Are Takagi and AO Smith the same company?

Are Takagi and AO Smith the same company, no, Takagi and AO Smith are not the same company, they are separate companies with different ownership, history, and products, though both make water heaters and have partnership. Takagi Industrial Co., Ltd., founded in Japan, Japanese company making tankless water heaters, models T-H3, T-KJr2, T-K4, now owned by Noritz Group, Japanese water heater company, headquartered in Japan, with Takagi brand known for tankless water heaters made in Japan. AO Smith, officially A. O. Smith Corporation, founded in 1874 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, by Charles Jeremiah Smith, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, American company, makes water heaters, boilers, and water treatment, with brands AO Smith, State, Lochinvar, with tank and tankless water heaters, revenue over 3 billion dollars, publicly traded. AO Smith and Takagi had partnership, with AO Smith distributing Takagi tankless water heaters in North America in past, with AO Smith selling Takagi-made tankless units under AO Smith brand, but they are not same company, separate ownership, with AO Smith American, Takagi Japanese owned by Noritz. So Takagi and AO Smith not same company, separate companies, with AO Smith American, Takagi Japanese owned by Noritz, with past distribution partnership but independent companies.