Sagawa Express

is a major transportation company in Japan. Its headquarters are in Minami-ku, Kyoto. It competes with Yamato Transport, Nippon Express and other major logistics companies. Its total sales for the year ending March 2005 were ¥728,000,000,000.

The company was founded by Kiyoshi Sagawa. It began operation on March 22, 1957, and was registered as a company on November 24, 1965. On March 21, 2006, it established SG Holdings and transferred its stock to SG, becoming a subsidiary of the holding company.

Sagawa's major customers include Amway, Amazon.co.jp, Softbank BB, Yamada Denki, Culture Convenience Club (Tsutaya), Keyence, Sony Style, Askul, and Digital Media Mart.

Galaxy Airlines of Japan is a member of the group of companies.

ource

This article incorporates material in 佐川急便 ("Sagawa Kyūbin") in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on January 3, 2008.

Further reading

*"Sagawa Kyūbin Saiken 3650 nichi no Tatakai: Yonmannin no Ishiki Kakumei" ISBN 4879320307
*"Fushichō Sagawa Kyūbin: Fumetsu no Teiōgaku" ISBN 4916007263
*"Sagawa Kyūbin no Daihenshin: SD (Sales Driver) o Kaku to shita "Kōshūeki Keiei" no Himitsu" ISBN 4757300204

External links

* [http://www.sagawa-exp.co.jp/english/main.html Sagawa Express] , Official website
* [http://www.sg-hldgs.co.jp/english/ SG Holdings] , Official website