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Silver knitting machines were first produced by the Marukoshi Knitting Machines Ltd. in Tokyo in 1952. The company changed its name to Silver Knitting Machine Manufacturing, Ltd in 1955 and then Silver Seiko Ltd in 1967. The company has sold its knitting machines under numerous brand names in various countries: KnitMaster/Empisal?Silver Reed in the UK, KnitMaster/Singer in Australia, Studio/Singer in Canada, and Singer in the United States. Silver continues to manufacture and export its knitting machines.

To avoid confusion between the various brands the machines will be referred to in this Wiki by their model number, which remains consistent between the various Silver brands.

Silver Knitting Machines is the only Japanese company still making high quality domestic knitting machines. New machines can still be purchased from Silver dealers in USA, Canada and the UK.

Model	Gauge (mm)	Needles	Patterning	Year	In production
Model-1				1952	No
SK280	4.5	200	24st punchcard		Yes
LK150	6.5	150	Manual (plastic bed)		Yes
ES302	4.5	200	Manual		No
F370K	3.6	250	30st punchcard		No
SK321	4.5	200	24st punchcard	1972	No
Mod 326	4.5	200	24st punchcard		No
Mod 360	4.5	200	24st punchcard		No
SK500	4.5	200	Electronic	1979	No
SK700	4.5	200	24st punchcard	1991-	No
SK830	3.6	250	Electronic	1991-	No
SK840	4.5	200	Electronic	1990-	Yes
SK860	6.5	150	Electronic	1990-	No
SK890	9	100			No

Ribbers	Gauge	Needles	In production
SRP60N	4.5	200	Yes
FRP70	4.5	250	??
SR860	6.5	150	No

Accessories	Description	In production
YC6	Colour changer - comes with a single-bed sinker plate
MOD-560L	Lace carriage	Yes
AG24	Intarsia carriage - standard gauge	Yes
AG30	Intarsia carriage - bulky gauge (SK155)	No
RJ1	Bird's eye DBJ ribber carriage	No
Jaws	Shadow lace transfer tool	No
LC2	Lace carriage - standard gauge	Yes
EC1	Pattern controller	No
PE1	Pattern extender	No
PC10	Pattern controller	No