For Immediate Release
March 30, 2016
LIXIL Corporation

LIXIL’s SATIS G-Type Toilet Wins Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016
Tokyo, Japan – LIXIL Corporation (“LIXIL”), a global leader in housing and building materials,
products and services, has been recognized with the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016 for
its SATIS G-Type toilet, a square-shaped tankless toilet designed to express elegance andcomfort. This is the third consecutive year LIXIL has received this award.
The Red Dot Award is an international designcompetition held by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein
Westfalen in Germany, and one of the world’s threemajor design awards alongside the iF design award
in Germany, and the IDEA Awards in the UnitedStates. Winning products are selected from among
designs commercialized within the past two years,
evaluated based on nine criteria including degree of innovation, functionality, ergonomics,durability, and ecological compatibility. Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016 attracted around5200 entries from 57 nations.
LIXIL will continue to pursue beautiful design and improved product functionality to bringbetter living solutions to the world today and for future generations.
About the Award-Winning Product
SATIS G-Type Tankless Toilet (Launch in April 2016)
The SATIS G-Type tankless toilet incorporates numerous innovative technologies to ensurecleanliness, the leading concern for customers regarding toilets. One such innovation is theuse of AQUA CERAMIC, the world’s first sanitary ware to address the four main issues relating
to cleanliness in toilets: marks from waste, stains from hard water, scuffing and scratching, andthe build-up of bacteria. The special ceramic surface allows the rinse water to penetratebeneath waste and flush it away, while preventing the formation of hard water stains. TheSATIS G-Type also incorporates LIXIL’s Power Stream Wash system, which uses a world-first
three water spouts to powerfully clean the toilet bowl, allowing for effective control with lesswater, and fully removing all waste.

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The stylish design of the SATIS G-Type blends smartly into the bathroom space. The squareshape further enhances the expression of elegance and comfort.
Availability of the SATIS series overseas
LIXIL sells earlier models of SATIS line in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. SATIS technology isalso available under the American Standard DXV brand as the AT200. (Specifications differ
slightly from the Japanese model.) LIXIL is expanding its product lineup distribution in the U.S.,
mainly through Ferguson, the leading U.S. wholesale distributor of residential and commercial
plumbing supplies and pipe, valves and fittings.
-Ends-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 corestrengths in water, 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 the world’s most fundamental and innovative products and services, and our solutions are an
integral part of some of the world’s most iconic and cutting-edge living and working spaces. Operating in morethan 150 countries, and employing more than 80,000 people, we bring together function, quality and design tomake people’s lives better, and more delightful – wherever they are.

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