JAPAN—  Brother Industries plans to acquire Mutoh Holdings for about $224.7 million to make it a wholly owned subsidiary, strengthening Brother’s position in wide-format and industrial printing. If completed by the March 23, 2026, tender deadline, the deal would expand Brother’s print portfolio into areas like UV, roll-to-roll and CAD printing, following its failed takeover attempt of Roland DG. Should this deal go through successfully, though, it would enhance Brother’s offerings in the print space, as Mutoh sells to the wide format middle market, a range of print equipment in areas like UV printing, roll-to-roll printing and CAD plotting. Mutoh also has an existing partnership to use Fujifilm’s AQUAFUZE water-based UV ink on devices such as its HydrAton 1642 wide-format printer.