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Brother Industries

Brother Industries, Ltd.
Native name
ブラザー工業株式会社
Public
Traded as :
Industry Printers, Machinery
Founded 1908 (as Yasui Sewing Machine Co.)
Founder Kanekichi Yasui
Headquarters Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Key people
Yoshihiro Yasui (Chairman)
Toshikazu Koike (President)
Products Computer printers
Multi-function Centers
Desktop computers
Fax machines
Sewing machines
Electronic typewriters
Knitting machines
Domestic appliances
Machine tools
Number of employees
31,314 (consolidated) 3,779 (non-consolidated)
Website www.brother.com

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Japanese: ブラザー工業株式会社 Hepburn: Burazā Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. Its products include printers, multifunction printers, desktop computers, sewing machines, large machine tools, label printers, typewriters, fax machines, and other computer-related electronics. Brother distributes its products both under its own name and under OEM agreements with other companies.

Brother's history began in 1908 when the Yasui Sewing Machine Co. was established in Nagoya, Japan. In 1955, Brother International Corporation (US) was established as their first overseas sales affiliate. In 1958 a European regional sales company was established in Dublin. The corporate name was finally changed to Brother Industries, Ltd. in 1962. Brother entered the printer market during its long association with Centronics.

In 1968 the company moved its UK headquarters to Audenshaw, Manchester, after acquiring the Jones Sewing Machine Company, a long established British sewing machine maker.


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