About Brother Industries
Brother Industries, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and distribution of sewing machines.
The company’s line of products includes sewing machines for home and industrial use; and machine tools and information and communications equipment, such as printers, facsimiles and multi-function centers. The company has 41 sales companies in 39 countries.
Segments
Printing & Solutions
The Printing & Solutions (P&S) product range includes various printing technology based products, such as printers, facsimiles, multi-function centers featuring multiple capabilities, including printing, copying, scanning in one unit, and labeling systems. The P&S offers business solutions designed to fit in the SOHO (Small Office Home Office) environment and in departmental work groups in larger companies, designing products that help streamline workflow.
Personal & Home
The Personal & Home (P&H) category encompasses all of the company's sewing products and services, including domestic sewing and embroidery machines. The P&H product line offers a range of products, from conventional home sewing machines to computer-Internet-connected sewing machines with possibilities for creative sewing and embroidery.
Machinery & Solution
The Machinery & Solution (M&S) business offers customers ‘solutions’ that meet the needs of their production sites through industrial sewing machines and machine tools. The machine tools section provides machines that specialize in cutting small parts for automobiles, hard disc drives, and mobile phones.
Others
Others consists of network karaoke services, information distribution services for cellular phones, real estate, leasing parts, and other areas of business.
Products
MFC-6490CW
The MFC-6490CW is a color inkjet all-in-one to integrate up to ledger. It includes wireless networking, fast print speeds up to 35/28 pages per minute black/color print speed, up to 6000 x 1200 dpi resolutions, widescreen 3.3’ color LCD display, and uses high yield ink cartridges.
MFC-9840CDW
The MFC-9840CDW is the digital multi-function center equipped with the company’s original color laser engine. It features up to 21 pages per minute print speed for both color and monochrome printing, and produces high resolution 2400 x 600 dpi output. It also offers flexibility for both wired and wireless workgroups. This model focuses on delivering color laser printing with all-in-one capabilities for desktops and small offices.
HL-2170W
The HL-2170W is a monochrome laser printer that is used for printer sharing. This laser printer features up to 23 pages per minute output for print and 32MB of memory for process. It also provides flexible connectivity with USB, wireless and wired network interfaces. This machine meets the demand for flexible connectivity options in home office environments.
PT-2700
The PT-2700 is a desktop labeler designed for professional users in office field. This featured packed model can be used as a portable labeler, or connected to a PC. The machine can print/display time & date with a simple key operation and also comes with a large back-light graphic display for viewing.
INNOV-IS 50/80
The INNOV-IS 50/80 has the sewing technology in a portable size. It is feature packed with 135 built-in stitches, including 10 buttonhole styles, advances needle threading system, and back-lit LCD screen with digital stitch length and width controls. It also offers direct stitch selection control panel for stitch selection.
BAS-342G
The programmable electronic sewing machine is used to sew geometric patterns, such as hip pockets on jeans, shoes, and bags. This industrial sewing machine uses a direct drive system with the company’s original drive motor, which minimizes the loss of driving force that is transmitted to the sewing mechanism. Wider sewing area of the BAS-342G enables the company to sew broader range, such as sport shoes and bags, and vehicle airbags.
TC-31B CTS
Model TC-31B CTS is a small column traverse machine. The self-developed NC control board built into the machine achieves processing. This model is able to conduct deep-hole processing at high speeds as it has a coolant-through-spindle function. This enables this model to be used in various workpiece processing applications, not only for IT-related device like hard disk drives, but also for automobiles and two-wheel vehicles.
History
Brother Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1908.