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Greetings Corporate Profile Financial Data Board of directors Group History Top page > Company Profile > Group History -1970 1971- 1981- 1991- 2001- 1957 March Kiyoshi Sagawa, founder of Sagawa Express, starts a Kyoto-based courier business between Kyoto and Osaka. 1962 June Sagawa Ltd. is established. 1965 April Sagawa Express is established. 1967 April Sagawa Express Sanin (later Sagawa Express Santan) is established. 1969 October Santo Express (later Sagawa Express Minami-Osaka) is established. ΔBack to top 1971 March Sagawa Express Okayama is established. September Sagawa Express Kyushu is established. 1972 July Sagawa Express Chugoku is established. October Sagawa Express Tokushima is established. 1973 January Sagawa Express Higo (later Sagawa Express Kumamoto) is established. April Sagawa Express Nagasaki is established. July Sagawa Express Yamaguchi is established. Sagawa Express Osaka is established. October Sagawa Express Kochi is established. November Sagawa Express Oita is established. 1974 February Sagawa Express Kagoshima is established. August Sagawa Express Yokohama is established. September Sagawa Express Tokyo is established. 1975 January Sagawa Express Chukyo is established. July Kyoto Automobile Kogyo (current Sagawa Support Services) is established. September Seiwa Corporation is established as sanctioning body of Sagawa Express Group. Sagawa Express Miyazaki is established. October Sagawa Express Tohoku is established. 1976 January Sagawa Express Shin-Osaka (later Shin Sagawa Express) is established. June Sagawa Express Niigata is established. Sagawa Express Ibaraki is established. July Sagawa Express Hokkaido is established. August Sagawa Express Chiba is established. Sagawa Express Fukushima is established. October Sagawa Express Saitama (later Sagawa Express Kita-Kanto) is established. November Sagawa Express Shizuoka is established. December Sagawa Express Group Co-op is established. 1977 March Sagawa Express Gunma is established. July Sagawa Express Tottori is established. October Sagawa Express Iwate (later Sagawa Express Nanbu) is established. 1978 May Sagawa Express Mie is established. July Sagawa Express Fukui is established. Sagawa Express Toyama is established. Sagawa Express Atsugi is established. August Sagawa Express Nishi-Saitama is established. October Sagawa Express established its 100th domestic office in Japan. November Sagawa Express Saga is established. 1979 January Sagawa Express Matsuyama is established. Sagawa Express Kawasaki is established. February Sagawa Express Yamanashi is established. May Sagawa Express Gifu is established. July Sagawa Express Akita is established. Sagawa Express Aomori is established. August Sagawa Express Yamagata is established. 1980 May Sagawa Automobile Company (current Sagawa Galaxy Motors) is established. September Sagawa Express Tono is established. Sagawa Air Service Co., Ltd. (current Sagawa Global Logistics) is established. ΔBack to top 1981 January Sagawa Express Minami-Chiba is established. March Sagawa Express Hamamatsu is established. Sagawa Logistics (Chukyo) is established. June Sagawa Express Nagano is established. July Sagawa Express Kita-Fukushima established. Sagawa Express Group Health Insurance Society established. August Sagawa Logistics Services (Tokyo) is established. 1982 January Sagawa Express name changed to Sagawa Express Kyoto. March Sagawa Express Matsue (later Sagawa Express Shimane) is established. June Sagawa Express Fukuyama is established. Sagawa Express Tochigi is established. Sagawa Express Tsuchiura is established. July Sagawa Express Shiga is established. September Sagawa Logistics Services (Kyushu) is established. October East Japan Transportation Company (current Sagawa Galaxy Highways) joins. 1983 February Sagawa Computer System (current SG Systems) is established. April Sagawa Express Kurashiki is established. May Sagawa Express Nagaoka is established. November Employees' pension fund of Sagawa Express Group (current corporate pension fund) is established. 1984 February Sagawa Customs Brokerage joins. March Sagawa Express Himeji is established. December Sagawa Express Nation-wide longitudinal route network complete. 1985 January Sagawa Express National Freight Tracking System launched. March Sagawa Logistics Services (Chugoku) established. 1986 February Sagawa Scholarship Foundation is established. March Sagawa Logistics Services (Hokuriku) is established. April Sagawa Logistics Services (Tohoku) is established. October Sagawa International Economic Cooperation Foundation established. 1987 October Sagawa Express established its 200th domestic office in Japan. 1988 April Sagawa Logistics Hokkaido is established. May Sagawa Logistics Services (Shikoku) is established. August Sagawa Express Ryukyu is established. October Tsubasa Transport (current Sagawa Moving Center) joins. 1989 February Sagawa Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research is established. October Drivers of Sagawa Express become group champion and receive Prime Minister's Award (with first-ever perfect score) for first time in National Truck Drivers' Contest (held by Japan Trucking Association). Sagawa Logistics Services (Kyoto) is established. 1990 April Sagawa Express Kyoto and Seiwa Corporation consolidated to become Sagawa Express. August Sagawa Express Hong Kong is established. December Sagawa Forestry is established. ΔBack to top 1991 October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (second time, since 1989). 1992 May Sagawa Express and Sagawa Express Osaka, Sagawa Express Hokuriku, Sagawa Express Chukyo, Sagawa Express Tokyo and Sagawa Express Kita-Kanto consolidated. June Sagawa Express launched HIDEN series, shipment support system software. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (third time, second consecutive year). 1993 March Sagawa Logistics Kita-Kanto established. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (fourth time, third consecutive year). 1994 May HIDEN Assist, shipment support system software launched. September Sagawa Express and Sagawa Express Kyushu, Sagawa Express Chugoku, Sagawa Express Shikoku, Sagawa Express Tohoku, Sagawa Express Nanbu, Sagawa Express Hokkaido, Sagawa Express Kumamoto, Sagawa Express Yokohama and Sagawa Express Tsuchiura are consolidated. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (fifth time, fourth consecutive year). 1995 October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship and receive Prime Minister's Award (sixth time, fifth consecutive year). 1996 April Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Air Express" service. August Two members of Sagawa Express Athletic Team, Mr. Oya (representing Japan National Team) and Mr. Hsu (representing Taiwan National Team) participate in Men's Marathon at Atlanta Olympics. 1997 June Sagawa Express Asia is established. Sagawa Express Vietnam is established. Sagawa Express Hawaii is established. Sagawa Express established in-house Eco Project Committee. August Sagawa Express established its 300th domestic office in Japan. Sagawa Express Philippines is established. September Sagawa Express and Sagawa Express Kurashiki, Sagawa Express Minami-Osaka, Sagawa Express Nagaoka, Sagawa Express Gifu, Sagawa Express Hamamatsu and Sagawa Express Kita-Fukushima are consolidated. 1998 January Sagawa Art Museum Foundation established. March Sagawa Express started "Door-to-door delivery service Sagawa Express" (current "Hikyaku Express") service. Sagawa Art Museum opened. Sagawa Express Moriyama Athletic Stadium opened. April International Cultural Exchange Summit 1998 held, to commemorate opening of Sagawa Art Museum. June Sagawa Express Eco Project Committee receives Environment Agency Director General's award for efforts in global warming prevention. July Sagawa Express Singapore established. August HIDEN BOY, shipment support system software, launched. Sagawa Express Head Office, branches and 30 domestic offices acquire ISO9001 certification. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (seventh time, first in three years). December Sagawa Express Nishi Nihon Hub Center completed. HIDEN V, shipment support system software, launched. 1999 February Sagawa Express started "Sagawa art transportation" (current "Hikyaku art transportation") service. March Nationwide implementation of Sagawa Express Atom System commences. Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Cool (chilled) Express" service. "Sagawa Express Chubu Hub Center" completed. June Sagawa Express commenced Online package inquiry service on company homepage. August Sagawa Express Another 192 offices acquire ISO9001 certification. Expanded total now includes 222 offices. September Sagawa Express commenced Oprration of Internet Business "e's". 2000 February Sagawa Express commenced Internet package inquiry service and package receipt stamp requirement service via cell phones. March Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Moving Express" (current "Hikyaku Moving Express") service. Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Global Express" (current "sgx") service. Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Cool (frozen) Express" service. Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Mail Express" service. Sagawa Express started "Time Selection" service. Sagawa Express commenced Internet Completion of delivery e-mail service via cell phones. June Sagawa Express started "e-collect" service. August Sagawa Express Another 104 offices acquire ISO9001 certification. Expanded total now includes 326 offices. Sagawa Express commenced Online package receipt stamp requirement service and Completion of delivery e-mail service on company homepage. September Notification of Hikyaku Mail Express charge. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (eighth time, since year before last). November Sagawa Express completed Construction of Mail Center in Tokyo. December Sagawa Express introduced Executive Officer System. ΔBack to top 2001 February Sagawa Express commenced Real-time transmission of delivery completion information. Sagawa Express and Sagawa Express Kawasaki, Sagawa Express Atsugi, Sagawa Express Chiba and Sagawa Express Minami-Chiba consolidated. April Sagawa Express started Multifunctional Invoice Issuing Software "e-HIDEN" (current "e-HIDEN II") service. August Sagawa Express Head office, all branches and all offices acquire ISO9001: 2000 certification. Sagawa Express Head office acquires ISO14001 certification. Tokyo branch Tug-of-War club wins bronze medal at World Games 2001 Akita. September International Cultural Exchange Summit 2001 (hosted by Sagawa Art Museum Foundation) held. Nouvelle Golf Club established. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (ninth time, second consecutive year). 2002 February Hokkaido branch ski club member represents Japan in Women's Mogul at Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Logistics Quality Register Inc. established. March Sagawa Express and 34 regional corporations consolidated. All domestic Sagawa Logistics Services consolidated. December Sagawa Express received "Minister's Award for Global Warming Prevention in Countermeasures Spreading and Introduction Section" from Ministry of Environment. 2003 January Shanghai Dazhong Sagawa Logistics, first package delivery service in China, commences operation. March Sagawa Express Environmental Activity introduced. Beijing Sagawa Express International Freight Forwarder (Logistics) commences operation. May Sagawa Express becomes partner of WWF Japan with official participation in CO2 reduction program (Climate Savers Program). July Business cooperation with Korea's CJGLS commences. Sagawa Express opened "e-collect shopping navigation". September Poly-Sagawa Logistics commences operation. October Beijing Sumisho Sagawa Logistics commences operation. 2004 March Express container trains "Super Rail Cargo" commences official operation. Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Yu-Mail" (current "Hikyaku Yu-Mail") service. May Package sales of LCL consolidated shipment service commences. June Shanghai Poly-Sagawa Logistics commences operation. Tianjin Poly-Sagawa International Trading commences operation. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (tenth time, first time in three years). November Sagawa Express started "e-HIDEN Pro" service. 2005 January Sagawa Express Korea commences operation. March "e-collect" service acquires business model patent in US. Thai Container Distribution Service commences operations. Sagawa Financial established. April Sagawa Express started "e-HIDEN drop shipment" service. Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Security Package" (current "Hikyaku Security Express") service. May Galaxy Airlines established. June Sagawa Express Indonesia commences operation. August Internet information referral service "e-SAXIS" commences. September Sagawa Express International Taiwan commences operation. October Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (eleventh time, second consecutive year). December Company employee wins 44th Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Contest (Prime Minister's Award). 2006 February Hokkaido branch ski club member represents Japan in Women's Mogul at Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. March Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Green Mail" (current "Hikyaku Green Mail") service. Shifts to pure holding company structure; SG Holdings established. Sagawa Express acquires business model patent for its "e-collect" service in Japan. July Sagawa Express made agreement with Japanese Red Cross Society to transport relief supplies. Sagawa Express started "Sagawa PC Express" (current "Hikyaku PC Express") service. August Sagawa Express Malaysia was established. Strongholds in major ASEAN countries were completed. October Sagawa Express started "e-Hiden Web" service. Sagawa Express won the all-round championship and received Prime Ministers Prize in the National Truck Driver Contest (12th time and 3rd consecutive year). December Sagawa Global Express (current Sagawa Global Logistics) and China Courier Service Corporation agreed to cooperate in international door-to-door business. 2007 February For donating used trucks to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Foundation of Sagawa International Economic Cooperation was awarded a national order from the Laotian government. March Sagawa Global Express was merged with Sagawa Global Logistics into the new enterprise, Sagawa Global Logistics. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sagawa Express, Hikyaku Mark and sales drivers’ uniform and brand name were completely re-designed. June Sagawa Express started "Large Furniture and Home Electronics Setting Transportation" service. August SG Realty Co., Ltd., a real-estate company, was established. SG Mobile Support Co., Ltd. was founded. September Sagawa Art Museum, Raku Kichizaemon Kan, opened. October Sagawa Express started "Addressee Identification" service. Sagawa Express Kitakyushu Center, a large-scale logistics facility, was established. December "Fifty years' history of Sagawa Express Co., Ltd." was issued. 2008 February Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Courier with CO2 Emission Credit" service. April Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. started the e-commerce site, Cattocotto. May Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. started the sales of security system, 3-D Face Recognition Employment Management System. August An athlete from Sagawa Express Athletics Club participated in Men's Competitive Walking at the Beijing Olympics. October Sagawa Express won the all-round championship and received Prime Ministers Prize in National Truck Driver Competition (13th time after two years). 2009 February Sagawa Express made World Supply its subsidiary. Sagawa Express Headquarters/Tokyo Head Office acquires ISO 27001 certification. March Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Specific Mail Delivery" service. April SG Motors Co. Ltd. made SG Motors Kan-etsu Co. Ltd. its subsidiary. June Sagawa Express started Recall Total Service, a total support service for product removal upon recall. July Sagawa Express introduced half pants for its sales drivers as a summer uniform. Sagawa Express started "Document Storage" service. August Capital and business alliances were formed between SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and the Future Architect Inc. 2010 February Sagawa Logistics Partners Co., Ltd. was established. ΔBack to top | Inquiries | Personal Information Protection Policy |