Brother Industries, Ltd.’s Germany-based subsidiary, Brother Internationale Industriemaschinen GmbH, has relocated and expanded its machine tool Technology Center with a showroom, the “Brother Technology Center Frankfurt,” in Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany.
With this relocation, the showroom area has increased to approximately 2.5 times its previous size, making it possible to display almost the entire lineup of Brother’s SPEEDIO series of machine tools. Going forward, the Technology Center will serve as a base for marketing, technical support, machine tool exhibitions and machining demonstrations, seminars, test processing, and service support activities.
Since 2022, Brother has been revamping its lineup by developing new SPEEDIO series models, and it now offers 12 models in eight series capable of meeting diverse needs such as large parts, complex machining, and high-mix low-volume production. The showroom, which can now display almost the entire SPEEDIO series lineup, featuring nine models, and customers can also bring their own parts for test processing and other purposes.
The company intends to step up service support activities to establish a system that enables customers to use its products with peace of mind even after purchase, while aiming for further business expansion in Europe.
| Location | Steinmühlstraße 12D, 61352 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |
|---|---|
| Purpose of facility | Marketing, technical support, machine tool exhibitions and machining demonstrations, seminars, test processing, service support activities, etc. |
| Total floor area | 1,700 m2Â (showroom area: 720 m2) |
Mutoh Share Acquisition
Brother Industries successfully acquired a controlling stake in Mutoh Holdings. As of 24 March 2026, Brother completed a tender offer, securing 88.01% of Mutoh’s voting rights.
Today, 30 March 2026 is the commencement date of the settlement for the Tender Offer.
The key details of the acquisition are:
- Brother acquired a controlling stake with 40,391 voting rights (4,039,103 shares), which equates to 88.01% of Mutoh’s outstanding shares, excluding treasury stock.
- The acquisition pupose is intended to make Mutoh a consolidated subsidiary and eventually a wholly-owned subsidiary through subsequent procedures to acquire all remaining shares.
- The plan includes delisting Mutoh from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- The acquisition is designed to integrate Mutoh’s inkjet, design, and measurement technology into Brother’s Industrial Printing and Sewing machine portfolio.
