Kimura Unity’s employees have continuously taken on challenges
and made improvements over the Company’s history.
Kimura Unity will maintain its commitment to pursuing the best
services for customers as it continues to evolve.

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Unity expanded to other countries and broadened the scope of its businesses, including logistics services for a wide range of industries, in accordancewith the increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs of customers. The Company navigated numerous turning points in the course of its long history,
but forged ahead without ever forgetting its basic founding principle of “customer focus.” Kimura Unity is committed to evolving further in the years
ahead to provide genuine value to customers and end-users.

TCSLogistics Services

March 2013 Established solar power facilities and began selling electric power
September 2006 Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges
April 2002 Established Business People Co., Ltd., as a consolidated subsidiary
October 2001 Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Toyota-RelatedBusinesses

Overseas Operations

2013

Split off the transport businessof the joint venture in Thailand,and established TTK Asia
Transport (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,
as a new joint venture firm

2013

Total Car Services

New Logistics
Services Businesses

Established Guangzhou
Guangqi Kimura Shinwa StoreCo., Ltd., as a consolidated
subsidiary in Guangzhou, China

Initiated full scale expansion overseas
Launched the New Logistics Services Business targetingnew markets outside of the automotive industry

2005

Established Tianjin Kimura
Shinwa Logistics Co., Ltd.,
as a consolidated subsidiaryin Tianjin, China

2004

Established TK Logistica deMexico S. de R.L. de C.V.
as a joint venture in Mexico

December 2000 Formed a business partnership with Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Met yet another challenge for enhanced corporate value,
listed as a public company

Established Kimura Inc.
as a consolidated subsidiaryin the United States

Integrated the forwarding business
into U-netrans Co., Ltd.

Introduced the Toyota Production System and strengthened
human resources training and education

October 1973 Kimura Unity was established
July 1969 Split off eight group companies

Car Life Services

2006

Began logistics services
for medical products

2004

Began logistics services
for ceramic products

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Began offering integrated
car management services

2006

Absorbed Kimura
Lease Services Co., Ltd.
by merger

2003

Made Kimura Lease
Services Co., Ltd. (formerSuzuken Seibi Co., Ltd.) into
an owned subsidiary company

2006

1997

Established TK Logistica
do Brasil Ltda. as a
joint venture in Brazil

SS

Support for
IT Strategies

Support for Human
Resources Strategies

1994

Staffing Services

2014

Acquired ISO 27001
information management
system certificationby the Information
Services Department

2002

Began offering system
maintenance services

1978

Began developing systems
for overseas subsidiaries and affiliates

1971

Began the information services business2016

Opened the Kansai Sales Office2002

Began the temporary
staffing business

Opened the Kanto Sales Office

Reopened Auto Plaza Rabbit
Nagoya-kita Branch
after renovation

Opened Auto Plaza Rabbit
Inazawa Head Center
Began the car accessory
sales business

Began the parking lot business

Began contracting home builders

Entered the automotive industry in anticipation of mass expansion of motorization

IS

Made SUPER JUMBOCORPORATION
into a consolidated subsidiary

Began logistics services
for apparel products

Began logistics services
for stationery products

1987

Information Services

Reopened Auto Plaza Rabbit
Inazawa Head Center
after renovation

Began logistics servicesfor Internet mail-order products

Began logistics services
for electrical equipment

2002
2001

Car Management Services

2013

Finished redeveloping
the Toyota Plant

2003
Established TTK Logistics(Thailand) Co., Ltd. as a joint
venture in Thailand

B-C(For Consumer)

Finished redeveloping
the Inuyama Plant

2010
2008

B-B
(For Corporate Customers)

Finished redeveloping
the Inazawa Plant

th C E N T U R YMarch 1995 Listed on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange
April 1991 Consolidated eight group companies
November 1990 Renamed to Kimura Unity Co., Ltd.

Information Services, and Staffing Services businesses. Based on the expertise it accumulated by providing services to customers in Japan, Kimura

LSst C E N T U R Y

Being proactive for the next generation

20Since its founding in 1881, Kimura Unity has grown in tandem with the automotive industry while operating its Logistics Services, Total Car Services,1976

Began the used-car sales business

1973

Began the vehicle leasing business

1967

Began the traffic safety services business

May 1958 Established Toyopet Service Shop
Shifted from private management to corporate management

March 1951 Established Kimura Manufacturing Limited Partnership Company191959

Began the forwarding businessth C E N T U R Y

Manufactured and sold wooden containers while growing alongside the local textile industry

January 1881 Founded the Kimura Container Manufacturing Shop in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi

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Began the packaging business

KIMUR AUNITY

1881

Began the container equipment
and product business

1958

Began the insurance agency business
Began the vehicle maintenance business

Kimura Unity conducts business activities in the center of Nagoya City, deeply rooted in the local area.
The current head office building, completed in February 1993, performs integral functions and provides
support for each of the Company’s businesses.
KIMURA
UNIT Y

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