History
| 1908 | Kanekichi Yasui establishes Yasui Sewing Machine Co. |
| 1925 | Masayoshi Yasui inherits the company, and renames the company as Yasui Brothers' Sewing Machine Co. |
| 1932 | Succeeds in mass-production of domestic sewing machines. |
| 1934 | Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. (now Brother Industries, Ltd.) is established. |
| 1941 | Brother Sales, Ltd. is established as a sales company for the Japanese market. |
| 1947 | Exporting of domestic sewing machines is started. |
| 1954 | Brother International Corporation (Japan) is established as an exporting company to overseas. |
| A regional sales company is established in the Americas. | |
| Moves in the fields of knitting machines and home electric appliances. | |
| 1958 | A regional sales company is established in Europe. |
| 1961 | Moves in the fields of business machines and machine tools. |
| 1963 | Stock is listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
| 1971 | Launches the world's first high-speed dot-matrix printer. |
| 1979 | Taiwan Brother Industries, Ltd. starts production of domestic sewing machines. |
| 1984 | Provides typewriters at the Los Angels Olympics Games as an official supplier. |
| 1985 | Brother Industries (U.K.) Ltd. starts production of electronic typewriters. |
| 1987 | Moves in the field of telecommunication equipment. |
| 1988 | Moves in the field of electronic stationery. |
| 1989 | Brother Industries Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. starts production of business machine parts. |
| 1992 | Xing Inc. is established and the on-line karaoke system business is started. |
| 1993 | Zhuhai Brother Industries, Co., Ltd. starts production of domestic sewing machines. |
| 1994 | Brother Corporation (Asia) Ltd. starts production of business machine parts in their consigned manufacturing facility. |
| 1995 | Xian Typical Brother Industries, Co., Ltd. starts production of industrial sewing machines. |
| 1999 | Brother Industries, Ltd. affiliates Brother Sales Ltd. as a subsidiary. |
| The Brother Group Global Charter is established. | |
| 2000 | The In-House Company System, the Executive Officers System, and the system to include a director from outside the company are introduced. |
| 2002 | Brother Sewing Machine Xian Co., Ltd. starts production of special industrial sewing machines. |
| The Global Vision 21 is established. | |
| 2003 | Brother Industries (Shenzhen) Ltd. starts production of multi-function products. |
| 2005 | Brother Communication Space opens. |
| Brother (China) Ltd. is established. | |
| Participates in the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan by presenting an exhibition in the Joint Pavilion. | |
| 2006 | Brother Industries (Vietnam) Ltd. is established. Brother Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd. is established. Brother Industries (Slovakia) S.R.O. is established. Changes the industry classification in the stock market from “Machinery” to “Electric Applications.” |
| 2007 | Changes the number of shares per unit from one thousand shares to one hundred shares. |
| 2008 | The Brother Group marks its first 100years of business. |