Business / Corporate Dec 27, 2020
Toyota and Lixil develop mobile washroom for wheelchair users
The spacious private washroom, which can be pulled by a car, will also come in handy in times of disaster.
Business / Corporate Aug 13, 2018
Japanese household product maker Lixil launches plumber training program in India
by Atul Ranjan
Lixil Group Corp., Japan's leading manufacturer of household products, has launched a training program for plumbers in India to help fill a shortage of such workers while improving professional standards. Dubbed "Project Nadee," the program aims to produce 50,000 commercially licensed plumbers in the next ...
National Jan 2, 2018
Lixil takes the lead in affordable and clean toilets for developing nations
Lixil Group Corp. has been offering affordable and clean toilets to help enhance sanitation in developing nations. The major toilet and housing equipment manufacturer has put in place 1.2 million units of the "safe toilet," known as SATO, in developing countries through donations by citizens' ...
Business / Corporate Sep 20, 2016
In hot water, bathroom fittings firm Lixil hires outsider to fix pipes
by Tom Redmond
Early last year, big bets started to go wrong for a Japanese giant of toilets and faucets. Founded in a five-firm merger, fattened by a spree of global acquisitions, Lixil Group Corp. was suddenly rocked by a Chinese accounting scandal. After a ¥66.2 billion writedown, ...
Style & Design Aug 20, 2016
Japan's architects are building a better future
by Mio Yamada
Home-security AI cats; talking walls equipped with motion sensors; communal-living apartment blocks that promote harmonious relations; and outdoor living-room spaces powered by solar energy siphoned off hybrid cars — these previews of our future, currently on display at "House Vision 2," sound like science ...
Business / Economy Jan 8, 2014
Lixil mulls another overseas takeover
by Shigeru Sato and Emi Urabe
Lixil Group Corp., which agreed to buy bathroom-fixture makers American Standard Brands and Grohe Group last year, is studying another overseas acquisition to boost revenue from emerging markets. The planned deal will help Tokyo-based Lixil achieve its target of increasing sales from emerging markets to ...
National Aug 9, 2013
Cyberterror threat stalks Japan's high-end toilet users
by Jun Hongo
Cyberterrorists could strike at your most vulnerable and least expected moment because of a glitch in a smartphone-controlled high-tech toilet system manufactured in Japan. According U.S. security firm Trustwave, high-end Lixil Corp. toilets, which can be controlled with Android smartphones, could easily be hacked to ...