Lixil Group
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Native name
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LIXILグループ株式会社 |
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| Traded as | : : 5938 |
| ISIN | JP3626800001 |
| Industry | Construction materials |
| Founded | (September 19, 1949) |
| Headquarters | Kasumigaseki Building, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6036, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Kinya Seto (President and CEO) |
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| Revenue | (US$ 16.79 billion) (FY 2015) |
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Number of employees
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58,889 (as of March 31, 2016) |
| Subsidiaries |
Grohe American Standard Permasteelisa INAX |
| Website | Official website |
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Footnotes / references |
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JPY -7.1 billion (FY 2015)
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.
The company was formed in 2011 by the merger of Tostem Corp. (a supplier of building materials), Inax Corp. (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 Permasteelisa, an Italian developer of curtain walls, for €575 million. Two years later Lixil bought Grohe, the German bathroom fixtures company for US$4.1 billion and American Standard Brands, a U.S. bathroom-fixture maker.
Lixil is the sponsor of the Lixil Cup, awarded since 2015 to the champion team from the finals of Japan's Top League, which the nation's highest level rugby union competition.
The company also sponsors tennis player Kei Nishikori, and is a sponsor of the 2020 Olympic Games.
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