Brother Industries, Ltd. (ブラザー工業) is a diversified Asian company that produces a wide variety of products including sewing machines, large machine tools, label makers, and fax machines, printers and other computer-related electronics sold both under their own name and OEMed to other companies.
Brother's history began in 1908 when the Yasui Sewing Machine Co. was established in 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.
As of 2004, Brother's annual turnover is in excess of 420 billion yen.
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