The company continued to create, patent, and sell several innovative machines. In 1948, after the end of the war, the Elna 1 finally got exported for wider sales. Though the Elna 1 sold well at first, WWII broke out and interrupted the company’s plans for global production. This machine had a great reputation due to its useful design and its remarkable Swiss craftsmanship. The Swiss company Tavaro had experience manufacturing complex mechanisms because of its work making guns.īy 1940, Tavaro and Elna launched their first machine, the Elna 1.
Just before 1940, Robert established his company by joining a gun manufacturing company. Robert and new Swiss business partners formed a company they called Electrina, though the name was later shortened to Elna. Fortunately for the future of Elna sewing machines, he ended up in Switzerland!ĭr. The Spanish Civil War erupted, forcing him to flee the country. Robert’s plans to launch a sewing machine business stalled out. This allows easy access for sliding a sleeve or pant leg close to the needle.ĭespite the brilliant invention, Dr. This sewing machine used an innovative free-arm design.Ī free arm sewing machine has a unique design that leaves a part of the bed sticking out instead of resting flat on the surface beneath the machine. Ramon Casas Robert created a prototype for the first Elna sewing machine in 1934.
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