1961
| Executive Office moved to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
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1963
| The Singer Manufacturing Company changed its name to "The Singer Company."
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1965
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Singer introduces the "Touch and Sew" sewing machines.
Consolidated sales reached $979.8 million.
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1966
| Consolidated sales reached billion-dollar mark for the first time.
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1970
| Sales first topped $2 billion.
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1971
| Consolidated sales were $2.1 billion; shareholders numbered over 60,000. Singer employed nearly 120,000 people worldwide.
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1973
Company stock was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Annual Sales reached $2.5 billion.
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1975
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Singer introduces the world's first electronic sewing machine, the Athena 2000. |
1978
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Singer introduced the Touchtronic 2001, the world's first computer-controlled machine. |
1979
| Singer Headquarters are relocated to a new facility in Stamford, Connecticut.
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1985
| Singer introduced an entire new line of state-of the-art sewing machines with models designed to meet individual needs and budgets. These machines were built with "Duratec," a unique material which is stronger and lighter than aluminum yet provides double insulation. These easy to use sewing machines ranged from basic to the most sophisticated sewing machines and included a top-of-the-line electronic sewing machine which had the capacity to produce an unlimited number of stitch patterns, monograms, embroidery, and even sews sideways. |
1989
| Singer introduced the 9900 Unlimited with the largest microprocessor ever incorporated in a sewing machine.
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