TOTO LTD.

PROFILE As a leading maker of toilets, TOTO's best product designs end up getting flushed. TOTO is the #1 toilet brand in Japan. Its toilets incorporate electronic, water-saving, and grime-resistant technologies (ceramic glazing), and feature options from elevating toilet seats for the elderly to heated-seat toilets with warm-water bidet functions. It also makes plumbing and other home products and bathroom and kitchen units. TOTO is expanding into businesses in new metals, ceramics for the semiconductor industry, and superhydrophilic photocatalyst technology (used in making films, tiles, and auto body coatings). Its Hydrotect film is used to protect car mirrors. TOTO operates in Asia, Germany, and the US.  COMPETITION American Standard Companies Inc. (ASD) Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (dossier)		FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Fiscal Year-End: March 2000 Sales (mil.): 3,714.50 1-Yr. Sales Growth: 18.4% Employees: 10,028 Revenue per employee: $370,412.84  KEY PEOPLE • Shigeru Ezoye     CEO  CONTACT INFO 1-1 Nakashima 2-chome, Kokurakita-ku Kitakyushu Fukuoka 802, Japan Phone: 81-93-951-2707 Fax: 81-93-922-6789 Online: Web Site

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