Bernina of America (www.berninausa.com), one of the world's largest and oldest sewing machine companies, has burst the seams of the sewing industry with its new artista 200E. The artista 200E is the world's first and only sewing and embroidery system powered by Microsoft Windows CE. The artista 200E also is the only system that offers a direct connection to an Internet portal.

"The artista 200E is the first authentic sewing computer," said Martin Favre, president of Bernina of America. "For more than three years, sewers, designers and engineers worked to create the most powerful, intuitive and capable sewing machine in the world." "For its next-generation sewing machine, Bernina needed an extensible, full-featured platform that provided rich connectivity," said Todd Warren, general manager of the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft Corp. "With the powerful Internet-browsing technologies and application support found in Windows CE, Bernina's artista 200E delivers a rich user experience that makes it a unique and innovative offering in the sewing industry."