INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS CO.,LTD

1956.9 Etablished. Permit of Customs Licence is granted by the Tokyo Customs Bureau. Permit for Yokohama, Osaka, Moji,Kobe, Nagasaki, and Nagoya is granted accordingly. 1959.12 Yokohama Sales Office opened. Started handling ocean cargoes. 1960.10 Osaka Sales Office opened. Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Kokura, Shimonoseki offices opened. 1961.9 Received truck transportation enterprise permission in general zone by Tokyo District Land Transport Bureau. Started truck transportation covering all over Japan. 1964.8 Travel agency office opened. 1965.1 Approval of I.A.T.A. Started handling int'l aircargoes. 1965.2 Registered General travel recommendation business (Present called Travel agency approved by Ministry of Land Infrastructure and transport.) and started Travel business. Approval of I.A.T.A. passenger. 1966.4 Expanded to general harbour operation. 1970.1 Air cargo consolidation. Domestic aircargo consolidation. 1970.2 Chicago resident office opened. And then established World-wide network via our offices and overseas agents. 1978.11 The present head office building completed. 1979.10 Approved of certification as Travel agency by IATA (International Air Transport Association) And now established as International travel Agent. 1982.4 I.E.C.'s own "Sea & Air (ISAS)" started. 1984.10 Our subsidiary firm, IEC (AMERICA) INC. is established. 1985.4 Facility of OHI seafreight terminal opened. 1987.5 Facilities of Fukuoka Branch Office and Hakozaki Pier Office opened. 1988.8 The first warehouse and sales office opened at Moji port. 1988.9 Facility of Kansai Branch Office opened. IEC Taiwan Ltd. started sales activities. 1988.10 Facility of Ohi Logistic Center opened. 1989.8 Facility of Narita Logistic Center opened. 1990.5 Facility of IEC (America) Inc. opened. 1990.6 Facility of Nagoya Branch Office opened. 1990.8 Established IEC (Europe) Ltd. in U.K. 1991.5 Tosu PD Center opened. 1992.12 The second facility of Moji opened. 1993.6 Hong Kong resident office opened. 1994.5 Nanko PD Center opened. 1994.6 Shanghai resident office opened. 1994.9 Kansai Airport Office opened. 1995.8 Reorganized to Hong Kong branch office from resident. 1995.9 Capital increased to \480,000,000. 1996.10 Honmachi sales office opened in Osaka. 1997.5 Established IEC Express (Hong Kong) Ltd. 1998.3 IEC Express (Hong Kong) Ltd. Received I.A.T.A. license. 1998.10 Completion of the second warehouse at Moji in Fukuoka. Tokyo Air Transport Division received ISO9002. 1999.8 All Air Transport Divisions in Japan received ISO9002. 2000.12 Kansai Transport Division received the permit for Limited Recruiting Operation. 2001.9 Nagoya Seaport Office opened. 2001.10 Certificate of ISO9001-2000 is revised in all Air Transport Divisions in Japan. 2001.11 Established IEC(CHINA)LTD. 2002.4 Europe resident office opened. 2002.5 IEC (Europe) Ltd. established its resident office in Manchester. 2002.9 Approved of permission for a bonded warehouse at Narita Logistic Center of Tokyo Airfreight Division. 2002.11 Approval of permission for establishing new sales office under customs clearance business at Narita Logistic center of Tokyo Airfreight Division. 2002.11 IEC Express (Hong Kong) Ltd. established its resident office in Shenzhen. 2003.8 Established Shanghai Air Marine International Express Corporation as joint Venture. 2004.3 Received ISO 1400 for Environment at each branch or office of Transportation / Warehousing / Logistic (processing). 2004.7 Shanghai Air Marine International Express　Corporation Hangzhou Representative Office opened. 2005.2 Nagoya Airport Office removed into Centrair Airport as newly-established Centrair Airport Office. 2005.5 New warehouse named "Parc Osaka" opened in Osaka, and approved of permission for a bonded warehouse. 2006.3 Shanghai Air Marine International Express　Corporation Dalian Office opened.