| 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 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 |
| 2007 |
JAN |
Beijing KWE opens offices in Huhhot, Lanzhou and Shijiazhuang |
| FEB |
KWE Italy opens new Florence office branch |
| MAR |
KWE Japan establishes GFW International, Inc., a joint-venture SCM sales company |
| APR |
KWE Hong Kong opens Xiamen bonded area warehousing company |
| MAY |
Beijing KWE opens a third branch warehouse in Shenyang |
| KWE is featured among Top 25 Global 3PLs in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies Magazine |
| JUN |
KWE Global Freight Operations are C-TPAT Certified |
| JUL |
JSCO TransContainer and KWE Enter into a Comprehensive Agency Agreement |
| KWE (Shanghai) Commences Operations of a Large-scale Warehouse Facility (46,000m2) in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone |
| AUG |
Beijing KWE opens new branch office in Jiaxing |
| KWE receives Logistics Management magazine’s “Quest for Quality” Award |
| OCT |
KWE Italy opens Rome branch office |
| Beijing KWE establishes a dedicated domestic warehouse facility, Beijing Kintetsu Airport Logistics Center |
| NOV |
KWE Indonesia opens a business site in Surabaya |
| KWE USA receives Texas Instruments Silver Partner Award |
| DEC |
KWE Shanghai opens second warehouse in Waigaoqiao Logistics Park |
| 2008 |
JAN |
Kintetsu Logistics Vietnam is established |
| FEB |
KWE India opens office in Cochin |
| APR |
Nippon Express, ANA and KWE established “All Express Corporation” to provide international express delivery service |
| AUG |
KWE Canada opens Halton Hills Distribution warehouse |
| KWE receives Texas Instruments Supplier Excellence Award |
| NOV |
KWE Miami (FL) and East Midlands (UK) receive International Aero Engines Award of Excellence |
| KWE UK achieves TAPA Class A Certification |
| DEC |
TKK Logistics (Thailand) becomes a subsidiary of KWE |
| 2009 |
JAN |
KWE Acquires Environmental ISO14001 Certification in Japan |
| FEB |
KWE Singapore Acquires Zero GST Warehouse License Type II |
| MAR |
KWE Hong Kong Acquires OHSAS18001 Certification |
| APR |
KWE India opened a new airport office at Hyderabad International Terminal. |
| MAY |
KWE India Opens Gurgaon Warehouse |
| JUNE |
KWE Shanghai Acquires ISO9001 Certification |
| JULY |
KWE Named Great Supply Chain Partners List by SupplyChainBrain100 |
| KWE Taiwan, Taoyuan Warehouse Receives ILC License |
| OCT |
KWE South Africa / SEWS Honored With Logistics Achiever Award |
| NOV |
KWE South Africa Receives Part 108 Certification |
| Beijing Kintetsu World Express Co., Ltd. opened a Bonded Warehouse in Wuhan |
| DEC |
KWE Korea opened Suwon Logistics Center |
| KWE Deutschland Achieves Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Status |
| BKWE Dalian branch office received Top National Customs Brokerage Company and Excellent Customs Broker Awards from CCBA (China Customs Broker Association) |
