Originally founded 100 years ago in Nagoya, Japan, Brother has a rich history in Europe that stretches back 50 years. The company's first European base was established in Ireland in 1958, back when Brother made everything from sewing machines to motorbikes.
Since then, Brother has expanded into 21 European countries and focused its product range on office technology whilst continuing to expand its sewing machine range.
Over those 50 years, the company has been responsible for several important innovations, from the world's first high speed dot matrix printer in 1971 to the world's smallest self-contained mobile printer in 2004.
Manchester has been the home of Brother UK for 40 years, after taking over the Jones sewing machine factory in 1968. The factory was soon adapted to manufacture knitting machines and typewriters, starting and exciting story of UK production that continues today at our factory in Ruabon, Wales, where all our UK typewriters are still made.
