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Brother Industries

Company nameBrother Industries Ltd.
Company typePublic (TYO - 6448)
SloganAt Your Side.
IndustryPrinters, Machinery
Founded1908 (as Yasui Sewing Machine Co.)
HeadquartersNagoya, Japan
Key peopleKanekichi Yasui , founder, Yoshihiro Yasui, Chairman and Toshikazu Koike, President
ProductsComputer printers
Multi-function Centers
Fax machines
Sewing machines
Electronic typewriters
Knitting machines
Domestic appliances
Employees23,809 (consolidated) 3,125 (non-consolidated)

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|} (Tyo - 6448) is a diversified Japanese company that produces a wide variety of products including printers, sewing machines, large machine tools, label printers, and typewriters, fax machines, and other computer-related electronics. It markets its multifunction printers as Multi-Function Centers (MFCs). MFC lines of printers include 5-in-1 models awarded with PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award for best multi-function printers. The MFCs are powered with a printer, a scanner, a fax machine, a copier, and a PC fax. 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 1954, Brother International Corporation (U.S.A.) 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.

As of 2004, Brother's annual turnover is in excess of 420 billion yen. Roughly 4.2 billion USD.

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