For Immediate Release
April 10, 2017
LIXIL Corporation

LIXIL Brands Receive Six Red Dot Awards In 2017
Recognized for bath and kitchen products that are shaping how we experience and interact withwaterTokyo, Japan – LIXIL Corporation (“LIXIL”), a global leader in housing and building materials, products andservices, announced today it has received a total of six Red Dot Awards in 2017. The Red Dot Award is one of
the world’s most coveted and sought-after marks for good design. Bringing home the awards this year aresix water-related products: one from LIXIL and five from GROHE, a premium global sanitary ware brand byLIXIL.

Image: Three products to receive a Red Dot Award 2017: Aqua Feel, GROHE Blue and Sensia Arena“We are honored that our products were recognized for the Red Dot Award,” said Kinya Seto, President andCEO of LIXIL. “LIXIL’s design philosophy is about enhancing people’s living spaces by integrating innovativetechnology with aesthetics, functionality, culture and imagination. Working closely together under theleadership of Paul Flowers, Chief Design Officer of LIXIL Water Technology, our global design teams willleverage design expertise from around the world in order to create products that meet the needs of thediverse range of our global customers.”
The Red Dot Award is an international design competition held by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein
Westfalen in Germany. Products are evaluated by a panel of 40 international design experts based on anumber of criteria, including the degree of innovation, functionality, ergonomics, durability and ecologicalcompatibility. The latest round of Red Dot Awards received 5,500 submissions from 54 countries around theworld.

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LIXIL‘s Aqua Feel, a shoulder-bathing system, was among the recognized products. Inspired by the bathingculture of Japan, Aqua Feel delivers water as a wide veil of water over one’s neck and shoulders from theheadrest area. Relaxing to the touch, this system also promotes health and beauty by enhancing blood flowin the upper body while bathing.
GROHE’s winners included GROHE Blue Home water system. Innovative, elegant and ecologically friendly,
GROHE Blue Home delivers filtered, chilled, still, medium or sparkling water. Other winning products byGROHE included its Sensia Arena shower toilet, which integrates LIXIL’s technology from Japan, as well as
three of its faucet lines: Lineare, Concetto and Essence.
Through LIXIL’s global design studios in Japan, Germany, the US and Thailand, LIXIL will continue to innovatefor the future, bringing together the know-how and expertise of all of its global brands.

Awarded Products
LIXIL

GROHE

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6Aqua FeelBlue Home
Sensia Arena
LineareConcettoEssence

Shoulder-bathing system
Drinking water system
Shower toilet
Water faucet
Water faucet line
Water faucet line

Note: The product name Aqua Feel is currently only in use in Japan. Only the floor mounted version of Sensia Arena isavailable in Japan. All other awarded GROHE products are not commercially available in Japan.

More information about these products can be found here.
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About LIXIL
LIXIL Corporation is a global leader in housing and building materials products and services. The foundation of LIXIL’s
success is our constant investment in technological innovation to improve the way we live. Delivering core strengths inwater, housing, building and kitchen technologies, our brand portfolio businesses LIXIL, GROHE, American Standard
Brands and Permasteelisa are leaders in the industries and regions in which they operate. LIXIL produces some of the2world’s most fundamental and innovative products and services, and our solutions are an integral part of some of theworld’s most iconic and cutting-edge living and working spaces. Operating in more than 150 countries, and employing
more than 80,000 people, we bring together function, quality and design to make people’s lives better, and moredelightful – wherever they are.
About LIXIL Group
LIXIL Group Corporation (TSE Code: 5938) is the listed holding company containing LIXIL Corporation, LIXIL VIVACORPORATION and LIXIL Housing Research Institute, Ltd.. The Group, which is led by President and CEO Kinya Seto, isinvolved in a broad spectrum of housing-related businesses, ranging from the manufacture and sales of building
materials and housing equipment to the operation of home centers and a network of homebuilding franchises, andcomprehensive real estate service. LIXIL Group Corporation posted ¥1.89 trillion in consolidated sales in FYE March 2016.

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