Nippon Express

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Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

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(Tokyo:90620)
Contact Information
Nippon Express Co., Ltd.
1-9-3, Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8322, Japan
Tel. +81-3-6251-1111

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.nittsu.co.jp
Employees: 66,924
Employee growth: 1.5%

One of Japan's largest transportation companies, Nippon Express moves all sorts of freight. The company's largest business, motor transportation, operates under brands including Arrow. Besides general freight transportation, Nippon Express offers moving services and transportation of items such as cash and construction equipment. Nippon Express also provides warehousing services and air, ocean, and rail freight forwarding. The company operates from facilities throughout Japan, which accounts for the vast majority of its sales, and in more than 35 other countries around the world. Founded in 1937, Nippon Express also sells petroleum products and leases containers.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2011:
Sales: $19,514.6M
One year growth: 15.2%
Net income: $103.1M
Income growth: (24.0%)

Officers:
Chairman: Masanori Kawai
President, CEO, and Director: Kenji Watanabe
Managing Officer and Director: Minoru Miida

Competitors:
DHL
NYK Line
Yamato Holdings

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Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (日本通運株式会社 Nippon Tsūun Kabushiki-gaisha?, Nittsu) (TYO: 9062) is a worldwide leader in logistics services. Its head office is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1937 in line with the Nippon Tsu-un Kaisha Law as a semi-government transportation service.

Nippon Express annual revenues exceed $14 billion USD. Nippon Express has a strong global network that spans over 80 countries, with company direct operations in 33 nations.

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