Company Outline
| Company Name | Chikko Corporation |
|---|---|
| Address | 12F SHIP Kobe Kaigan Bldg, Kaigan 3, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Tel: +81-78-391-6671 FAX: +81-78-391-6674 Network(Offices and Warehouses) |
| Representative Director | President & CEO Nisaburo Setoguchi |
| Founded | August 1924 |
| Capital | JPY 95 million |
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History
- 1924
- Founded as Kobe Chikko Group
- 1941
- Name changed to Chikko Group Transport Corporation
Shanghai branch established and put in charge of Maruzen Petrochemical transport - 1949
- Shipping division re-established as Chikko Transport Corporation
Industrial division re-established as Chikko Industrial Corporation
Licensed to perform Kobe customs clearance - 1951
- Name changed to Chikko Kogyo Corporation after merger
Registered to handle and ship vehicles - 1952
- Licensed to perform clearance, Osaka Office opened
- 1953
- Licensed to perform Osaka customs clearance
- 1956
- Licensed for small passenger boats within Kobe Port
Offices opened in Tokyo, Yokohama, Wakamatsu, and Matsuyama - 1957
- Licensed to perform customs clearance in Yokohama, Nagoya, and Moji
- 1959
- Licensed to ship general cargo and vehicles
- 1961
- Licensed for warehouse storage
- 1962
- Opened a Chiba branch office
Wadamisaki dangerous goods warehouse completed - 1965
- Licensed for Kobe Port Class 1 and Class 4 general port shipping
- 1966
- Licensed for Kyohama Port Class 1 general port shipping
- 1967
- Kawasaki branch office opened
- 1970
- Ogura branch office opened
- 1974
- Tsurumi Warehouse established
- 1975
- Nagoya Warehouse established
- 1982
- Karumo Warehouse established
- 1987
- Company name changed to Chikko Corporation
Amagasaki Warehouse established
Tsurumi Warehouse was expanded and name was changed into Japanese (katakana) from a Chinese character - 1990
- Shinagawa branch office established, licensed to perform Tokyo customs clearance
- 1991
- Sakai branch office established
Kyugochi, Nagoya Warehouse established - 1993
- Toyahama Warehouse established
- 1996
- Chubu distribution center established
- 1997
- ISO9002 certified
- 1998
- Port Island Chemicals Center established
Headquarters moved
- 2000
- Tsurumi Warehouse name changed to Yokohama Warehouse
- 2001
- Tokyo and Shinagawa branch offices integrated and moved
ISO9001 certified - 2002
- Karumo Warehouse 2 established
Osaka and Sakai branch offices integrated and moved - 2003
- Yokohama Warehouse expanded and name changed to Yokohama Chemicals Center
ST Marine Co., Ltd. established - 2005
- Kyugochi, Nagoya Warehouse expanded
Class I cargo forwarding business (vehicles) added to overseas shipping - 2006
- Port Island Chemicals Center Warehouse for dangerous goods expanded
- 2007
- Shimotsu branch offices name changed to Wakayama office
- 2008
- Chikko Shanghai Corporation established
Port Island Chemicals Center established - 2009
- Toyahama Warehouse 3 established
LCL cargo service start to Shanghai - 2010
- Yokohama Chemicals Center Warehouse2 established
Received certification as an "Authorized Economic Operator" of the AEO system
LCL cargo service start to Hongkong - 2012
- Amagasaki Warehouse name changed to Osakanishi Warehouse
Yokohama Warehouse 2 expanded
LCL cargo service start to Singapore
LCL cargo service start to Busan
ISO14001 certified
Nagoya Chemicals Center established - 2014
- Karumo Warehouse Office established
- 2015
- Nagoya Office was merged and relocated to Nagoya Chemicals Center
Nagoya Chemicals Center expanded
Yatsushiro Warehouse (Kumamoto) established - 2016
- Nagoya Chemicals Center expanded
Yatsushiro Warehouse expanded
Rebuild Port Island Chemicals Center Warehouse - 2017
- Sakurajima Office and Osaka Sakurajima futo Chemicals Center established
Kitakyushu Office moved
Osaka Office moved
CHIKKO VIETNAM CO., LTD. established - 2018
- Received certification as an "Authorized Warehouse Operator" of the AEO system
Ichihara Warehouse established - 2019
- Toyahama Warehouse 3 expanded
- 2021
- Nagoya Chemicals Center Warehouse2 established
