Company Background
Printer
All in One
Fax
Labelling Systems
Typewriters
Sewing & Embroidery
Company Background
Brother South Africa markets a diverse range of products comprising printers, fax machines, all-in-ones, laminators, electronic labelling machines, typewriters and both domestic and industrial sewing machines.
Founded in Nagoya, Japan in 1934, the company has been a force in technology manufacturing for more than 75 years.
Fast Facts
- At Your Side, Worldwide: The Brother group has operations in 28 countries and sells to over 100 countries.
- Big Brother: Brother manufacturing plants are situated in 24 countries including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, America, Malaysia, Brazil, China, Ireland and the UK.
- Bigger than you think: At 1m square feet, Brother's Jupiter distribution centre in Memphis, Tennessee, USA is as big as 12 football pitches.
- Karaoke Kings: In Japan, Brother is the leading supplier of cutting edge ISDN multi-media karaoke technology and of polyphonic ringtones for mobile phones.
- Fascinating Fax: Brother is the world's largest manufacturer of fax machines and sold over 10 million machines.
- Small but perfectly formed: Brother pioneered the world's smallest self-contained mobile printer, the MPrint is so small if will fit into a jacket pocket!
- Ethical Outlook: Brother was the first printer manufacturer to achieve the coveted TCO standard in 2003, a globally recognised benchmark for excellence in ecology, energy, emissions and ergonomics.
- Zero to hero: Brother's P-touch labels can be frozen to temperatures as low as 50°C and can withstand temperatures as high as 300°C.
- Power to the People: A super sophisticated Super Galaxie 3100D computerised embroidery machine has about the same processing power as a laptop PC!
- Designed for Life: Some of the world's major fashion brands, including DKNY, Levi's and Zandra Rhodes, have been made on a Brother industrial sewing machine.