| 1908 |
Kanekichi Yasui established Yasui Sewing Machine Co. |
| 1925 |
Masayoshi Yasui inherited the company, and renamed the company as Yasui Brothers' Sewing Machine Co. |
| 1932 |
Yasui Brothers' Sewing Machine Co. succeeded in mass-production of home sewing machines. |
| 1934 |
Established Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. (now Brother Industries, Ltd.) |
| 1941 |
Established Brother Sales, Ltd. as a sales company for the Japanese market. |
| 1947 |
Started exporting of home sewing machines. |
| 1954 |
Established Brother International Corporation (Japan) as an exporting company to overseas. |
| Established a regional sales company in the Americas. |
| Moved in the fields of knitting machines and home electric appliances. |
| 1958 |
Established a regional sales company in Europe. |
| 1961 |
Moved in the fields of business machines and machine tools. |
| 1962 |
Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. renamed the company as Brother Industries, Ltd. |
| 1963 |
Stock of Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. was listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
| 1971 |
Launched the world's first high-speed dot-matrix printer. |
| 1979 |
Taiwan Brother Industries, Ltd. started production of home sewing machines. |
| 1984 |
Provided typewriters at the Los Angels Olympics Games as an official supplier. |
| 1985 |
Brother Industries (U.K.) Ltd. started production of electronic typewriters. |
| 1987 |
Moved in the field of telecommunication equipment. |
| 1988 |
Moved in the field of electronic stationery. |
| 1989 |
Brother Industries Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. started production of business machine parts. |
| 1992 |
Established Xing Inc. and started the on-line karaoke system business. |
| 1993 |
Zhuhai Brother Industries, Co., Ltd. started production of domestic sewing machines. |
| 1994 |
Brother Corporation (Asia) Ltd. started production of business machine parts in their consigned manufacturing facility. |
| 1995 |
Xian Typical Brother Industries, Co., Ltd. started production of industrial sewing machines. |
| 1999 |
Brother Industries, Ltd. affiliated Brother Sales Ltd. as a subsidiary. |
| Established The Brother Group Global Charter. |
| 2000 |
Introduced the In-House Company System, the Executive Officers System, and the system to include a director from outside the company. |
| 2002 |
Brother Sewing Machine Xian Co., Ltd. started production of special industrial sewing machines. |
| Established The Global Vision 21. |
| 2003 |
Brother Industries(Shenzhen), Ltd. started production of All-in-Ones. |
| 2005 |
Brother Communication Space opened. |
| Established Brother (China) Ltd. |
| Participated in the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan by presenting an exhibition in the Joint Pavilion. |
| 2006 |
Established Brother Industries (Vietnam) Ltd.
Established Brother Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd.
Established Brother Industries (Slovakia) s.r.o.
Changed the industry classification in the stock market from "Machinery" to "Electric Applications."
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| 2007 |
Changed the number of shares per unit from one thousand shares to one hundred shares. |
| 2008 |
Marked first 100years of business. |
| 2010 |
Affiliated BMB Corporation as a subsidiary.
Established Brother Software Development (Hangzhou) Ltd. |
