Janome

Janome began when the Pine Sewing Machine factory opened in Japan in 1921. The company adopted the Janome trademark, pronouced Ja-NO-me, meaning the eye of the snake. The Janome sewing machines were shifting to the round bobbins for previous shuttle bobbin design. The round bobbins were described as looking like the eye of a snake, therefore; the name Janome was chosen to set the company apart from other sewing machine companies. Janome purchased New Home sewing machine company in 1960 and created its' first North American subsidiary in the United States, Janome Americahttp://janome.com/index.cfm/AboutJanome. A fully automatic zig-zag machine was introduced in 1971 for Janome's 50th anniversaryhttp://www.janome.co.jp/e/e_corporate/history.html. In 1979 Janome introduced the first programmable computerized sewing machine, the Memory 7 http://janome.com/index.cfm/AboutJanome. Janome continues to offer a full line of sewing machines and sergers for the home sewing market.

In honor of its 15hth Anniversary, Janome has created a limited addition Sewing Machine, the Janome New Home 1860. The name of this machine gives a nod to the 1960 acquisition of New Home. On May 1, 2010 Janome will launch it latest high end sewing machine, Horizon, based on the popular Memory Craft line.