Georg Michael Pfaff (1823–1893). Pfaff's first machine was handmade, and designed to sew leather in the manufacture of shoes.

In 1885, Georg Michael Pfaff opened a sewing machine shop in London. The PFAFF factory was expanded and modernized. Georg Pfaff, the second son of the founder, took over the management of the company after his father's death in 1893 and expanded it further with great success.[3] The founder's firstborn son, Jacob Pfaff, died in 1889. His daughter, Lina Pfaff, took over the company in 1917 when her brother Georg died and ran it successfully on a global scale until 1926. Her nephew, Karl Pfaff, took over the company when she retired at the age of seventy-two.[4]

It made its one-millionth machine in 1910. Pfaff was bought by Husqvarna Viking in 1999. [5]

In 2006, the American equity firm Kohlberg & Company, owner of Singer, acquired Swedish VSM Group, owner of Husqvarna Viking and PFAFF, thereby creating SVP Worldwide.[6]

In March 2013, the German holding company of SGSB Group Co. Ltd., ShangGong (Europe) Holding Corp. GmbH, took over 100% of the shares of PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG.[1]

* A PFAFF treadle sewing machine

* Pfaff portable sewing machine

* Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F001162-0004, Köln, Cologne Bierbaum-Proenen textile factory; this buttonhole machine works collar buttonholes.

* Visitors at the demonstration of a Pfaff textile machine at the 1953 Technical Fair

* Woman using a Pfaff machine to create a bag

## See also

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* List of sewing machine brands

## References

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1. ^ a b "ShangGong (Europe) Holding Corp. GmbH took over 100% of the shares of PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG in Kaiserslautern". Dürrkopp Adler. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
2. ^ "SGSB Group". www.sgsbgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
3. ^ "The history of Pfaff extends over 150 years". PFAFF Sewing Machines. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
4. ^ "LINA PFAFF: A DEDICATED ENTREPRENEUR". Archion. Archion. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
5. ^ James, V. "Vintage Pfaff History: When Was My Pfaff Sewing Machine Made?". Sewing is Cool. Sewing is Cool.
6. ^ "PFAFF® SEWING MACHINE BRAND CELEBRATES 145 YEAR ANNIVERSARY". SVP Worldwide. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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Sewing

Techniques|

* Basting
* Cut
* Darning
* Ease
* Embellishment
* Fabric tube turning
* Floating canvas
* Gather
* Godet
* Gore
* Gusset
* Heirloom sewing
* Pleat
* Shirring

Stitches
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* Backstitch
* Bar tack
* Blanket
* Blind stitch
* Buttonhole
* Catch stitch
* Chain stitch
* Coverstitch
* Cross-stitch
* Embroidery stitch
* Hemstitch
* Lockstitch
* Overlock
* Pad stitch
* Pick stitch
* Rantering
* Running
* Sashiko
* Stoating
* Tack
* Topstitch
* Zigzag

Seams|

* Neckline
* Felled seam
* Princess seams
* Seam allowance
* Style line

* Notions
* Trim

* Bias tape
* Collar stay
* Elastic
* Galloon
* Grommet/eyelet
* Interfacing
* Passementerie
* Piping
* Ruffle
* Rickrack
* Self-fabric
* Soutache
* Twill tape
* Wrights

Closures|

* Buckle
* Button
* Buttonhole
* Frog
* Hook-and-eye
* Hook-and-loop fastener
* Shank
* Snap
* Zipper

Materials|

* Grain/bias
* Selvage
* Textile/fabric
* Thread
* Yarn

Tools|

* Bobbin
* Dress form
* Needlecase
* Needle threader
* Pattern notcher
* Pin
* Pincushion
* Pinking shears
* Scissors
* Seam ripper
* Sewing gauge
* Sewing needle
* Stitching awl
* Tailor's ham
* Tape measure
* Thimble
* Tracing paper
* Tracing wheel

* Trades
* Suppliers

* Cloth merchant
* Draper
* Dressmaker
* Haberdasher
* Mercer
* Silkwoman
* Tailor

Manufacturers|

| Patterns|

* Butterick
* Burda
* Clothkits
* McCall's
* Simplicity

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Machines
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* Barthélemy Thimonnier
* Bernina
* Brother
* Elias Howe
* Elna
* Feiyue
* Frister & Rossmann
* Janome
* Jones
* Juki
* Merrow
* New Home
* Pfaff
* Sewmor
* Singer
* Tape edge machine
* Viking/Husqvarna
* White

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