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May 1948 The Operation Bureau of Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. begins handling international freight and travel service.
Nov 1948 Becomes an approved IATA (International Air Transport Association) agency.
Oct 1954 The International Transportation Dept. of Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. is transferred to Kinki Nippon Travels, Co., Ltd. and changes the trade name to Kinki Nippon Air Travel Co., Ltd.
Sep 1955 Trade name changes to Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
Apr 1969 Kintesu World Express (H.K.) Ltd. is established in Hong Kong.
May 1969 Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) Inc. is established in USA.
Jan 1970 The Airfreight Operation Dept. separates from Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. to become independent as Kintetsu World Express, Inc. specializing in airfreights. Licensed for Utilized Airfreight Operation (forwarding service) the same month, the Company begins its original domestic forwarding service.
Jul 1994 The Company obtains the first ISO9002 certification (international standard for quality assurance) in Japan's airfreight industry. (Second certification for the KWE Group after the June 1994 certification of KWE-Kintetsu World Express (S) PTE, Ltd. in Singapore.)
Sep 2000 Listed on Nasdaq Japan Market, a section of Osaka Securities Exchange.
Sep 2001 The company obtained ISO14001 certificate (Tokyo Terminal)
May 2002 Listed on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Oct 2002 World Headquarters (WHQ) is formed at KWE Head Office in Tokyo.
Nov 2002 "The KWE Grand Design for the 21st Century" is formulated.
Jan 2003 The company obtained ISO14001 certificate (Narita Terminal).
Sep 2003 Stock listing upgraded to the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Dec 2003 Becomes the first Japanese forwarder in Japan to be certified by The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) on international cargo security standards (set out at the KWE Narita Terminal).
Nov 2004 The KWE No.4 Baraki Terminal was completed.
Jan 2005 The KWE Central Japan International Airport Terminal(Nagoya) was completed.
Jul 2005 The KWE Rinku Terminal(Osaka) was completed.
Jun 2006 "ASIA & OCEANIA Region" was divided in "EAST ASIA & OCEANIA Region" and "SOUTH EAST & MIDDLE EAST Region" and made it the Five Regional Group Management System.
Jul 2007 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
Apr 2008 Nippon Express, ANA and KWE established "All Express Corporation" to provide international express delivery services.
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