| 1948 |
MAY |
Operation Bureau of Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. begins handling international freight and travel service |
| NOV |
Becomes an approved IATA agency |
| 1969 |
APR |
Kintetsu World Express (HK) Ltd. is established in Hong Kong |
| MAY |
Kintetsu World Express is established in the United States; the first office is opened in Chicago |
| 1970 |
MAY |
KWE USA becomes an approved IATA agency |
| 1971 |
MAR |
KWE USA obtains USCAB Forwarder License |
| 1972 |
MAR |
KWE USA opens offices in Detroit and Philadelphia |
| 1973 |
APR |
KWE USA opens offices in Los Angeles, Boston and San Francisco |
| 1974 |
AUG |
KWE USA opens offices in Cleveland, Denver, Minneapolis and Syracuse |
| 1980 |
JUL |
KWE USA opens an office in Atlanta |
| 1981 |
JUL |
KWE USA opens an office in San Diego |
| AUG |
KWE Japan opens its first logistics warehouse "Baraki Terminal" in Chiba |
| 1982 |
JAN |
KWE USA opens offices in Miami and Dallas |
| 1985 |
|
KWE USA begins offering in-house Customs Brokerage services |
| 1994 |
JUN |
KWE obtains its first ISO9001 certification in Singapore |
| JUN |
KWE becomes the first company in the Japan airfreight industry to obtain an ISO9001 certification |
| 1997 |
OCT |
Kintetsu Global I.T., Inc. is established in the US |
| 1998 |
NOV |
KWE Japan opens the KWE Narita Terminal |
| 1999 |
OCT |
KWE Japan opens the KWE Tokyo Terminal |
| 2000 |
JUN |
Kintetsu e-Support, Inc. is established |
| SEPT |
KWE is listed on the NASDAQ Japan Market |
| 2001 |
SEPT |
KWE Japan obtains ISO14001 Certificate (Tokyo Terminal) |
| 2003 |
JAN |
KWE Seattle obtains TAPA A Certification |
| KWE Japan obtains second ISO14001 Certificate (Narita Terminal) |
| KWE revises its logo |
| FEB |
KWE USA obtains C-TPAT certification in its Customs Brokerage function |
| SEPT |
Stock listing upgraded to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| DEC |
KWE becomes the first Japanese forwarder to be TAPA Class A Certified (Narita Terminal) |
| 2004 |
AUG |
KWE USA receives the Quest for Quality Award for the 3rd time in 4 years |
| DEC |
KWE receives a Supplier of the Year Award for Excellence in Transportation & Logistics from Cisco Systems |
| 2005 |
JUL |
KWE USA opens an office in San Antonio, TX |
| 2006 |
MAY |
KWE USA opens office in Santa Fe Springs, CA |
