type public kk traded as tyo 5938 nse 5938 isin jp3626800001 industry construction materials founded september 19 1949 ; 67 years ago 1949 09 19 headquarters kasumigaseki building kasumigaseki chiyoda ku tokyo 100 6036 japan area served worldwide key people kinya seto president and ceo products metal building materials plumbing fixtures interior furnishing materials revenue jpy 1 890 billion fy 2015 us 16.79 billion fy 2015 profit jpy 7.1 billion fy 2015 us 63.08 million fy 2015 number of employees 58 889 as of march 31 2016 subsidiaries grohe american standard permasteelisa inax website official website footnotes references 1 2 lixil group corporation lixil lixil gur pu kabushiki kaisha is a japanese manufacturer of building materials and housing equipment headquartered in tokyo . contents 1 history 2 sponsorships 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . 3 in the same year lixil bought permasteelisa an italian developer of curtain walls for 575 million . 4 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 . 5 sponsorships edit 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 . 6 the company is also the sponsor of tennis player kei nishikori and the 2020 olympic games . 7 references edit corporate information . lixil . retrieved october 11 2016 . company profile . nikkei asian review . nikkei inc. retrieved october 11 2016 . harding robin ; inagaki kana april 21 2015 . lixil serves up a new style of japanese multinational . financial times . nikkei inc. archived from the original on october 12 2016 . retrieved october 12 2016 . locationgroup research february 27 2014 . retail market study worldwide 2014 . location group ag . p. 119 . isbn 978 3 9524314 0 5 . redmond tom september 20 2016 . in hot water bathroom fittings firm lixil hires outsider to fix pipes . japan times . archived from the original on october 12 2016 . retrieved october 12 2016 . top league to introduce new officiating system this season . japan times . august 21 2014 . archived from the original on january 13 2015 . mccombs dave january 8 2016 . japanese tennis ace nishikori renews uniqlo endorsement . bloomberg news . bloomberg l.p. retrieved october 12 2016 . external links edit japan portal construction portal companies portal official website english retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lixil group & oldid 744051652 categories companies of japanmanufacturing companies of japancompanies based in tokyocompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangecompanies listed on the nagoya stock exchangecompanies established in 19491949 establishments in japanjapanese brandshidden categories use mdy dates from october 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles containing japanese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 20 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view