Brother Industries, Ltd. (ブラザー工業) (TYO: 6448) is a diversified Japanese 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. The main trading room of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where nowadays the trading is done by computers The Stock Exchange occupies a narrow site in Tokyos securities district The Tokyo Stock Exchange (abbreviated TSE) is a stock exchange market located in Tokyo, Japan. ... A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ... A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by the selective removal of metal. ... A computer printer is a computer peripheral device that produces a hard copy (permanent human-readable text and/or graphics, usually on paper) from data stored in a computer connected to it. ... An original equipment manufacturer (frequently abbreviated OEM) is a company that builds products or components that are used in products sold by another company (often called a value-added reseller, or VAR.) An OEM will typically build to order based on designs of the VAR. For example, a hard drive...
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. Nagoya Castle Nagoya (åå¤å±å¸; -shi) is the fourth largest (third largest metropolitan region) and the third most prosperous city in Japan. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
As of 2004, Brother's annual turnover is in excess of 420 billion yen. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Japanese 10 yen coin (obverse) showing Phoenix Hall of Byodoin Yen is the currency used in Japan. ...