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SVP Worldwide

U.S.-headquartered manufacturing company

SVP Worldwide is an American privately held company that designs, manufactures, and distributes consumer sewing machines and accessories around the world under three brands: Singer, Husqvarna Viking, and Pfaff. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and is supplemented by regional headquarters and sales offices located in Milan (Italy), São Paulo (Brazil), and Sydney (Australia).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • HeadquartersLa Vergne1

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SVP Worldwide is an American privately held company that designs, manufactures, and distributes consumer sewing machines and accessories around the world under three brands: Singer, Husqvarna Viking, and Pfaff.2

Corporate structure

SVP Worldwide sits at the top of its group. 5 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • SVP Worldwide La Vergne
    • Pfaff Subsidiary · Kaiserslautern
    • Singer Corporation Subsidiary · Torrance, California, United States
      • Singer Scooter Subsidiary · Bangladesh
    • VSM Group Subsidiary · Jönköping, Sweden

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

SVP was formed when Kohlberg & Company, an American private equity firm that owned the Swedish VSM Group (owner of the Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff sewing machine brands), combined VSM with Singer, which it acquired in 2004 for $134 million. The company was founded in 2006 and was formerly headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

In 2018, Kohlberg & Company sold SVP Worldwide to Ares Management, a publicly traded global asset manager based in Los Angeles.

In 2020, SVP's subsidiary Singer reported an increase in machine sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the company released a variety of patterns for DIY reusable face masks. Also in 2020, SVP collaborated with the Amazon Prime show Making the Cut.

In 2021, SVP unveiled an upcoming sewing machine, the Pfaff Creative Icon 2, which will operate with artificial intelligence functions. Also in 2021, SVP was acquired by Platinum Equity.

From Wikipedia’s article on SVP Worldwide, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • sewing machine

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2006Acquired Pfaff1

Timeline

  1. 2006Founded Founded1

Sources

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