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At CES 2021, TOTO Offers CLEANOVATION as Key Strategy for New Normal Way of Life and Highlights Entry into Wellness SectorMORROW, Ga., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TOTO, the world's largest plumbing manufacturer with more than $5.47 billion in annual sales, announced today that at CES 2021, the company will introduce visitors to the future the company envisions, which uses cutting-edge technology to achieve a new kind of clean. As TOTO will demonstrate, its technological innovations make people's daily lives cleaner and healthier. A clean, comfortable lifestyle is vital today as consumers navigate the New Normal Way of Life resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. TOTO will also showcase its entry into the Wellness sector and highlight its new WELLNESS TOILET. To see all the innovative ways that TOTO supports people throughout their New Normal Way of Life, please visit the TOTO portal at CES 2021.
TOTO's new AI-enabled WELLNESS TOILET uses multiple cutting-edge sensing technologies to support consumers' wellness. "In 2020, people's lives and values shifted dramatically due to the devastating realities of the COVID-19 global pandemic," said Shinya Tamura, CEO of TOTO USA. "As the global leader in innovation and technological advancement in the residential bathroom and public restroom, TOTO has enabled consumers to live successfully in each era. At CES 2021, we will showcase the future of a clean, comfortable lifestyle in the age of COVID-19 with products and cutting-edge technologies that will enable consumers to navigate our New Normal Way of Life successfully." CLEANOVATION: Pioneering Cleanliness Technologies that Enrich the New Normal Way of Life WASHLET: The COVID-19 global pandemic heightened the importance of personal cleansing with water, and people across the U.S. shifted their daily ritual from wiping to washing with WASHLET. Far superior to the paper alternative, Americans experienced a new kind of clean that left them more refreshed, rejuvenated, and confident than they had ever felt after a bathroom break. WASHLET uses pure, clean water – and myriad technological innovations – to make its users cleaner and more refreshed than they have ever felt. When the cleansing cycle is activated, a streamlined wand with AIR-IN WONDER-WAVE technology extends from beneath the seat to provide a soothing warm flow of aerated water for complete cleansing. Because the water is drawn directly from the home's fresh water supply, WASHLET delivers warm, aerated water that is always clean and pure. Once the cleansing cycle is completed, users may engage the drying cycle, which uses warm air to gently dry the area, protecting the environment by reducing the need for toilet tissue. WASHLET+ -- the latest innovation by TOTO -- seamlessly connects a TOTO toilet and WASHLET+ unit, providing CLEAN SYNERGY, four advanced cleaning technologies that work together to keep the toilet bowl fresh and clean at all times. Since its launch in 1980, TOTO has sold more than 50,000,000 WASHLET units worldwide, sparking a global revolution in personal cleansing. Today, WASHLET is recognized as the best-selling brand of electric toilet seats with bidet function in the world.1 NEOREST, WASHLET+, and CLEAN SYNERGY
TOUCHLESS PRODUCTS: Today, consumers are intensely concerned about infectious disease transmission when they use the restroom in airports, shopping centers, schools, offices, and other facilities. They want the security of knowing they can safely use public restrooms without the worry of coming into contact with infectious diseases like the coronavirus, influenza virus, or norovirus, to name but a few. TOTO touchless restroom fixtures enable patrons to use the restroom and wash and dry their hands without touching the toilet, urinal, faucet, soap dispenser, or hand dryer. Consequently, they are secure in the knowledge they can safely use the restroom and significantly reduce the risk of spreading infectious diseases. Touchless Auto-Flush Toilets and Urinals Touchless Faucets This year, TOTO introduces a wide range of new spout styles for its Touchless Faucets, including the GE, GC, GM, Riviera, Gooseneck, Axiom, Helix, and Standard (both round and square). Touchless Soap Dispensers Touchless Hand Dryers WELLNESS TOILET The WELLNESS TOILET uses multiple cutting-edge sensing technologies to support consumers' wellness by tracking and analyzing their mental and physical status. Each time the individual sits on the WELLNESS TOILET, it scans their body and its key outputs, then provides recommendations to improve their wellness. There is no additional action needed, so people can easily check their wellness throughout their daily routine, every time they take a bathroom break. They will see their current wellness status and receive wellness-improvement recommendations on a dashboard in an app on their smartphones. The residential bathroom is the perfect place to support people's wellness for a variety of reasons. First, although there are a number of other products that track individuals' wellness (e.g., wearable devices), it is more convenient to monitor and analyze the body as a part of the everyday routine act of using the WELLNESS TOILET, to which individuals are accustomed. Second, toilets and people have two unique touchpoints that cannot be found elsewhere – the skin and human waste. The WELLNESS TOILET is in direct contact with individuals' skin when they are sitting on it, and it analyzes the waste they deposit -- a wealth of wellness data can be collected from fecal matter. TOTO anticipates launching the WELLNESS TOILET to the residential market in the next several years. The company's ongoing innovation in artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will continue to improve consumers' New Normal Way of Life. Journalist's Note: High-resolution digital images of the WELLNESS TOILET, WASHLET, WASHLET+, NEOREST, and Touchless Products are available for download from the Online Press Room or immediately upon request. About TOTO For more information, consumers may visit www.totousa.com or call 1.888.295.8134, Option 5. Follow TOTO on Twitter (@TOTOUSA) and Instagram (@TOTOUSA) and become a TOTO fan on Facebook. 1In 2019, Euromonitor International, Ltd., a global leader in international market research, certified WASHLET as the world's number one brand of electric toilet seats with bidet functionality based its sales volume. View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/at-ces-2021-toto-offers-cleanovation-as-key-strategy-for-new-normal-way-of-life-and-highlights-entry-into-wellness-sector-301204893.html SOURCE TOTO |