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Home > Company Index > Transportation > Air Delivery, Freight & Parcel Services > Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
 PROFILE
Its black cat logo means good luck for door-to-door parcel-delivery company Yamato Transport, which delivers about 800 million packages yearly. The company also provides packaging services, temperature-controlled delivery services, and freight forwarding by air, rail, and ship. Other services include Kuroneko Mail magazine and catalog delivery, logistics operations, and merchandise sales. The firm has pounced on Japan's growing e-commerce industry by launching Internet sites to advertise merchandise needing home delivery. Yamato also provides overseas moving services to 12 countries, including Canada, France, Malaysia, and the US. Its UPS Yamato, a joint venture with US deliverer UPS, serves more than 200 countries.

 COMPETITION
Japan Postal Service (dossier)
Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (9062)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 7,699.50
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 19.5%
Employees: 93,425
Revenue per employee: $82,413.70

 KEY PEOPLE
• Keiji Aritomi
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
16-10, Ginza 2-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8125, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3541-3411
Fax: 81-3-3542-3887
Online: Web Site

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