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Lixil Corporation
Native name
LIXIL kabushiki gaisha
Lixil kabushiki-kaisha
Company typePublic
ISINJP3626800001
IndustryConstruction materials
Founded19 September 1949;75 years ago(1949-09-19)
Headquarters
Kasumigaseki Building,Kasumigaseki,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo,100-6036
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kinya Seto (presidentandCEO)
Products
RevenueIncreaseJPY1,890 billion (FY2015) (US$16.79 billion) (FY 2015)
DecreaseJPY -7.1 billion (FY 2015) (US$63.08 million) (FY 2015)
Number of employees
58,889 (as of 31 March 2016)
Websitewww.lixil
Footnotes / references
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Lixil Group(Lixilグループ kabushiki gaisha,Lixil Gurūpu kabushiki-kaisha)is a Japanese group of companies that manufactures building materials, plumbing fixtures and housing equipment, headquartered inTokyo.

INAX(Kabushiki gaisha INAX,Kabushiki gaisha Inakkusu)is one of the major Lixil companies. Most of Lixil's plumbing fixtures are sold under the brand. Other Lixil companies includeAmerican Standard,Permasteelisa,Grohe,etc.

History

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The company was formed in 2011 by the merger of Tostem Corp. (a supplier of building materials),INAX(manufacturer of toilets and bathtubs), Shin Nikkei (maker of materials for skyscrapers), Sunwave (a kitchen company) and Toyo Exterior (manufacturer of gates and fences).[3]

In the same year Lixil boughtPermasteelisa,an Italian developer of curtain walls, for €575 million.[4]Two years later Lixil boughtAmerican Standard Brands,a U.S. bathroom fixtures company for $542 million[5]and in 2014Grohe,the German bathroom fixtures company for €3.06 billion.[6]It also started manufacturing inAndhra Pradesh,India.[citation needed]

On 6 November 2018, LIXIL announced a new partnership with theBill & Melinda Gates Foundationto bring what could be the world's first "reinvented toilet" for household use to pilot in at least two markets. This stems from the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge.[7]

SaTo

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Lixil markets water-saving toilets and related products under the brand "SaTo", short for "Safe Toilet". These products are marketed in various countries with plumbing infrastructure deficiencies, including Bangladesh, Uganda, Kenya, Haiti and India as of 2018.[8]

Sponsorships

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Lixil[9]is the sponsor of theLixil Cup,awarded from 2014 to 2016 to the champion team from the finals of Japan'sTop League,which the nation's highest levelrugby unioncompetition.[10]

The company also sponsors tennis playerKei Nishikori,[11]and was a sponsor of the2020 Olympic Games.[11]

Following their predecessor company Tostem Corp's longstanding shirt sponsorship of theJ.Leaguefootball club, theKashima Antlers,Lixil has continued this shirt sponsorship since 2011, when the merger with Tostem occurred.[citation needed]

Foundation

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The LIXIL JS Foundation sponsors an annual architecture competition at universities (LIXIL International University Competition) to promote sustainable building technology. The student architecture prize is endowed with a total of $21,000. All houses are located in Taiki, Hokkaido.

title university architect students site management structural engineer general contractor
2017 The Universita Indonesia Mikhael Johanes Lissa Christie, Lopez Surya, Nadia Amira, Kevin Romario
2016 infinite field Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Anders Brix Kazumasa Takada, Bas Spaanderman, Scarlett Emma Hessian, Jesse Thomas, Benjamin Hock Yuu Tan, Konstantinos Fetsis Kengo Kumaand Associates Oak Structural Design Takahashi Construction Company
2015 inverted house Oslo School of Architecture and Design Raphael Zuber,Neven Fuchs, Thomas McQuillan Laura Cristea, Mari Hellum, Stefan Hurrell, Niklas Lenander Kengo Kuma and Associates Oak Structural Design
2014 Nest We Grow University of California Hsiu-Wei Chang, Fanzheng Dong, Hsin-Yu Chen, Yan Xin Huang, Baxter Smith, Max Edwards Kengo Kuma and Associates
2013 Horizon House Harvard University Graduate School of Design Mark Mulligan, Thomas Sherman, Ana Garcia Puyol, Carlos Cerezo Davila Carlos Cerezo Davila, Matthew Conway, Robert Daurio, Ana Garcia Puyol, Mariano Gomez Luque, Natsuma Imai, Takuya Iwamura, and Thomas Sherman Kengo Kuma and Associates
2012 Même
2011 barn house Keio University Japan Saikawa Takumi, Sano Satoshi, Eureka Architects und Co+Labo Millica Muminović, Hashida Wataru, Shinohara Masato, Kato Yoshiaki, Sasamura Yoshihiro mit Darko und Vuk Radović, Komatsu Katsuhito, Kobayashi Kosuke, Kanemaru Mayumi Kengo Kuma Architecture Associates, Komatsu Katsuhito

References

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  1. ^"Corporate Information".Lixil.Retrieved11 October2016.
  2. ^"Company Profile".Nikkei Asian Review.Nikkei Inc.Retrieved11 October2016.
  3. ^Harding, Robin; Inagaki, Kana (21 April 2015)."Lixil serves up a new style of Japanese multinational".Financial Times.Nikkei Inc.Archived fromthe originalon 12 October 2016.Retrieved12 October2016.
  4. ^locationgroup research (27 February 2014).Retail Market Study Worldwide 2014.Location Group AG. p. 119.ISBN978-3-9524314-0-5.
  5. ^"LIXIL Completes Acquisition of ASD Americas Holding Corp".American Standard.21 August 2013.Retrieved24 December2019.
  6. ^"LIXIL and DBJ Complete the Acquisition of 87.5 Percent of GROHE Group S.à r.l."(PDF).Lixil Corporation. 22 January 2014.Retrieved24 December2019.
  7. ^"LIXIL Press Release"(PDF).lixil.Retrieved3 October2019.
  8. ^"Lixil to bolster water-saving toilet business with Indian launch".Nikkei Asia.Retrieved14 May2024.
  9. ^"lixil window systems pvt ltd".Retrieved5 January2020.
  10. ^"Top League to introduce new officiating system this season".The Japan Times.21 August 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 13 January 2015.
  11. ^abMcCombs, Dave (8 January 2016)."Japanese Tennis Ace Nishikori Renews Uniqlo Endorsement".Bloomberg News.Bloomberg L.P.Retrieved12 October2016.
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