is a Japanese group of companies that manufactures building materials, plumbing fixtures and housing equipment, headquartered in

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. is one of the major Lixil companies. Most of Lixil's plumbing fixtures are sold under the brand. Other Lixil companies include American Standard,

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Grohe Grohe is a German plumbing fixtures manufacturer with its registered office in Hemer and headquarters in Düsseldorf. Since 2014, Grohe has been part of the Japanese Lixil Group. The company generated consolidated sales revenues of in 2017. Gro ...

, etc.

History

The company was formed in 2011 by the merger of Tostem Corp. (a supplier of building materials),

INAX is a Japanese company that manufactures plumbing fixtures, tiles, and other housing equipment. INAX is part of the Lixil Group, which was formed in 2011, when Lixil and INAX merged with Tostem and other companies. INAX operates a number of cer ...

(manufacturer of toilets and bathtubs), Shin Nikkei (maker of materials for skyscrapers), Sunwave (a kitchen company) and Toyo Exterior (manufacturer of gates and fences). In the same year Lixil bought

, an Italian developer of curtain walls, for €575 million. Two years later Lixil bought

American Standard Brands American Standard Brands is a North American manufacturer of plumbing fixtures, based in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States. It is principally owned by the Lixil Group, with Bain Capital Partners holding a minority stake. The company was fo ...

, a U.S. bathroom fixtures company for $542 million and in 2014

, the German bathroom fixtures company for €3.06 billion. It also started manufacturing in

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, India. On 6 November 2018, LIXIL announced a new partnership with the

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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.

Sponsorships

Lixil is the sponsor of the

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, awarded from 2014 to 2016 to the champion team from the finals of Japan's

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, which the nation's highest level

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competition. The company also sponsors tennis player

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, and was a sponsor of the 2020 Olympic Games. Following their predecessor company Tostem Corp's longstanding shirt sponsorship of the J.League football club, the

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, Lixil has continued this shirt sponsorship since 2011, when the merger with Tostem occurred.

References

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