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Since its establishment in 1909, We have been contributing to precision equipment logistics.
The history of STS has advanced along with the development of information technologies.
| 1909 | Hiroshi Kawamori founded a transport service, Kyodosha at Izumo-cho, Ginza (currently Ginza 7-chome), Tokyo. |
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| 1923 | Established a partnership corporation. |
| 1932 | Founded "Shoun Kaiso Ten (marine transportation business)." |
| 1939 | Reorganized "Shoun Kaiso Ten" into "Sancho-gumi, Ltd." |
| 1943 | Became an agency designated by Nihon Telegram and Telephone Public Corporation. |
| 1950 | Winded up "Sancho-gumi, Ltd.", founded "Shinkai Transport, Ltd.", and started business at Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo. |
| 1952 | Changed the company name to "Shinkai Package Co., Ltd." |
| 1965 | Hiroshi Kawamori was awarded a prize "Konju-hosho (Dark Blue Ribbon Medal)." |
| 1969 | Announce the concept of STS (Shinkai Transport Systems).
(Considering "physical distribution" as one flow systematically) Established "Shinkai Lease Co., Ltd." "Shinkai Transport Co., Ltd." was separated from Shinkai Package Co., Ltd. |
| 1970 | Contributed to the founding of Kanto Tsushin-Yuso KK, which only provided service for Nihon Telegram Telephone Public Corporation and cooperated as a founder in running this company. Cooperated with the transportation department for the construction of communication bases in Iran |
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| 1973 | The founder, Hiroshi Kawamori passed away. |
| 1974 | Kazuhiko Kawamori acceded to the second president. |
| 1975 | Set up "Technical Center" for package designing. Set up "Shinkai Kodokai" for the purpose of human resource cultivation. |
| 1976 | Started constructing nationwide networks. |
| 1977 | Transported and installed CT scanners for various universities and hospitals in Kyushu. This experience took our business foray into the area of medical equipment logistics. |
| 1980 | Established new truck projects overseas. Dispatched resident staff to Iraq to cover transportation business. |
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| 1983 | First year for sending students annually to packaging seminar at Michigan State University in the United States. |
| 1984 | Changed the company name from Shinkai Lease Co., Ltd. to "STS Corporation." |
| 1985 | Set up "Packaging Technique Project Team." |
| 1986 | Constructed the new head office "STS Building" in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa. |
| 1987 | Set up a project for systemizing the business with EDP (Electronic Data Processing). |
| 1988 | Energy-Saving Pallet won "World Star" award at World Star 1988. |
| 1989 | Changed the corporate name from Shinkai Package Co., Ltd. to "Shinkai Corporation." Changed the trade name from Shinkai Transport Co., Ltd. to "Shinkai T.S. Co., Ltd." Set up the project for streamlining the transport system. |
| 1991 | Acquired utility model for "ST pallet", and won World Star 1992. |
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| 1993 | Obtained our first permission from government for industrial waste collection and transport service. |
| 1996 | Logistics professors and students from Michigan State University in the United States started visiting us for a study tour of packaging technology. |
| 1997 | Paper Cushoning Material For Business Facsimile Equipment won "World Star" award at World Star 1997. |
| 1999 | Expanded services related to mobile-communication logistics in order to become a logistics group that can support construction tasks. Expanded industrial waste collection and transport service all over Japan. |
| 2000 | Enhanced the parts logistics services focusing on precision machinery. |
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| 2001 | Established "IT Solution Center" at Kawasaki in order to expand services nationwide. Kazuhiko Kawamori was awarded a prize "Konju-Hosho (Dark Blue Ribbon Medal)." |
| 2002 | Shinkai Corporation acquired ISO 14001 certificate at head office. |
| 2003 | Shinkai T.S. Co., Ltd. acquired ISO 9001 certificate in the Tokyo metropolitan area. |
| 2004 | The Second President, Kazuhiko Kawamori passed away. Certified as a Good Safety Establishment (G Mark). |
| 2006 | Acquired ISO 27001 certificate at head office. |
| 2008 | Packaging Material Group in Shizuoka Branch acquired ISO 9001 certificate. Integrated each head office of STS group companies into one office in Kiba. ST-pallet won "World Star" award at World Star 2008. |
| 2009 | Broaden the application range of ISO 14001 and 27001 from Shinkai Corporation to STS group. |
| 2010 | Merged Shinkai T.S. Co., Ltd. with Shinkai Corporation. In April, changed the company name to "Shinkai Transport Systems, Ltd." |
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| 2012 | Established the first overseas affiliated company, Shinkai Transport (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| 2015 | Certified as a superior manufacturing contractor under the Superior Manufacturing Contractor Certification system. Concluded capital and business tie-up with Capital Medica Co., Ltd. |
| 2018 | Established the second overseas affiliated company in Ho Chi Minh City, "Shinkai Transport Systems (Vietnam) Co., Ltd." |
| 2019 | Concluded business tie-up with Seino holdings Co., Ltd. Acquired Green Freight Asia certificate as the first Japanese company. Concluded business tie-up with NTT LOGISCO Inc. |
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