The NEW MERROW MG-2DFS-2!!!

The MG-2DFS-2 is an advanced sewing machine that has been introduced in 2011 to sew on today's technical fabrics. Built on Merrow's unique cam driven architecture, the FS-2 sews a flat seam that replaces conventional cover and flatlock stitching. At 1/8” in width and with a simple two-thread design, the stitch is as attractive and comfortable as it is functional, and is nearly imperceptible when worn on base layer garments that rest next to skin. For visual distinction and technical performance, the MG-2DFS-2 is the next advancement in technical sewing.

MG-3U for Hook & Loop Patches

With the new MG-3U-V, you can now add the traditional Merrow edge to removable emblems. Merrow has configured the standard MG-3U to put a clean edge on hood and loop insignias and emblems without taking up the hook and loop material that adheres the patch. The result - an emblem that looks great and won't come off. The MG-3U-V uses a specifically configured finger plate and tension setting when sewing, both of which can be adjusted at the Merrow factory to suit the particular shape and size of end user patches. Contact sales@merrow.com for details.

Spring Update

It's 65º in MA today, and we've just finished 6 months of work at Merrow... it just feels like time for a quick blog update.

Over the next couple of days we'll be launching the new website (it's actually up.... but we're working the bugs out before a big announcement).

We'll also be rolling out the new Raven table from Merrow - it's a great product and our folks have both created a great product and great documentation around it.

There are new sewing machines scheduled to be announced over the next couple weeks as well.

And to top it off we are readying the launch of the Merrow Branded Stitch - a project two years in the works.

So it's exciting here, to say the least. I'm proud of all the work that's gone into this springs' product launches and new marketing work.

We're also taking the product line on the Road and if you ever head over to travels.merrow.com you'll see over the next couple weeks that Merrow will be visiting Turkey, Germany and China.

So stay tuned! It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks here!

Charlie Merrow

The applications commith

For eons over at Merrow HQ we've lamented how rarely we communicate the number of really cool things we can sew. SOP is that a customer sends us some interesting (and challenging...) fabric and we build a machine for it and that's that.

Over the past couple of years we've tried different ways of managing this type of information. There was even a very short lived 'let's publish it to the blog...'  Fat lot of good that did.

 Well - a new years resolution around here was to get this done, and get it done right.

 The Creative Director has decided that it's happening in January. We think this motivation is also tied to his --probably much shorter lived effort to get back in shape-- but no one is going to complain.

 So what's it look like:

 How about this
 EMBLEMS
 or this
 BLANKETS
 or maybe this
 LINGERIE
 and some of this
 END-TO-END SEAMING

EDIT:

 and a little more of this
 BABY GARMENTS

AND
MILITARY SEWING AND SEAMING (some nomex flight suits etc.. )


(there are 8 more to come... stay tuned)

Fact is that  we make machines that sew really hard, really beautiful, and sometime just plain awesome applications. And finally after a long long wait, we're going to be able to share some of these things with the world.

Enjoy - let us know what you think

Justin shows how to sew fabric on a Railway with a 70-D3B-2 HPN

Happy Holidays from Merrow

Today is December 25, 2010 and much of the world is in the midst of Holiday celebrations. As we complete the final days of 2010 with family, friends and great food everyone at Merrow wishes our extended family around the world our best wishes. It has been a wonderful year, and many of you have made it so successful. We will begin work on 2011 in earnest soon enough, right now is a time to say thank you. To our customers, our agents, our distributors, and most importantly our friends: Thank you, have a wonderful holiday! Call us any time: 800-431-6677

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70-D3B-2 GAP: For Continuous Processing Support Reseller Login Application Configurator Sewing Needles

When you visit a Merrow Machine web page, you'll find helpful video along with technical specs, stitch images, and model specific hints. Simply click the icon in the “Video” section and a short movie will start playing that you can watch to gain valuable information regarding the machine you are interested in - you can also direct customers to it in order to see the machine as it sews! If you want to put the video on your website, contact us and we’ll send you the file and help you embed it on your own Merrow Machine page! Merrow is committed to helping agents market Merrow Machines, and video is a convenient way for our agents to reach customers! Click here to watch video and learn more about the 70-D3B-2 GAP

Pie Baking 2010 Winners announced

Awesome repost, how old is Merrow?

How old is Merrow? Really Old.  From Fall River MA, we bring you Merrow ... 

• 2227th oldest company in the world (OCITW)
• 394th oldest in world manufacturing
• 158th oldest in US
• 67th oldest in US manufacturing.
• 46th oldest in world textile industry
• 10th oldest in US textile
• The Oldest in sewing machines in the world

sources...start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies#1825_to_1851

Merrow Brand Sewing Machines for a variety of applications

the Merrow Brand Sewing Machine has defined a series of categories for more then 150 years.

Today we're going to list the top ten markets in which Merrow Brand Sewing Machines are best of class:

1. Hosiery - Merrow manufactures the 4D series machines for hosiery, toe-closing and decorative stitching.

2. Continuous Processing - the 70 and 72 class machines are designed specifically for joining materials together with a flat seam

3. Hemming - the Merrow 2D series machines were once the industry standard hemming machines, and have since been replaced with inexpensive japanese and chinese alternatives. The Merrow 2D machines continue to be the most refined and most reliable for industrial hemming

4. General Overlocking with a concentration on Medium to Heavyweight overlock sewing - the Merrow 3DW series machines are the best performing industrial overlock sewing machine for Sweaters, Fleece, and mid-weight wools. You can seam or edge your designs with these machines and like  all Merrow Machines they last a lifetime.

5. Emblems - the Merrow 3U machine is quite simply the best in the world for edging emblems

The New Emblem Application Page

6. Purl Stitching- the 2DNR series machines from Merrow lay out the tightest most delicate edge that can be sewn on fabric - bar none. There is no other sewing machine that can put as tight a purl edge on silks and delicate fabrics as the 2DNR machines. For lingerie the 2DNR machines are ideal.

7. Netting - Our 3DGE series machines for sewing laundry bags and seaming light nets
8. Shell Stitching - the Q series machines sew a high speed shell as a decoration on light and medium fabrics and can be applied with a mirrored backing allowing for reversible product

9. Crochet Stitching - Merrow has a complete line of crochet stitching machines, and manufactures the only high speed crochet machines in the world. The blanket stitch, large shell stitching and
10. Athletic Seaming - the new FS1 series of machine is built to create flat stitching that can replace a two needle coverstitch for athletic equipment. This machine was released in 2009 for testing and has since quickly been adopted as a replacement for high-end athletic apparel.

Merrowing Thread available from Emblem Edge (.com)

Now there is a Merrowing thread just for emblems available on emblemedge.com 

What isn't explained clearly enough is that this is the upper looper thread for the Merrow M-3U - (a beautiful sewing machine) 

In order to create great emblems you also need to have the needle and lower looper thread. There is quite a wide variety of opinion that exists concerning what one should use in the needle and lower looper - we won't even begin to try and settle the argument - but we will let you know that if you'd like a stitch sample that shows different types of emblem edges, all you need to do is call.  Perhaps if it would be of interest we'll post a selection on the blog. 

Sewing Construction Filter Fabric with a Flat Seam

When a large construction company approached Merrow about joining one of the components in their green roofing system, we knew immediately the machine they needed. The problem: they needed a strong but flexible way to join dense weave, water permaeable filter material. The solution: the Merrow 70-D3B-2 LS. The 70-D3B-2 LS produces a permanent locked stitch (made with two threads) that can withstand the stress of being sandwiched between two layers of uneven material (soil and drainage fleece) without compromising the integrity of the seam or the permeability of the material. Merrow sewed off a sample of the actual filter fabric the client would be installing and shipped their 70-D3B-2 LS calibrated to sew flawlessly.

Merrow Pie Baking Contest 2010

Merrow Pie Baking Contest 2010

Over the past couple of weeks there have been whispers about the possibility of PBC 2010 - maybe some new entrants, maybe some new rules, maybe a new prize…

Well it's time to put the rumormongering to bed, Merrow PBC 2010 is on!
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MERROW PBC 2010 RULES

CONTEST DATES: NOVEMBER 17, 18, 19

DAY 1: CUSTARD PIES

DAY 2: NON DESSERT, ANYTHING WITH PIE IN THE NAME PIES*

DAY 3: FRUIT PIES

• TO VOTE YOU MUST SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE PIE
• YOU MAY (AND SHOULD) INVITE ANYONE TO COMPETE OR HELP YOU COMPETE.
• THERE ARE NO OTHER RULES
• PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR BEST DAY 1,2,3 PIES and an OVERALL BEST PIE
• PRIZES AND OTHER DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK

Email Reposting Gone Wild

In our continuing series of reposting our broadcast emails...
 (that you can SIGN UP FOR HERE) (please do) (this way you won't have to come to the blog to read them)

.. here is the latest 3rd party issue of Merrow Email Edition Four:

One think I particularly liked about this issue was that it focused on one of the reasons we've been so successful in the Textile Finishing space and it gives a nice directed shout out to our OEM partners.

The relationship with OEMs is often tricky - and at Merrow we've decided that the most productive way to define our own value to to include as much information about the implementation options as possible - and then do what we do well and publish it online.

For instance

•  Pugi has a completely Battry Powered Industrial Sewing Table. It's pretty cool - just plug it in at night and roll it around the factory during the day. It's like the Prius of Sewing Tables. 
• Monti and Pugi both offer very different but effective Tubular Knit Seaming Solutions. This is a tough problem and both companies have done a bang-up job solving it. 
• We have a new cutting solution for the automatic seaming of fabrics courtesy of Birch. We should name it the 'intimidator' ... picture a circular cutting blade attached to the front of the Merrow machine running down the railway on it's own. Happy Halloween! 

And did i already mention that you would have seen this if you'd signed up for our email? 

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Machines: For Continuous Processing Support Reseller Login Application Configurator Sewing Needles -For years Merrow has worked to develop solutions with great companies. Our 3rd party equipment providers (or OEM) are among the most sophisticated and capable in the industry. They create tremendous value for customers by simplifying the sewing process. Examples of some recent developments are the Battery Powered stations, the rail based rotary cutting blades with optical controls and automated tubular knit seaming! See some of our OEM partners at Merrow.com "Merrow builds a great sewing machine, and combined with all of the OEM equipment from their partners - Merrow offers an unbeatable solution for anyone who is considering the cost of sewing. I've been able to automate half of the plants i work with and each one is saving money after the install. We sew their fabric well, and we simplify the way they do it. No one offers solutions like the Merrow OEM partners." Merrow Agent Brian K. Sanchez Call us any time: 800-431-6677 (Top) In each Frame we're showing an example of products offered by Merrow OEM partners. In the first (from top right going clockwise) we have the Battery Powered table built in Italy by Pugi. Second is a railway built in Germany by Schweizer. Third is a green frame, and fourth is a fully automated sewing station built by Birch in the USA. * With all Merrow OEM products, calling us first is a great idea. We will be more than happy to provide marketing information, customer references and options for purchasing and shipping equipment.

Merrow Emblem Machine station for sewing and serging embems

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The Factory Refurbished M-3U Station.

The Merrow M-3U is designed to sew the edge of emblems, producing the traditional Merrow Emblem Edge. The Emblem Station includes all of the equipment needed to get started sewing emblems. This line of factory refurbished equipment is built on the assembly line along with all new Merrow products.


VIDEO:

In 2008 Merrow began selling a factory refurbished model of its industry standard M-3U. These Sewing Machines are hand built on Merrow's assembly line in Fall River,MA and include less than 6% reconditioned parts. They are effectively new sewing machines: tested and sewn off after assembly with the same rigorous standards Merrow uses for all sewing machines built in Fall River, MA. The Refurbished M-3U carries the same warranty as all new machines. It is provided by Merrow: 'to reduce the overall cost of owning and operating Merrow Sewing Machines without compromising performance'. Please call Merrow if you have any questions or concerns about the refurbished line of machines.


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