Lixil Group (Lixilグループ株式会社, Lixil Gurūpu kabushiki-kaisha) is a Japanese group of companies that manufactures building materials, plumbing fixtures and housing equipment, headquartered in Tokyo.
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 Lixil Wing, the headquarters of Lixil | |
Native name | LIXIL株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Lixil kabushiki-kaisha |
| Company type | Public |
| ISIN | JP3626800001 |
| Industry | Construction materials |
| Founded | 19 September 1949 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kinya Seto (president and CEO) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 1,890 billion (FY 2015)
(US$ 16.79 billion) (FY 2015) |
 JPY -7.1 billion (FY 2015)
(US$63.08 million) (FY 2015) | |
Number of employees | 58,889 (as of 31 March 2016) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
INAX (株式会社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 include American Standard, Permasteelisa, Grohe, etc.
History
editThe 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.[citation needed]
On 6 November 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]
SaTo
editLixil 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
editLixil[9] 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.[10]
The company also sponsors tennis player Kei Nishikori,[11] and was a sponsor of the 2020 Olympic Games.[11]
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.[citation needed]
Foundation
editThe 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 | |
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| 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 Kuma and 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
edit- ^ "Corporate Information". Lixil. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ locationgroup research (27 February 2014). Retail Market Study Worldwide 2014. Location Group AG. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-9524314-0-5.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "LIXIL Press Release" (PDF). lixil.com. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Lixil to bolster water-saving toilet business with Indian launch". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "lixil window systems pvt ltd". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Top League to introduce new officiating system this season". The Japan Times. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b McCombs, Dave (8 January 2016). "Japanese Tennis Ace Nishikori Renews Uniqlo Endorsement". Bloomberg News. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 12 October 2016.