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Elna

Swiss sewing machine manufacturer now owned by Janome, formerly Tavaro
Organization business Q282122
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Summary

Elna is a business[1]. Elna ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: identifier[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4], DE[5], FR[6]
  • Instance of: brand[7], enterprise[8]
  • Headquarters location: Meyrin[9], Geneva[10]
  • Commons category: Elna sewing machines[11]
  • Industry: sewing[12]
  • Inception: 1940[13], 2008-11-25[14], 1996-12-16[15]
  • Parent organization or unit: Janome[16]
  • Official website: http://www.elna.com/[17]
  • Product or material produced: sewing machine[18], overlock sewing machine[19]
  • Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft[20], 2HBR[21], FY0F[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NADD Wikidata project[23]
  • Has works in the collection: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen[24]

Why It Matters

Elna is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . boijmans.nl. Retrieved . boijmans.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . boijmans.nl. Retrieved . boijmans.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . boijmans.nl. Retrieved . boijmans.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Swiss sewing machine manufacturer now owned by Janome, formerly Tavaro
    Logo image → Elna-logo-57.jpg
    Product or material produced → sewing machine, overlock sewing machine
    Official website → http://www.elna.com/
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:ایلنا (سوئس کمپنی)]]"
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