Brother In The 70sGoing Public 1970s PRODUCTSDot matrix printersTHEN PRIVATE AGAINL10+3 key lever typewritersAcutron stereosIn order to fnance its rapid product Electric typewritersexpansion, Brother management Manual typewritersdecided to take BIC-USA public in 1972.Home sewing machinesThis event made national fnancial Knitting machineshistory as it enabled Brother to Hair dryers and other become the frst company in the personal home productshistory of Wall Street with 50% Audio systemsforeign ownership to receive full S1 SEC registration. Industrial sewing machinesUnfortunately, Brother’s timing couldn’t Calculatorshave been worse. Because of the OEM keyboardsrecession in the mid-‘70s, Brother Electric sewing machinesshares dropped in value. Not wanting Computerized sewing machinesshareholders to lose money on their Computerized monogramming Brother investment, and thereby tarnish machinesthe brand, management decided to buy back all shares, and BIC-USA Microwave ovensbecame a privately held company Punch card knitting machinesonce again in 1976.Computer keyboardsGolf ball typewritersLSI calculatorsTalking consumer THE BROTHER MANAGEMENT TEAM:sewing machinesRoy Nakagawa, Max Hugel, Tomomasa Yasui, Electric pencil sharpenersBernard J. Etzin, Ruth G. Ehrlich, Jerome Rothman, Ron Fair, Charles Boyer, Patrick Gilmore, Edward DabrowskiMANAGING EXECUTIVES Roy Nakagawa Max Hugel Tomomasa Yasui 23 24