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'{{Infobox company | name = Brother Industries, Ltd. | native_name = ブラザー工業株式会社 | logo = [[Image:Brother logo.svg|200px|Brother Logo]] | type = [[Subsidiary]] | traded_as = | slogan = At Your Side. | foundation = 1908 (as Yasui Sewing Machine Co.) | founder = [[Kanekichi Yasui]] | location = [[Nagoya]], [[Aichi]], [[Japan]] | key_people = Yoshihiro Yasui ([[Chairman]])<br> Toshikazu Koike ([[President]]) | num_employees = 31,314 (consolidated) 3,779 (non-consolidated) | industry = [[Printer (computing)|Printers]], [[Machine]]ry | products = [[Printer (computing)|Computer printers]]<br />[[multifunction printer|Multi-function Centers]]<br />[[Fax|Fax machines]]<br />[[Sewing machine]]s<br />[[Electric typewriter|Electronic typewriters]]<br />[[Knitting machine]]s<br />[[Major appliance|Domestic appliances]]<br />[[Machine tools]] | homepage = [http://www.brother.com/ www.brother.com] }} [[File:Brother 660TR Correction.JPG|thumb| ''Deluxe 660TR Correction'' mechanical typewriter.]] [[Image:Brother P-Touch 540.jpg|thumb|Brother P-Touch 540 [[label printer]]]] [[Image:Multifunction printer Brother DCP-J315W.JPG|thumb|Wireless [[multifunction printer]] Brother DCP-J315W]] '''Brother Industries, Ltd.''' (ブラザー工業株式会社) is a Japanese [[multinational corporation|multinational]] [[electronics]] and electrical equipment company headquartered in [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]]. Its products include [[Printer (computing)|printers]], [[multifunction printer]]s, [[sewing machine]]s, large [[machine tool]]s, [[label printer]]s, [[typewriter]]s, [[Fax|fax machines]], and other computer-related electronics.<ref name="brother-data">{{cite web |title=Brother Corporate Data|url=http://www.brother.com/en/corporate/profile/index.htm |accessdate=4 October 2012}}</ref> Brother distributes its products both under its own name and under [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]] agreements with other companies. == History == Brother's history began in 1908 when the Yasui Sewing Machine Co. was established in [[Nagoya, Aichi|Nagoya]], Japan. In 1954, 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. In November 2012, Brother announced that it had built the last UK-made typewriter at its north Wales factory. Saying that it had made 5.9 million typewriters in its factory in Wrexham since it opened in 1985, the firm donated the last machine to London's Science Museum.<ref name="brother-typewriter">{{cite news |title=UK's 'Last Typewriter' produced|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20391538 |accessdate=23 November 2012 | work=BBC News |date=2012-11-20}}</ref> As of 2012, Brother's annual turnover was in excess of ¥497 billion ($81.6 billion USD).<ref name="brother-data"/> == Sewing and embroidery machines == In 2010, the sewing divisions of Brother Industries around Europe were consolidated into one larger company called "Brother Sewing Machines Europe GmbH". With a turnover in excess of €80 million, it is the 4th biggest company under the Brother Industries Ltd umbrella of organisations. Brother Industries manufacture mechanical sewing machines in Zhuhai, China and computerised sewing & embroidery machines in Taiwan. A new sewing machine factory was opened in 2012 in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, which is the largest single brand sewing machine factory in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brother.com/pub/en/news/2011/110228bisg_e.pdf |title=Brother establishes a new factory of home sewing machine in Vietnam |publisher=Brother |date= |accessdate=2013-04-21}}</ref> In September 2012, Brother Industries manufactured their 50 millionth home sewing machine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brother.com/en/news/2012/120925hsm5000_e/index.htm |title=September 25, 2012 Accumulated production of home sewing machines has reached 50 million units |publisher=Brother.com |date=2012-09-25 |accessdate=2013-04-21}}</ref> == Advertising and sponsorship == Brother sponsored [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City Football Club]] from 1989 until 1999, one of the longest unbroken sponsorship deals of any English football club. Brother launched their first integrated, pan European advertising campaign in Autumn 2010 for their A3 printer range. Titled [http://www.brother141.com/ ‘141%’], referring to the ratio between paper sizes A3 and A4. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category|Brother Industries}} * [http://www.brother.com/index.html Brother Global site] * [http://www.brother141.com/ Brother 141 pan European site] * [http://www.brothersewing.eu/ Brother Sewing Machines Europe Site] * [http://www.brother-usa.com Brother United States site] {{Portal|Companies}} {{Japanese Electronics Industry}} [[Category:Companies established in 1908]] [[Category:Electronics companies]] [[Category:Electronics companies of Japan]] [[Category:Computer printer companies]] [[Category:Small appliance manufacturers]] [[Category:Sewing machine brands]] [[Category:Companies based in Nagoya]] [[Category:1908 establishments in Japan]]'