Brother Industries

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Brother Industries, Ltd.

Logo since 1982
Brother Industries headquarters
Native name	ブラザー工業株式会社
Romanized name	Burazā Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 6448
Industry	Printers, machinery
Founded	1908; 116 years ago (1908) (as Yasui Sewing Machine Co.)
Founder	Kanekichi Yasui
Headquarters	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Toshikazu Koike [jp] (Chairman) Ichiro Sasaki [jp] (President)
Products	Computer printers Multi-function printers Desktop computers Fax machines Industrial sewing machines Typewriters Knitting machines Domestic appliances Machine tools
Revenue	¥822.93 billion (2023)[1]
Operating income	¥49.79 billion (2023)[1]
Net income	¥31.66 billion (2023)[1]
Total assets	¥896.11 billion (2023)[1]
Total equity	¥668.12 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees	40,538 (2023)[1]
Website	global.brother

Brother Industries, Ltd. (stylized in lowercase) (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, consumer and industrial sewing machines, large machine tools, label printers, typewriters, fax machines, and other computer-related electronics.^[2][3] Brother distributes its products both under its own name and under OEM agreements with other companies.