62 63 GROHE MagazinePure Freude an Wasser With a perfect synergy between Japanese and German teams GROHE and LIXIL have made some astonishing technological breakthroughs KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Two brains are better than one Since GROHE joined LIXIL s portfolio of brands minds from different depart ments have come together to create a lineup of popular new products Here we talk to two teams who have collaborated on the GROHE Sensia Arena toilets and the GROHE SmartControl device which has integrated a technology called the Push Valve The teams describe to GROHE Magazine the challenges of developing technologies for the European market as well as the gratifying experience of working together SENSIA ARENA GROHE Which department do each of you work in and what technology have you been working on Yuji Nakayama I work in the Global Shower Toilet Business Depart ment and since joining LIXIL 15 years ago I have been working on Ceramics and E bidets spalets Horst Bachmann I m working in the TDC Department short for Tech nical Development Ceramics We have been working together with the Japanese team to utilize their Jap anese shower toilet technology and transfer it to the European design G Could you please describe the technology you devel oped What problems were you trying to solve YN I developed a thinner E bidet with a lower height than those usually sold in Japan because I wanted to provide the German market with a more sophisticat ed design HB The challenge for the whole team was to get addi tional hygiene features and functions installed into the already very low E bidet part of the toilet G What were the discoveries how did you make it work HB We wanted to use several components from the su per successful Japanese Satis shower toilet but also add technologies such as the Plasma Cluster For that we had to change the design completely From the outside it s hard to see that Satis and the Sensia Arena are based on the same technologies YN To solve the issue of space and size I tried to place as many E bidet parts as possible inside the ceramic body We changed the structure and engineering for instance the thickness of seat the position of the sensor the layout of the components and modified the shape of some parts G What are the hygiene benefits of the Sensia Arena YN The shower functions and the auto open and close function offer consumers a clean hygienic experi ence after using the toilet Sensia Arena also has anti bacteria and anti dirt functions on its ceramic GROHE s Sensia Arena uses many components from the successful Japanese Satis shower toilet yet the team of Japanese and German engineers decided to change design completely INTERVIEWS GABRIELLE COX

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