History

It has been over 100 years and several decades since our company was founded. On this path that we have been walking, we have a continuous history of supporting companies and social foundations, and working towards innovation. The basis of what we have accomplished is the trust we have earned from our many customers. Among our customers are some we have been dealing with us for over 100 years.
As we look to the future, the KONOIKE Group will continue to ponder what it means to have true partnerships, aim to create new value, and continue to exceed customer expectations.

As of July 1, 2023

1880
  • Group founder Chujiro Konoike opens a worker placement and transport business in what is now Konohana Ward, Osaka as a private merchant.
1900
  • Begins onsite cargo handling and transport operations at client steelworks.
1945
  • Establishes Konoike Transport Co., Ltd.
1951
  • Begins in-factory contract operations for the food industry.
  • Registers as port transport service operator following passage of Port Transportation Business Act.
1962
  • Starts warehousing operations.
1963
  • Enters maritime cargo transport business.
1970
  • Starts industrial waste disposal business.
1975
  • Kashimasenko Co., Ltd.(Current Eco Innovation Inc.)'s No. 1 Resource Recycling Furnace completed.
1979
  • Starts air cargo transport business.
1980
  • 100 years anniversary since start of business.
1984
  • Expands to Singapore.
1985
  • Expands to U.S.A.
  • Expands to China.
  • Starts Temperature-Controlled Logistics Services.
1991
  • Starts services for the airport industry.
1993
  • Becomes the first Japanese distribution company established in Viet Nam.
1994
  • Starts services for the medical industry.
2001
  • Expands to Philippines.
  • Expands to Indonesia.
2008
  • Expands to India.
2009
  • Expands to Thailand.
  • Becomes the first Japanese distribution company established in Bangladesh.
2010
  • 130 years anniversary since start of business.
  • Expands services for the airport industry.
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2012
  • Expands to Myanmar.
2013
  • Officially listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2014
  • Expands to Mexico.
2017
  • On the occasion of its relocation, the Tokyo regional head office has been renamed Tokyo head office.
  • Full-scale entry into the railway transportation business in India for the first time as a Japanese logistics company.
2018
  • Formulating "Our Brand".
2019
  • Starts AFTO(Automobile Freight Train Operator) business in India.
  • Establishes a food processing factory at the Osaka Kizu Market.
  • Formulating the English version of Our Brand.
  • Mr. Takashi Tsuji, (then) Director and Chairman of Konoike Transport Co., Ltd., was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
2020
  • 140 years anniversary since start of business.
2021
  • Establishes Konoike Institute of Technology Innovation Center in the "Tokyo Rail Gate WEST".
  • Develops the Sustainability Basic Policy.
  • Establishes the Sustainability Committee.
2022
  • Moved to the new "Prime Market" segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • Formulating the “KONOIKE 2030 VISION”.