Brother Industries
Japanese electronics company
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| 2023 | Brother donated ¥2 million to the non-profit corporation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to support people affected by the 2023 Afghanistan earthquake. |
| 2022 | Brother donated €500,000 to UNHCR to support humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine and neighboring countries. In the same year, Brother donated ¥2,000,000 to the non-profit organisation Japan Platform in response to the 2022 Pakistan Floods. |
| September 2022 | Celebrated a production milestone of 70 million home sewing machines made since mass production began in 1932. |
| 2021 | Brother Industries donated €110,000 to the German Red Cross and other organisations in response to the 2021 European floods. Brother International (Belgium) also donated €10,000 to the Belgian Red Cross. |
| 2019 | Brother's UK subsidiary became co-sponsor of the RAL, with the team's name officially changing to 'Vitus Pro Cycling Team, Powered By Brother UK'. |
| 2019 | Brother announced their co-sponsorship of the Japan Pavilion at the Expo 2020 in UAE. |
| 2018 | Brother donated ¥100 million towards relief efforts following the 2018 Indonesia earthquake. |
| August 7 2018 | Officially revealed 2019 sewing machine product lineup at the Back To Business Dealer Conference in Orlando, Florida, commemorating Brother's 100th anniversary. Introduced the Luminaire Innov-ìs XP-1 with StitchVision technology. |
| 2017 | Brother donated US$50,000 to the American Red Cross in response to damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. |
| 2017 | Introduced a sewing and embroidery combination machine called Parie for the Japanese market. |
| May 2017 | Manufactured their 60 millionth home sewing machine. |
| 2013 | Introduced a home cutting machine named the CM550DX. |
| 2012 | Opened a new sewing machine factory in Đồng Nai province, Vietnam, which became the largest single-brand sewing machine factory in the world. |
| November 2012 | Announced the production of the last UK-made typewriter at its north Wales factory, having manufactured 5.9 million typewriters since 1985. The final machine was donated to London's Science Museum. |
| September 2012 | Manufactured their 50 millionth home sewing machine. |
| December 2011 | Acquired Nefsis, an innovator in web-based remote collaboration and conferencing software. |
| 2010 | Consolidated sewing divisions in Europe into Brother Sewing Machines Europe GmbH. Introduced PC design and editing software PE-Design for sewing/embroidery machines. |
| September 2010 | Brother launched their first integrated, pan-European advertising campaign in Autumn, focusing on their A3 printer range. The campaign was titled '141%', which referenced the ratio between A3 and A4 paper sizes. |
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