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History of Nichirei Corporation and its temperature-controlled logistics business
- 1942
- Teikoku Marine Products Control Company established
- 1945
- Teikoku Marine Products Control Company re-established as Nippon Reizo Co., Ltd.
- 1952
- Tokyo Plant established as Japan’s first super-frozen and large-scale temperature-controlled warehouse
- 1985
- Nippon Reizo renamed Nichirei Corporation; temperature-controlled logistics division established
- 1986
- Nippon Teion Ryutsu Co., Ltd. established (predecessor of Logistics Network, Inc.)
- 1989
- Nichirei Holding Holland B.V. established; serves as a holding company in Europe
- 1993
- New logistics facility established specifically for small to large retailers in Kansai region, marking our full-scale launch of TC business (predecessor of Retail business)
- 2000
- Logistics Planner Inc. established through joint investment with NTT Data Corporation, marking our entry into the 3PL market
- 2001
- Logistics Operation, Inc., established
- 2004
- Shanghai Fresh Line Express Co., Ltd., established through a joint investment with Mitsubishi Corporation, marking our full-scale entry into the China market
- 2005
- Nichirei Corporation split up under a holding company structure
History of Nichirei Logistics Group Inc.
- 2006
- Our first transportation company, NK Trans, established; has its own trucks
- 2007
- Nichirei Logistics Engineering, Inc. established following the reorganization of Toyo Koki Corporation
Logistics Operation, Inc., absorbed by Logistics Network, Inc.
- 2009
- Kagoshima Nichirei Services, Inc. and Fukuoka Nichirei Services, Inc. merged and renamed Kyushu Nichirei Services, Inc.
Nichirei Finance Holland B.V. absorbed by Nichirei Holding Holland B.V.
- 2010
- Nichirei Logistics Staff Kanto, Inc. and Nichirei Logistics Staff Kansai, Inc. absorbed by Logistics Network, Inc.
Shoei Service, Inc. absorbed by Kyokurei Corporation
- 2012
- Eurofrigo Venlo B.V. absorbed by Eurofrigo B.V.
- 2013
- Shimonoseki Gyoko Unyu, Inc. absorbed by Kyushu Nichirei Services, Inc.
SCG Nichirei Logistics Co., Ltd., established through a joint venture in Thailand
Entrepots De L’Ocean S.A.S. and Entrepots Du Plateau S.A.S. absorbed by Entrepots Godfroy S.A.S.
- 2014
- Thermotraffic Strowmar Ltd. established in the UK as a subsidiary of Thermotraffic Holland B.V.
- 2015
- Nichirei Logistics Chugoku, Inc., and Nichirei Logistics Shikoku, Inc., merged into Nichirei Logistics Chushikoku, Inc.
- 2018
- blished a joint company, Cold Chain Network, in Malaysia.There will be 31 companies, including 2 network companies,
- 2020
- Kevin Hancock Limited became a subsidaiary of Thermotraffic UK Limited.
- 2021
- Established Nichirei Logistics Holding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as a local subsidiary in China.
Established Nanjing Freshline Logistics Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary of Jiangsu Freshline Logistics Co., Ltd.
Norish (N.I.) Limited and Norish Limited became a subsidaiary of Nichirei Holding Holland B.V..
Armir Logistyka Sp. z o. o. A became a subsidaiary of Frigo Logistics Sp. z o. o.
- 2022
- NL LITT TATT GROUP SDN.BHD. established through a joint venture in Malaysia
- 2023
- Nichirei Logistics Kanto, Inc. absorbed by Logistics Network, Inc.
Nichirei TBA Logistics Vietnam LLC established through a joint venture in Vietnam
NL COLD CHAIN NETWORK（M）SDN. BHD. became a subsidaiary of Nichirei Logistics Group Inc.
- 2024
- Eurofrigo B.V,Thermotraffic Holland B.V.,merged and renamed Thermotraffic B.V..
Thermotraffic UK Ltd.,Kevin Hancock Ltd.,Norish Ltd.,Norish(N.I.)Ltd.,merged and renamed Thermotraffic Ltd..
Established Zhejiang Fresh Line Logistics Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary of Shanghai Fresh Line Express Co., Ltd.
Admark Shipping Solutions Ltd. became a subsidaiary of Nichirei Logistics Group Inc.
