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1990: September Company listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
1994: March Head Office moved from Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, to Koto-ku, Tokyo
1995: November Chiba Distribution Center opened, leading to expansion of logistics operations work for the merchandise distribution industry
1997: April Export air cargo business obtained ISO 9002 certification
1999: March Kanagawa Division receives ISO 14001 certification
1999: November Launched of collaboration with Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd.
2000: March The Hitachi Transport System Group Logistics Skill Development Center opens
2000: April Logistics Systems Planning & Solutions Development Headquarters established,leading to further improvement of system logistics operations system
2000: April Hitachi Transport Service appended to name of land transportation subsidiaries; group management system improved
2001: August China Logistics Operations Development Division established, accelerating the stepping-up of operations in China
2002: February Company sold all shares in Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd.
2002: April Hokkaido Hitachi Transport Service Co., Ltd. a regional subsidiary in Hokkaido - begins trading
2002: September 350-ton trailers and tractor - both the largest in Japan - are brought into service
2002: December Launched of collaboration with Yusen Air & Sea Service Co., Ltd.(Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd.)
2003: January Joint subsidiary with Shanghai Airlines began trading
2003: February Distribution center (total area: approximately 98,000 square meters), the most advanced belonging to any private enterprise in Japan, opened in Kyoto Prefecture
2003: May Launched of collaboration with Japan Post
2003: June Transition made to management structure based on committee system
2005: December Receivied of the ISMS certification in the field of 3PL
2007: April Company obtained Privacy Mark certification
2007: April Acquired Shiseido's logistics subsidiary which began operation as Hitachi Collabonext Transport System Co., Ltd.
2007: November Subsidiary established in India
2007: December Launched of collaboration with Senkon Logistics, Co., Ltd.
2008: February ESA s.r.o. a Czech logistics company became a consolidated subsidiary
2008: December Subsidiary established in Taiwan
2009: April Joint subsidiary established in in Henan, China
2009 July Acquired Uchida Yoko’s logistics subsidiary which began operation as Hitachi Orientlogi Transport system Co., Ltd.
2009 October J.P. Holding Company, Inc. a U.S.A. logistics company became a consolidated subsidiary
2010 April Flyjac Logistics, Pvt. Ltd., a India logistics company became a consolidated subsidiary
2010 December Dahang International Transportation Co., Ltd. became a majority ‒ owned subsidiary
2011 January Acquired DIC's logistics subsidiary, which began operation as Hitachi Finenext Transport System Co., Ltd.
2011 February Acquired Homac's logistics subsidiary, which began operation as Direx Co., Ltd.
Subsidiary established in Korea
2011 April Vantec Corporation became a consolidated subsidiary
2011 May Launched of collaboration with Kintetsu World Express, Inc.
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