TOTO Snapshot
To TOTO, going to the restroom is not just a bodily function, it is a sublime experience. The #1 toilet brand in Japan, TOTO toilets incorporate electronic, water-saving, and grime-resistant technologies, and feature options from elevating toilet seats for the elderly to heated-seat toilets with warm-water bidet functions. The company makes plumbing and other home products and bathroom and kitchen units (about half of sales). TOTO also develops new metals, ceramics for the semiconductor industry, and photocatalyst technology used in making films, tiles, and auto body coatings. Its Hydrotect film is used to protect car mirrors. TOTO operates in Germany, Mexico, the US, and several Asian nations.