NHK
TRANSPORT
CO.,LTD.

Company information

Marking the 60th anniversary since the company's establishment, we stay committed to living up to customer trust and growing beyond the distribution of automotive parts.

Our company was established in 1963 as the NHK Spring Group's logistics subsidiary tasked with transporting products of the group companies. Now, our scope of business is not confined to the transport of products; it has expanded to new areas such as warehouse management and logistics systems, helping us grow into a logistics company capable of dealing with products of all Japanese automakers. We are doing business not only in Japan but expanding into China and Thailand as well. We will continue to value customer trust and aim to be the leader in the distribution of automotive parts.

President's message

By honing our logistics techniques,
we help optimize supply chains.

Nearly 60 years have passed since our company was established in 1963. As the NHK Spring Group's logistics division, we have built close partnerships with automakers and numerous suppliers. I greatly appreciate the support and cooperation of our customers and suppliers, which have made these partnerships possible. Leveraging the knowledge we have amassed as a logistics company for manufacturers, we strive to hone our logistics techniques in order to help optimize supply chains, from storage of the customers' valuable products to their delivery.

Shinichi Kousawa
President

Corporate profile

Company name NHK TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
Established October 1, 1963
Address 3-10, Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Phone +81-45-788-0811
Fax +81-45-701-5521
Representative Shinichi Kousawa, President
Capital 120 million yen
Number of employees 537 (as of the end of March 2024)
Major business lines Transport service / Storage service / Import & export service
Affiliated companies
  • NICHIWA Co., Ltd.
  • 日帕诗物流(上海)有限公司 (China)
  • SIAM NTC CO.,LTD. (Thailand)
Number of business vehicles 188
Number of ISO 9001
-certified business sites
14
Number of green management
-certified business sites
12
Number of G Mark
-certified business sites
11

Major customers

  • Subaru Corporation
  • Autoliv Japan Ltd.
  • ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
  • TOA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
  • PROSPIRA CORPORATION
  • Chiyoda Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • NIKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
  • GKN Driveline Japan
  • The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
  • Tokai Rika Service
  • Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
  • Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.
  • Highly Marelli Iwate Corporation
  • LOGICOM Co., Ltd.
  • Prospira Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Misato Industries Co., Ltd.
  • Bridgestone Corporation
  • Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co., Ltd.
  • Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.
  • SumiRiko Logitech Company Limited

Listed in random order

Corporate philosophy

Basic principles

Contribute extensively to society by developing logistics systems that meet the needs of domestic and overseas customers and constantly providing logistics services of the best quality

Basic policy

Establish a logistics quality assurance system that is accepted widely in society and enhance the overall corporate credibility through logistics streamlining

Quality policy

Provide all customers with security and joy. All employees make improvements continuously, with quality, security and cost in mind, to achieve customer satisfaction and trust.

Services

A logistics company that grows with a “major focus on the distribution of automotive parts”

Our strength lies in our ability to propose flexible and optimal logistics solutions to any automaker, something that can be achieved only by a logistics subsidiary of NHK Spring Co., Ltd., an independent automotive parts manufacturer.
In addition to the procurement systems of all automakers, we have our own inventory management system in place, which enables us to implement IT-based integrated management of a range of processes from ordering from and to customers, inventory management, transport and sales management, leading to phenomenal increases in revenues of customers. We can also optimize the entire supply chain across corporate boundaries.

Per piece transport

Charter transport

An entire truck is chartered for transport. When the amount of freight is large, the unit transport cost per package can be reduced.

Consolidated transport of per piece cargo

Since a truck transports a mix of multiple customers' freight, the service can be used even by customers wishing to have a small amount of freight delivered.

Inventory management and
JIT delivery service

Strengths of our inventory management system

  • Delivery instructions specific to individual automakers can be met.
    We have our unique integrated inventory management system connected online to automakers' procurement systems, which allows us to manage inventory of customers' products.
  • The inventory status can be monitored in real time.
    We provide data on the required warehousing quantity, current inventory level and future inventory level based on received order information. This enables the real-time monitoring of the inventory status.
  • Joint storage and transport reduces costs.
    Using our nationwide network, products are transported efficiently to the nearest base. Small-lot transport of frequently delivered products is supported, and joint transport achieves excellent cost performance.
  • Personnel for warehouse management and freight handling can be downsized.
    Since distribution warehouses are used, we take care of storing and managing products, making it possible to downsize the personnel in charge of product storage and management.

Traceability management

Warehouse operations and truck loading statuses are visualized. Freight collection, transportation relay and delivery are traced for management, and our unique system links this information with the information on shipments to customers. This contributes to reducing the standby time and streamlining freight receiving operations.

Logistics processing

System diagram of the logistics processing service

Mass transport using containers
Parts assembly and packaging
Parts inspection and labeling

Benefits for the customer

  • Significant increase in transport efficiency
    Using our nationwide network, parts can be transported efficiently with high carrying capacity to the base nearest to the automaker.
  • Process reduction
    As labeling and packaging work is reduced, the cost of training personnel on processing can also be reduced.
  • Reduction in the quality control cost
    Products are stored and managed in a distribution warehouse, eliminating the need for the customer to store and manage them. This allows the customer to slash the personnel in charge of these tasks and bring down the cost.

Import & export service

International intermodal transport system

We have a transaction network with about 350 companies across the nation, providing intermodal logistics including not only land transport but marine and aviation forwarding. Our proposed logistics solutions not just cut logistics costs but offer environment-friendly benefits as well, including CO₂ emissions reductions.

Strengths of our import & export service

  • Comprehensive centralized logistics management can be achieved regardless of the manufacturer's business affiliations.
  • Import and export lead times can be reduced.
  • Ocean freight charges, customs duty rates, and other costs can be reduced.
  • The inventory levels in the export destination country, as well as the location of the freight, can be monitored and traced in Japan.

AEO system certification

The Yokohama Customs office certified us as an authorized economic operator on December 14, 2017, under the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) system.
Let us serve you. We are committed to offering a better service to our group companies and customers.

Benefits of the AEO system

【Specific export declaration system】
Customs clearance procedures can be performed in a warehouse outside a bonded area.
* Special exporter only
The use of a carrier approved for specified bonded transport is assumed.
【Specific import declaration system】
A duty payment declaration can be made after reception of freight.
* Special importer only
【Deregulation of export and import declaration government offices】
Customs declarations for freight anywhere in the country can be made at a single government office.

Inspection & repacking

About the services

Product inspection
Products are inspected before shipment to separate conforming products from non-conforming ones so that the shipped products pass the product inspection. This helps maintain and improve the level of quality.
Product repacking
We offer a repacking service that contributes to enhancing the customer's credibility and corporate value. The packing mode can also be changed to one desirable for shipment.
Temporary storage
We keep the customer's assets in the form of products or some other type of item and manage them properly, bringing down the quality control cost.

Benefits for the customer

  • Maintenance or improvement of quality
  • Reduction in the repacking cost
  • Reduction in the quality control cost

Free asset-based 3PL

Our free asset-based 3PL

We deal not only with non-asset-based logistics management (third party logistics or 3PL). Serving as a logistics operator mainly focused on transport business and warehousing business, we also provide free asset-based 3PL that supports both asset-based and non-asset-based logistics management. Building on the unique information systems, transport techniques and inventory and quality control frameworks that we have established over the past 50-plus years, we offer logistics systems and strategies primarily intended to optimize the customer's logistics.

Flow of service introduction

On-site diagnosis/analysis
Proposal of 3PL or free asset-based 3PL
Provision of a logistics system and strategy

Domestic & overseas bases

Base information/head office

Head office

Address
3-10, Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0004 Japan
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Access
Railway
2-minute walk from Shidai Igakubu (Nippatsu-mae) Station on Yokohama Seaside Line
Car
5-minute drive from Namiki Interchange on Yokohama-Yokosuka Road
3-minute drive from Sachiura Entrance/Exit of the Metropolitan Expressway Bayshore Route

Phone and fax numbers

Pilot numbers

Tel
045-788-0811
Fax
045-701-5521

Logistics Planning Dept.

Tel
045-788-3270
Fax
045-701-5590

Quality Control Dept.

Tel
045-788-1231
Fax
045-786-9016

Sales Section 2

Tel
045-788-0812
Fax
045-701-5590

Kita-Kanto Sales Section
(Ota-shi, Gunma Prefecture)

Tel
0276-37-8611
Fax
0276-37-8612

General Affairs Dept. /
Accounting Dept. /
Business Planning Dept.

Tel
045-788-0811
Fax
045-701-5521

Information Systems Dept.

Tel
045-788-0865
Fax
045-786-9016

Sales Section 1

Tel
045-788-3270
Fax
045-701-5590

AEO Management Dept.

Tel
045-788-0812
Fax
045-701-5590

Base information/Tohoku area

Iwate business site

Address
〒029-4503
(c/o KANTO SHOUJI CO., LTD.) 24-1 Nishine-funakubo, Kanegasaki-cho, Isawa-gun, Iwate-ken
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Tel
0197-44-6101
Fax
0197-44-6102
Site area
3,962.29m²
Building area
1,618.43m²

Base information/Kanto area

Yokohama business site

Address
〒236-0004
2-11-1 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Atsugi business site

Address
〒243-0426
6-9-32 Kadosawabashi, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Atsugi Distribution Center

Address
〒243-0211
8-1 Sanda, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Kanagawa /Kanagawa Central Distribution Center

Address
〒243-0214
991 Shimohurusawa, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Tochigi Distribution Center

Address
〒323-0013
566-1 Mukoda, Oaza-Arai, Oyama shi, Tochigi -ken

Inside the Gunma Distribution Center (Gunma Factory)

Address
〒373-0829
1140-1 Takabayashi Kitamachi, Ota -shi, Gunma-ken

Seibu Delivery Center

Address
〒373-0847
94-1 Nishishinmachi, Ohta-shi, Gunma-ken

Ohta Delivery Center

Address
〒373-0847
16-11 Nishishinmachi, Ohta-shi, Gunma-ken

[Kita-Kanto Sales Section]

Address
〒373-0019
 660 Yoshizawacho Ota-shi, Gunma -ken

Tsukuba business site

Address
〒309-1244
3926 Ohkunitama, Sakuragawa-shi, Ibaraki-ken

Tsuchiura business site

Address
〒315-0056
1764-13 Kamiinayoshi, Kasumigaura-shi, Ibaraki-ken

Fujioka business site

Address
〒375-0043
(c/o ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.) 1467 Higashi-Hirai, Fujioka-shi, Gunma-ken

Base information/Chubu area

Toyota umetsubo business site

Address
〒471-0071
5-1-12 Higashi-Umetsubocho, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken

Toyota Distribution Center

Address
〒471-0046
6-70 Honshincho, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken

Chubu Distribution Center

Address
〒470-1207
200 Gogami, Oshikamocho, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken

Kikukawa Distribution Center

Address
〒439-0004
1058-111 Wada, Kikukawa-shi, Shizuoka-ken

Ina business site

Address
〒399-4301
477-1 Miyadamura, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken

Base information/Kinki area

Shiga business site

Address
〒528-0061
1-5 Sasagaoka, Minakuchi-cho, Koka-shi, Shiga-ken

Yasu business site

Address
〒520-2412
1058-13 Rokujo, Yasu-shi, Shiga-ken

Kansai business site

Address
〒664-0842
6-12 Morimoto, Itami-shi, Hyogo-ken

Base information/Chugoku area

Okayama business site

Address
〒713-8103
Logicom Okayama Office, 8263-18 Aza-Shinminato, Tamashima Otoshima, Kurashiki-shi Okayama -Ken

Base information/Kyushu area

Fukuoka business site

Address
〒807-1307
765-15 Iwagouchi, Oaza Muroki, Kuratemachi, Kurate-gun, Fukuoka-ken

Base information/China

日帕诗物流(上海)有限公司

Address
200051
中国上海市长宁区娄山关路555号(长房国际广场)2504室

日帕詩物流(上海)有限公司/襄陽分公司

Address
441004
中国湖北省襄阳市高新区天籁大道17号(日发工业园内)

日帕詩物流(上海)有限公司/広州分公司

Address
510760
中国广东省萝岗区东鹏大道61号

Base information/Thailand

SIAM NTC CO.,LTD.

Address
10250
420/104 Kanchanaphisek Road, Dok Mai, Prawet District, Bangkok The One Bangna 2
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Social contribution & quality control

Environmental efforts

We strive to improve the quality of work and take active environmental measures continuously to realize a richer and sustainable society. We seek to implement appropriate corporate governance by complying with laws and regulations.

1.We take active measures to address global environment issues based on our green management policy.

2.We promote eco-friendly driving to reduce CO₂ emissions.

3.We use digital tachographs to ensure efficient transport and reduce environmental impact.

Safety efforts

We conduct activities to prevent traffic accidents and work-related accidents.
We are committed to stepping up the management system for safe driving, raising safety awareness throughout the organization and improving the working environment.

Our efforts for transport safety management
FY2024 (April 1, 2024-March 31, 2025)

1. Safety and quality policy
Safety (at work and during transport) is the basic premise of business operations, and quality is the basic premise of business transactions.
Safe driving is a social mission for professional drivers. Securing safety and quality earns the trust of customers and stakeholders.
2. Goals based on the safety policy
(1) Major accidents 0
(2) On-duty traffic violations 0
(3) Work-related accidents 0
3. Plans for achieving the goals
(1) Safety education plan
(2) Participation in an aptitude test (conducted once in every two years)
(3) Participation in training programs by external instructors
4. Means of exchanging safety-related information
(1) Sharing of minor incident reports within the company (every month)
(2) Small-scale internal meetings for debriefing (every month)
5. Goal achievement status (FY2023, company-wide)
(1) Major accidents 0
(2) On-duty traffic violations 1
(3) On-premises work-related accidents 0
6. Major accidents stipulated in Article 2 of the Car Accident Report Rules
(1) Goal 0
(2) Actual number (past 2 years)

ISO certification and quality efforts

About ISO

We constantly make efforts to enhance our quality of transport, including the acquisition of ISO certification and improving safe driving skills.

We have acquired certification of ISO 9001:2015, an international standard regarding quality control and assurance.
We have a reliable quality system in place to accomplish thorough quality control.

About quality efforts

Logistics is the final deciding factor of quality.
We seek to provide logistics of the best quality.

We have a logistics quality control system in place that allows us to see things from the perspectives of both a manufacturer and a logistics operator, something that can be achieved only by a logistics subsidiary of NHK Spring Co., Ltd.

Compliance and social contribution activities

We provide safe driving training to make our drivers conscious of safe driving and improve our management system by introducing digital tachographs, dashboard cameras and other devices in order to ensure thorough compliance. We also conduct activities to keep our business sites and surrounding areas clean and tidy.

10 key points of the code of consciousness and conduct

Ask yourself whether:

  1. What you are doing contributes to customer satisfaction (CS);
  2. What you are doing benefits the company;
  3. You feel grateful to and care about others;
  4. You keep to the rules;
  5. You communicate information accurately:
  6. You act professionally;
  7. You make thorough checks to grasp the actual situation;
  8. You tackle difficult challenges;
  9. You take quick action;
  10. You play a part in creating a cheerful workplace environment.

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045-701-5521

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