Lixil Group

Lixil Group Corporation (LIXILグループ株

式会社, Lixil Gurūpu kabushiki-kaisha) is a
Japanese manufacturer of building
materials and housing equipment,
headquartered in Tokyo.
 Lixil Group Corporation

Native name LIXILグループ株式会

社
Type Public KK

Traded as TYO: 5938

NAG: 5938
ISIN JP3626800001

Industry Construction
materials
Founded 19 September 1949

Headquarters Kasumigaseki
Building,
Kasumigaseki,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
100-6036, Japan
Worldwide
Area served
Key people Kinya Seto
(President and CEO)
Products Metal building
materials
Plumbing fixtures
Interior furnishing
materials
Revenue JPY 1,890 billion (FY
2015) (US$ 16.79
billion) (FY 2015)
Net income JPY -7.1 billion (FY
2015) (US$ 63.08
million) (FY 2015)
Number of 58,889 (as of 31
employees March 2016)

Subsidiaries Grohe
American Standard
Permasteelisa
 INAX
Website www.lixil.com

Footnotes / references
[1][2]

History
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 bought

Permasteelisa, an Italian developer of
curtain walls, for €575 million.[4] Two years
later Lixil bought American Standard
Brands, a U.S. bathroom fixtures company
for $542 million[5]and in 2014 Grohe, the
German bathroom fixtures company for
€3.06 billion.[6] It also started
manufacturing in Andhra Pradesh, India.

On November 6, 2018, LIXIL announced a

new partnership with the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation to 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][8]
Sponsorships
Lixil is the sponsor of the Lixil Cup,
awarded from 2014 to 2016 to the
champion team from the finals of Japan's
Top League, which the nation's highest
level rugby union competition.[9]

The company also sponsors tennis player

Kei Nishikori,[10] and was a sponsor of the
2020 Olympic Games.[10]

Following their predecessor company

Tostem Corp's longstanding shirt
sponsorship of the J.League football club,
the Kashima Antlers, Lixil has continued
this shirt sponsorship since 2011, when
the merger with Tostem occurred.

References
1. "Corporate Information" . Lixil.
Retrieved 11 October 2016.
2. "Company Profile" . Nikkei Asian
Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved
11 October 2016.
3. Harding, Robin; Inagaki, Kana (21 April
2015). "Lixil serves up a new style of
Japanese multinational" . Financial
Times. Nikkei Inc. Archived from the
original on 12 October 2016.
Retrieved 12 October 2016.
4. locationgroup research (27 February
2014). Retail Market Study Worldwide
2014. Location Group AG. p. 119.
ISBN 978-3-9524314-0-5.
5. "LIXIL Completes Acquisition of ASD
Americas Holding Corp" . American
Standard. 21 August 2013. Retrieved
24 December 2019.
. "LIXIL and DBJ Complete the
Acquisition of 87.5 Percent of GROHE
Group S.à r.l." (PDF). Lixil Corporation.
22 January 2014. Retrieved
24 December 2019.
7. "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge" .
Wikipedia. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
 . "LIXIL Press Release" (PDF). lixil.com.
Retrieved 3 October 2019.
9. "Top League to introduce new
officiating system this season" . Japan
Times. 21 August 2014. Archived
from the original on 13 January 2015.
10. McCombs, Dave (8 January 2016).
"Japanese Tennis Ace Nishikori
Renews Uniqlo Endorsement" .
Bloomberg News. Bloomberg L.P.
Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links
Official website
Retrieved from
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