About Us

Baby Lock were the creators of the domestic overlocker back in 1963 and continue to lead the market with innovative products. Read on for a detailed history of the Baby Lock company.

Baby Lock was born as a result of an idea by a team of engineers and middle management, employed by Tokyo Juki Industrial Company. This group believed they could redesign the industrial overlocker to be smaller and lighter for use by the home sewer. They saw that a factory could produce a garment in minutes with the use of an industrial overlocker, while producing the same garment using a domestic sewing machine would take hours.

They presented their idea to management, who did not accept their idea as valid. This group was so committed to their concept that they quit their jobs and formed a new company to design and build their dream machine. This was the birth of a company called Juki Co. LTD, and a brand name known as Baby Lock, the "baby" of the industrial overlocker.

In 1963 the first working prototype unit was designed but not produced. It was in the following year, 1964 Baby Lock model MS 1 was produced and released on the domestic market. Still led by several of the original founders Baby Lock has continued to be the leading innovator in the domestic overlocker market. Although several other manufacturers ironically enough including Tokyo Juki Industrial, have entered the overlocker market, none of these companies have the experience of Baby Lock engineers.

These engineers have been responsible for the invention and design of features such as Award winning Jet Air Threading system, Automatic Thread Delivery unit, dial in narrow rolled hemming, and a stitch quality that no other overlocker can match. Baby Lock are renowned as world leaders in design, technology and quality in the overlocker industry.