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The Band Toto Asia

Toto was expanding its production facilities overseas and operating in France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as an area of growth for Washlet toilets and bidet seats, as opposed its "base" markets in Japan and China.

Dhaniram Toto was recording Toto words to ensure the future generations would be able to read the words. However, many words were being replaced by foreign ones, like dui, which is Bengali for verandah.

Origins

The early history of Toto that began in 1917, mirrored Japan's rapid economic expansion. In the early years of its existence, the company produced products to meet the demands of new, modern urban housing. To achieve this, it used the first tunnel kiln in the country that produced ceramics in a continuous flow. It also pioneered automation to allow production control, which helps to increase efficiency and consistency.

In the late 1980s, the company began to expand outwards to profit from sales and new markets. The company founded the Cera Trading Company to import and market other products of other manufacturers in order to complement its own range of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy helped to increase sales and expand the company's market share in the world.

By the 1990s, Toto had shifted its focus to research and development of water-related household appliances. It also improved its system of distribution to better serve customers and increase profit. The company embraced a just-in time method of managing supply chains and applied the same methodology for its sales process. This resulted in a greater level of customer satisfaction.

Toto continued to innovate toilet technology. The most recent toilet features a strong, eco-friendly tornado flush. The company also uses recycled water in its manufacturing process and has a green purchasing policy. Toto also produces faucets, bathtubs and 토토사이트 hand dryers with higher energy efficiency than typical models.

The company's first museum opened in the year 2015 and features exhibits on Toto's most iconic products and their evolution and its group companies (all related to ceramics) as well as the history of plumbing and products like bath units and, in a different gallery, Toto products sold around the world. The museum houses a bathroom with a WASHLET and other toilet innovations.

Before beginning the formation of Toto members of the group performed sessions with various musicians. Keyboardist David Paich, drummer Jeff Porcaro, and guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather all performed on the album Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. They also performed on records by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher.

Discography

With a name like Asia one would expect the group to be prog queens and kings however, it's actually a fairly simple rock group. The band started out as a quartet, and they released two albums - 1979's self titled debut and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. The band has a varied musical background, but their biggest success came in 1982 with Toto IV.

The album was a massive blockbuster, but not without issues. The record companies placed the band under pressure to release an album that was a success or else they would pull them. Toto was able achieve this with the help from the smash hit "Africa."

Toto's musical mastery is a result of their prior experience, as the band members were session musicians for artists such as Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, and Seals and Crofts prior the group. Their sonic signature has since become the standard for '80s pop, influencing many contemporary artists.

The album opens up hard with songs such as Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write great AOR tunes that slowly get into your head. The album also features more jazzy, slower tracks such as The Little Things and Chinatown. The album ends with Great Expectations. This song is a mix of folk and the distorted AOR that could sound completely wrong but actually works extremely well.

After Toto IV The band's fortunes turned for the worse. David Hungate left the band to focus on his solo career, and the band had a variety of drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in the aftermath of drug-related charges. However, the band continued as a trio with Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather.

Despite the turbulence, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation however, which was not as successful as IV. The group managed to release an album that topped the charts, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked the end of Toto's lineup and the debut of Simon Phillips, a new singer.

Tours

The band has performed to millions of people across the world, performing sold-out shows in Europe, North America and Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand. The band's repertoire is huge and their catalogue has amassed over one billion streams on streaming services around the world. The band's music has been influential to many generations of fans.

Steve Lukather and Joe Williams have developed a deep and vibrant friendship that flourishes professionally on a global basis. In 2018, the duo celebrated their 40 Tours Around The Sun by a hugely successful global tour. The album of the same name landed at #5 on the Billboard 200. The new tour of the band includes their best hits and rarely live cuts, alongside some of the songs from Lukather and Williams' individual catalogs.

TOTO has a customer satisfaction rating of 20 based on its Net Promoter Score which measures how likely its customers are to recommend the brand. Promoters are those who are highly satisfied with the company and actively encourage others to make use of their products or services. Detractors are those who have negative opinions about the company and actively discourage others from using its products or services.

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Turn Back, the band's third studio album, was an ode to the traditional sextet style and a more consistent, stronger album with a sharper edge. The more edgy sound of the album reflected the maturation of the group and featured drummer Bobby Kimball's increased virtuosity on drums, and an improved, mature vocal delivery from singer Joseph Williams. Keyboardist David Paich's work was sharper, more intricate and less cloying than previously recorded recordings.

After touring to promote their album, the band recorded their Amsterdam live show that was released by Eagle Records as a 2-CD set entitled Falling In Between. The group released a brand new studio album a few months after and embarked on a tour around the world to help promote the album. During this time keyboardist Greg Phillinganes replaced Paich and bassist David Hungate quit the group to spend time with his family.

In 1998, Paich and Lukather started exploring old demos and tapes in search of a new album featuring songs that were never recorded before. It was released as a double-album titled Then & Now in 2001. It was the first album in the history of the band not to feature a single song with the word "A" in its title and it included one previously unreleased track, "Kari-Anne".

By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth record, Old Is New was an uncommercial success and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis that limited his singing ability. In addition, Hungate returned to Nashville and drummer Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.

Downes, Wetton Palmer and Howe, the founding members of Asia The original Asia members met in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility that the group could be reformed. The group, which was missing Howe who was busy with Yes during that time, became Toto XIV. They toured extensively.

In 2010, the band reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The band also had an appearance by singer Michael McDonald and a backing vocalist named Mabvuto Carver.