Brother

Brother Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese electrical equipment company. Its products include sewing machines.

In 2010, the sewing divisions of Brother Industries around Europe were consolidated into one larger company called “Brother Sewing Machines Europe GmbH”.

Brother Industries manufacture mechanical sewing machines in Zhuhai, China and computerised sewing & embroidery machines in Taiwan. A new sewing machine factory was opened in 2012 in Vietnam, which is the largest single brand sewing machine factory in the world.

In September 2012, Brother Industries manufactured their 50 millionth home sewing machine.