Thursday, August 14, 2008 Japan-based firm opens centennial branch By Grace L. Plata
TO MARK its 1OOth year, a Japanese company opened its second branch in the Philippines right here in Davao City last August 8.
The centennial store of Brother International, which foremost markets sewing machines and colored printers, is next to the Cebu branch, which only opened last year.
Present during its opening at the second floor of the Goldwin Building was Takeo Shimazu, managing director of Brother International, and Toshikashi Isayama, general manager of Brother Philippines.
The Brother group delivers products and services to customers all over the world with 18 production sites and 40 sales sites in 37 countries.
It was started in 1908 by Kanekichi Yasui who established Yasui Sewing Machine Company, which later became known as Brother Industries Ltd.
The company is also known for launching the world's first high-speed dot-matrix printer in 1971.
