Brother Industries Ltd (Brother) primarily engages in the manufacturing and distribution of a wide range of products, including printing and solutions, industrial printing, machine tools, industrial and household sewing machines, gear motors, reducers, gears, fuel cells, scanners, label printers, mobile printers, cutting machines, and related software and consumables. Its customers and end markets include homes, offices, retail, logistics, healthcare, manufacturing, apparel, textile production, machine processing, packaging, infrastructure, transportation, airports, and disaster-prevention applications. The company operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in over 40 countries and regions worldwide, delivering products and services to a global customer base. Brother provides products and services through its own group companies, domestic sales and showroom operations, online sales channels, authorized retailers, distributors, and specialized business partners.

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Brother’s R&D initiatives arm focuses on developing sewing machines, printing technologies, embroidery systems, label and mobile printers, garment printers, industrial machinery, typewriters, and other information and communication equipment. The company also develops manufacturing technologies, including electronic fabric-feed technology and multifunctional industrial machinery. Brother focuses its research and development on converting proprietary technical capabilities into practical, customer-demanded solutions. In line with its Medium-Term Business Strategy, the Group plans to transform its overall business portfolio by prioritizing industrial applications alongside advanced printing. In Printing & Solutions segment, Brother focuses on driving workstyle reforms for small office and enterprise environments by engineering compact, highly durable laser devices and commercial inkjet systems designed to deliver a low total cost of ownership. The business also focuses on environmental sustainability through its proprietary Green Standby low-power consumption technology and plans broader adoption of plastic-free, paper-based cushioning packaging. Key achievements included the introduction of the PRIVIO A4 inkjet series, high-capacity cartridge devices, and MAXIDRIVE-powered A3 commercial printers, alongside process reforms that plan to automate core inkjet head production lines. In industrial and manufacturing segments, Brother focuses capital on expanding high-value business lines, where it plans discontinuous growth through new product launches, automation, and targeted external acquisitions. The Industrial Printing Business focuses on digital label printing, large-format inkjet devices, direct-to-film garment printers, and Domino coding and marking systems designed to improve customer traceability. In this domain, the company R&D team plans to expand customer lifecycle value and integrate newly acquired industrial printer platforms to address low-volume packaging needs. Meanwhile, the Machinery Business focuses on high-efficiency equipment for automotive and IT components; notable milestones included launching the SPEEDIO HU550Xd1 compact five-axis machining center and NEXIO programmable sewing machines that utilize digital sensing technology for real-time sewing hook adjustments. Additionally, the Nissei Business focuses on high-rigidity reducers, precision gears, and gearmotors for robotics, while the Personal & Home Business focuses on advanced consumer sewing equipment and feature enhancements for the Artspira application. The Group has a total of 2,301 employees engaged in research and development. In FY2026, the company incurred expenses of JPY50,828 million on R&D, which, as a percentage of revenue, stood at 5.6%.