Lixil Group Corporation

LIXIL Group Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates in the housing and building industry worldwide. It operates through LIXIL Water Technology (LWT), LIXIL Housing Technology (LHT), LIXIL Building Technology (LBT), LIXIL Kitchen Technology (LKT), Distribution & Retail Business (D&R), and Housing & Services Business (H&S) segments. The LWT segment offers sanitary ware, window sashes, shower toilets, water faucets, washstands, bathtubs, unit bathrooms, shower heads, washstand fixtures and cabinet units, etc.; and external tiles for houses and buildings, and internal decorative tiles, etc. The LHT segment provides housing window sashes, entrance doors, various types of shutters, gates, carports, banisters, high railings, tide barriers, smoke insulated screens, etc.; window frames, wooden furnishing materials, interior decorative materials, etc.; siding, stone materials, roofing materials, etc.; curtains, etc.; and solar photovoltaic systems, etc. The LBT segment offers curtain walls, building sashes, store facades, etc. The LKT segment provides kitchen systems. The D&R segment operates home centers that provide household products, DIY products, building materials, etc.; and building material stores that offer building materials, tools, hardware, etc. The H&S segment develops homebuilding franchise chains; offers construction on order, ground inspections and improvements, etc.; provides services for land, buildings, real estate management, real estate franchises development support, etc.; and offers housing loans. The company was formerly known as JS Group Corporation and changed its name to LIXIL Group Corporation in July 2012. LIXIL Group Corporation was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.