Lixil Group


Lixil Group Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of building materials and housing equipment, headquartered in Tokyo.

History

The company was formed in 2011 by the merger of Tostem Corp., INAX, Shin Nikkei, Sunwave and Toyo Exterior.
In the same year Lixil bought Permasteelisa, an Italian developer of curtain walls, for €575 million. Two years later Lixil bought American Standard Brands, a U.S. bathroom fixtures company for $542 millionand in 2014 Grohe, the German bathroom fixtures company for €3.06 billion. 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.

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.
The company also sponsors tennis player Kei Nishikori, and a sponsor of the 2020 Olympic Games.
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.