Established in 1881, Union Special is the oldest, largest and last Industrial Sewing Machine manufacturing company remaining in the United States, producing "Finest Quality" sewing machines and parts from casting to finished product all under one roof. Union Special continues to provide genuine parts in support of the vast array and volume of Union Special brand machines in operation in the market today.
Though our primary focus today is the non-apparel sewing industries, we also continue to produce 56000, 53000 and 39500 series sewing machines for the apparel markets. Union Special's large variety of state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment is operated by people who have set an industry standard for excellence.
Though our primary focus today is the non-apparel sewing industries, we also continue to produce 56000, 53000 and 39500 series sewing machines for the apparel markets. Union Special's large variety of state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment is operated by people who have set an industry standard for excellence.
Services
Union Special offers a variety of services. If you have an Union Special portable bag closing, BC or 80800 bag closing, 80000 bag making or 56100 bag making machine that is need of a tune-up or repair, we can do it. We also offering contract manufacturing for those companies that are looking to have parts made on the outside, but still in USA.
Union Special offers a variety of portable sewers for all your hand-held sewing applications. For those heavy-duty applications, we have the 2200 series portable that features upper and lower feeding and 2-thread closures. The 2200 series is also your first choice for field sewing of geotextiles. For the standard paper or polypropylene bag, we have the rugged 4000 series portable.
Union Special has been producing bag closing heads since 1881. The latest design is our BC200 series that is the only fully-enclosed sewing head on the market. It also is the fastest on the market with mechanisms rated for 3100rpm and with its rotary-shaft design, it reaches these high speeds with low vibration.
Union Special offers a variety of complete sewing setups. There is the US400 pedestal that is setup for automatic sewing systems. An infeed is used to feed the bag into the sewing head and photoeyes are used to automatically start/stop the sewing head. The US400 uses a PLC and LCD control panel for you to control the chain or tape length on the bags.
Union Special offers a variety of accessories and options for its bag closing equipment. Items like mounting brackets & balancers help with the operation of the portables. There is also a variety of options for the bag closing systems. Whether its fold-over kit to help with sifting product or a tape feeder to help with high speed taping operations, we have the options to satisfy your sewing needs.