The Brother Group Vision "At your side 2030," which outlines Our Purpose, Our Approach, and Our Focus Areas for 2030, is formulated. Aiming for expansion in the industrial area, the Group continues to expand its lineup of industrial equipment and strengthen its sales and service facilities. Production in India begins in 2024. The Group starts offering self-developed coding and marking products. In addition, in order to transform the printing area, the Group is steadily increasing the number of “connected” business subscribers and providing easy-to implement solutions for Commercial & Industrial labeling. Additionally, the Group has established a structure for promoting management with an emphasis on sustainability, including the establishment of the Sustainability Committee and the identification of materialities.
Chronology
| 2010 | XING INC. acquired all issued shares of BMB Corporation and made it into a consolidated subsidiary. Online karaoke business reinforced. |
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| 2010 | BROTHER MACHINERY SHANGHAI LTD. established in China as an industrial sewing machine and machine tool sales company. |
| 2010 | BROTHER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (HANGZHOU) LTD. established (company name changed to BROTHER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (HANGZHOU) LTD. in September 2011 due to business expansion). Software development in China reinforced. |
| 2010 | BROTHER SEWING MACHINE XIAN CO., LTD. merged with XIAN BROTHER INDUSTRIES, CO., LTD. (made into a wholly-owned subsidiary and company name changed in October 2009) and changed its name to BROTHER MACHINERY XIAN CO., LTD. |
| 2010 | XING INC. merged BMB Corporation, a subsidiary of USEN CORPORATION operating karaoke business. |
| 2011 | BROTHER INDUSTRIES SAIGON, LTD. established in Vietnam as a home sewing machine manufacturing company. |
| 2011 | Compact, lightweight mobile scanners launched. |
| 2011 | BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (U.S.A.) acquired NEFSIS CORPORATION operating web conference business. |
| 2012 | Brother Group Principles of Social Responsibility established. |
| 2012 | BROTHER INDUSTRIES (PHILIPPINES), INC. established in the Philippines as an inkjet product manufacturing company. |
| 2012 |
BROTHER INDUSTRIES SAIGON, LTD. started production of home sewing machines.
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| 2013 |
NISSEI CORPORATION made into a consolidated subsidiary as a result of a tender offer for shares. Industrial parts business reinforced.
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| 2013 | BROTHER MACHINERY VIETNAM CO., LTD. established in Vietnam as an industrial sewing machine manufacturing company. |
| 2013 | Multiple manufacturing facilities of industrial sewing machines and machine tools in Xian, China consolidated to BROTHER MACHINERY XIAN CO., LTD. |
| 2013 |
BROTHER INDUSTRIES (PHILIPPINES), INC. started production of information and communications equipment.
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| 2014 | BROTHER MACHINERY VIETNAM CO., LTD. started production of industrial sewing machines. |
| 2015 | XING INC. acquired TEICHIKU ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a subsidiary of JVCKENWOOD Corporation operating planning, production, and sales of music and video software. |
| 2015 |
BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. made DOMINO PRINTING SCIENCES PLC, an industrial printing company in the U.K., into a subsidiary.
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| 2015 | Corporate Governance Basic Policy established. |
| 2016 | DOMINO PRINTING TECHNOLOGY (CHANGSHU) CO., LTD. established in China as a manufacturing company. |
| 2016 | BROTHER INDUSTRIES (SHENZHEN) LTD., a manufacturing company in China, merged with BROTHER TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) LTD. |
| 2019 | Domino business in Japan acquired from Cornes Technologies Limited and business started as BROTHER INDUSTRIAL PRINTING (JAPAN), LTD. Sales of Domino products in Japan reinforced. |
