Brother Industries - So Much More Than Just a Sewing Machine Manufacturer

What do fax machines, labelers, and printers have inBrother has also produced fax machines for many
common with sewing machines? Brother knows. Yausiyears. They started out using rolls of thermal paper
Sewing Machine Co. was established in 1908, and wasand very slow moving. Today they have improved
later renamed Yausi Brothers Sewing Machine Co. inwith many different types available for home and
1925. By 1947 the company was producing andbusinesses around the world. They have ribbon
exporting several sewing machines. Between the 50'stransfers, black and white inkjets, color inkjets, and
and 60's the company changed its name again, andlaser fax machines. Brother's top of the line fax
divided itself, along with branching out to new productmachine product, has many luxuries like high speed
industries like: home electric appliance, businessmodem, high capacity memory, dual paper trays,
machines, and machine tools.secure fax receptions, high yield toner cartridges, and
They continued to move into unknown territories bynetwork connectivity.
adding new products like typewriter and printerWanting to make an all-in-one product, Brother
telecommunication, and online karaoke. The US Divisionproduced the Multi-Function Center. This device
of Brother Industries in Brother International Corp.incorporates printing, scanning, copying, and faxing all
formed in 1954. Printers, fax machines multifunctioninto one machine. This is a great option for consumers
devices, labelers, label printers, consumer and industrialfor space and economical reasons. Many of these
sewing machines, typewriters, stamp creators, gearmultifunction devices also have corded telephone
motors, and machine tools, are all produced here.handsets, and wireless or Ethernet connections, just
Brother has made a name in the printer department.less that consumers will need to buy to set up an
They produce black and white laser printers, coloroffice.
laser printers, and label printers. Shipping departmentsEven though Brother has added many new products
are big consumers of Brother label printers. Theyto their company, they still continue to make the
make printing mailing labels much easier. They can printproducts that gave them their start, sewing machines.
anywhere from a 2 to 4 inch label depending on theThe versions of sewing machines we see today are
model, when they are connected to a computer.nothing like the first. Today their sewing machines have
P-Touch label makers are a hand held unit that printsmany new features like LCD display, digital controls,
out labels on an internal paper cartridge. You input theautomatic needle threading, along with USB ports for
label info into the device and the label spits out andtheir embroidery machines.
then automatically cuts off.