KIMURA History of Challenges

The origin of KIMURA UNITY dates back to the year 1881 (Meiji 14th) when the wooden box production business initiated at 2-Shichiken-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya (the area currently known as the postal address: 3 chome, Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya).

While the modern industrialization was taking place in Japan, the textile industry came into being a major industry of Nagoya.

The area called "Choja-machi", Shimada-machi (the area currently indicated as the postal address: 2-chome, Marunouchi, Nishiki 2-chome) used to be crowded with Kimono fabric (a traditional Japanese garment) wholesalers. Those Kimono fabric wholesalers had grown to be textile wholesalers.

Due to the trend of the times, our logistics service business grew alongside by manufacturing containers used by the textile makers and wholesalers of the area for their logistics purposes.

In 1951 (Showa 26th) Shifted from private management to corporate management, Kimura Manufacturing Limited Partnership Company was established to make a new departure.

Against the backdrop of initiating the wooden boxes supply to Toyota Motor Sales Company (Now, Toyota Motor Corporation) for their auto parts logistics purposes, we incorporated our business. Since then, we have been dealing with Toyota to this day.

With the domestic economy being continued to grow, a large scale of changes in the industrial structure were taking place. As for us, for example, the use of corrugated card boxes became more common for logistics use, and they were taking the place of wooden boxes drastically in a short period of time. Since the wooden boxes were the main products of ours in those days, the change so affected that we suffered a great loss in our business.

During the period of drastic changes, we anticipated the mass expansion of motorization, which made us decide to establish another business with a totally new concept under the name of TOYOPET SERVICE SHOP in 1958 (Showa 33rd). It was a business specialized in auto maintenance services. Since then, the new business has grown to constitute the vital platform of our car servicing business.

During the age of high economic growth, we needed to proactively cope with the increased diversity of our customers' needs by expanding our businesses.
In 1971 (Showa 46th), we established the Information Services Division for the realization of higher efficiency of business activities.

Beginning with an outsourcing computation services as a new job for the Information Services Division, we have expanded the business sphere to a greater extent. The expanded areas included the inventory control of logistics parts as well as the program development of service parts control systems for higher efficiency, which came along with appropriate guidance and education on international worksites. We were able to gain the confidence of customers.
Thus, we have been supporting the logistics services and car services for further progress of our customers

To efficiently cope with the changes in the market as well as the environment surrounding our customers, Kimura Unity spared no efforts to address ourselves to those difficulties arising from phenomenal changes. We have reorganized the management structure and improved the corporate attributes in order to better function in our activities. Through the implementation of TPS and the promotion of a series of QC circle activities, we have strengthened the human resources platform.

True to our founding spirit, keeping "Focus on Customers" and "It takes a buyer's view to make sales" in mind, we have continued to grow to be an organization full of vitality and creativity.

The year that marked the 40 year anniversary of our company establishment, was the 110th year since its original foundation of Kimura Unity business. In fact, that year proved to be the turning point of Kimura Unity. We shifted our management strategy from the branch management to the integrated management with the aim of strengthening the business fundamentals and raising the efficiency of business.

Kimura Unity made a new start with the newly formulated vision of "Providing Dreams Comfort and Security for the car oriented lifestyle."
Believing in "Defensive Management" that ensures the solid foundation, and "Offensive Management" that embodies the growth potential and higher stability, we were striving for reshaping the management structure.
Kimura Unity got listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange for better public credibility and raising the brand value, while strengthening the financial structure as well as the improvement of internal operation system, so as to make an even greater progress.

Since the beginning of the 2000s, KIMURA Unity has accelerated its globalization in order to expeditiously meet our customers' logistics needs overseas by forming a partnership with Toyota Tsusho Corporation.

Kimura Unity expanded the business areas into the NLS (New Logistics Services), making in-roads into the new market of logistics that handle various items such as stationaries, apparel products, electrical appliances, pottery and ceramic products and pharmaceutical products as well as online shopping items, in addition to the conventional business model centering on the automotive industry.

Furthermore, while extending the domestic network from Aichi Prefecture to Kanto, Kansai and Kyushu districts, Kimura Unity established an affiliated staffing company by the name of "Business People."
That is part of our efforts to efficiently back up the human resources strategy in businesses, especially in the logistics services areas.

The 2010s was the period of remarkable growth for KIMURA UNITY where a series of expansion and new investments had been made.
With the Logistics Services, new business bases established both domestically and abroad, and with the Car Service Division, Super-Jumbo Corporation having become a wholly owned subsidiary, each division committed to the implementation of challenges for further growth.

Being proactive for the next generation, KIMURA UNITY has been focusing its energy on the business areas with high growth potential to ensure our sustainable growth with the full use of our expertise.
We have been resolved to take up a new challenge in earnest.