Brother Industries

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Brother Industries Ltd.

Type	Public (TYO: 6448)
Founded	1908) (as "Yasui Sewing Machine Co.")
Headquarters	Nagoya, Japan
Key people	Kanekichi Yasui , founder, Yoshihiro Yasui, Chairman and Toshikazu Koike, President
Industry	Printers, Machinery
Products	Computer printers Multi-function Centers Fax machines Sewing machines Electronic Typewriters Electronic stationery
Employees	23,809 (consolidated) 3,125 (non-consolidated)
Website	www.brother.com

Brother Industries, Ltd. (ブラザー工業株式会社, Burazā Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 6448) is a diversified Japanese company that produces a wide variety of products including sewing machines, large machine tools, label printers, and typewriters, fax machines, printers, 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.^[1] Brother distributes its products both under its own name and under OEM agreements with other companies.

Brother P-Touch 540 label printer

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. 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.^{[citation needed]}

The firm sponsored Manchester City Football Club from 1989 until 1999.

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• Brother Global site
• Brother main site for United States of America
• Brother service centers in India
• Brother service centers in United Kingdom
• Brother in Australia

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