Kintetsu World Express

Tokyo, Japan

TYO: 9375

In the U.S.

Kintetsu World Express (USA), Inc.

Jericho, NY

Hirokazu Tsujimoto, President & CEO

800-275-4045

www.kwe.com

3PL Turnover:

$1.1b Americas ($2.3b Global) Parent: $8.1b

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager – Freight Forwarding

3PL Assets:

7,762 employees

166 warehouses

KWE Global Network: 30 Countries, 189 Cities, 273 Offices

Information Systems:

Good

TMS – Proprietary

WMS – Proprietary

Services:

Airfreight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, transportation management, customs brokerage

Industry Focus:

Aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, healthcare, retail, technology

Key Customers:

Daewoo, Dongyang Mechatronics, Mando

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

Kintetsu’s largest operations within their global network are in Japan and China, with over 100 offices located in each of those countries. Seventy-seven percent of its business is airfreight based. Ocean and logistics business accounts for 23%. KWE has a host of strategic joint ventures and affiliated companies. Its verticals are high-tech, automotive, healthcare and others. It has 120 logistics warehouses outside Japan, with 3.4 million square feet (warehouse space in Japan is over 3.5 million square feet). Thirty-five of those warehouses are in China. KWE’s 2006 global airfreight volume totaled 1,140,000 tonnes and 390,000 TEUs in their ocean program. On the important Japan/China sector, KWE handles 178,000 airfreight tonnes per year between Japan and China. The Japan/China traffic balance is 2/1 outbound from China. KWE listens to the “Voice of the Customer” and promotes long-term collaborative business partnerships. It’s a quality management success story.