Press Release
November 26, 2021
SENKO Co., Ltd.
Runtec Corporation

SENKO Receives "Excellent Business Entities Working on ModalShift" Awards from Japan Associationfor Logistics and Transport and Runtec Receives "2021 Kyushu
District Transport Bureau Director-General's Commendation Awardfor Vehicle, Tourism and Transportation Policies" from the Kyushu
District Transport Bureau
SENKO Co., Ltd. (Head office: Kita-ku Osaka, President: Yasuhisa Fukuda, "SENKO") and Runtec
Corporation (Head office: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City; President: Kazuhiro Yamanaka; "Runtec") havereceived the "2021 Award for Excellent Business Entities Working on Modal Shift" from the Japan
Association for Logistics and Transport (Chairman: Junichiro Ikeda; "JALOT") at an awards ceremony
held at the Kaiun Club (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) on November 25.

Awards ceremony (Left photo: from right, SENKO Executive Officer Seiji Kono, JALOT Chairman Junichiro
Ikeda participating remotely
Right photo: from right: Runtec Executive Vice President and Director Yoshiki Kanaga, JALOT Chairman
Junichiro Ikeda)

SENKO was selected for three awards, one in the "Improvement Division" and two in the "Effective
Utilization Division" categories respectively.
The award in the "Improvement Division" was for reducing the ratio of trucks used for the volumeof mainline transportation between SENKO centers, and significantly increasing the ratio of rail andmarine transportation. The ratio of rail and marine transportation in fiscal 2019 was 70.0% of totaltransportation volume, whereas a ratio of 74.9% was achieved in fiscal 2020. This represented asignificant improvement in modal shift ratio compared to the previous year.
The first award in the "Effective Utilization Division" was for two cases related to marinetransportation in which a modal shift was achieved.
The first case was related to a modal shift in the transportation of dairy machinery from Hokkaido
to the western Japan region. This was achieved by setting up stock points in Hyogo and Fukuoka
prefectures, collecting cargo with the earliest delivery dates, and utilizing unmanned transportation

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Runtec Corporationwith RORO ships. This led to impressive results of a 78% reduction in annual CO2 emissions, as well

as reducing around 800 hours of driver time per year.
The second case was related to the transportation of jet heaters from Nagano Prefecture toHokkaido, which had used multiple land transportation routes between the manufacture's warehouse(in Tochigi Prefecture). The switch to a single route by establishing a logistics site near areas ofdemand (in Hokkaido) and the use of large trailers for marine transportation reduced annual CO2
emissions by 30% compared to previous methods, and successfully reduced around 1,200 hours ofdriver time per year.
The second award was for Runtec switching from truck transportation to marine transportation fordelivering broilers from Miyazaki Prefecture to the Kansai region.
This was achieved by fixing shipping days and securing regular transportation cargo volumes, andintroducing unmanned transportation using 15 m chilled semi-trailer trucks, which reduced CO2emissions and shortened driver time by 3,000 hours per year.
Runtec also received the "2021 Kyushu District Transport Bureau Director-General'sCommendation Award for Vehicle, Tourism and Transportation Policies" from the Kyushu District
Transport Bureau (Director General: Toru Kawarabata) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, and an awards ceremony was held at the Kyushu District Transport Bureau(Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City) on November 25.

Awards ceremony (from left: Runtec President Kazuhiro Yamanaka, Runtec Kagoshima Branch Deputy
Supervisor Shinya Katahira)The award related to one traffic policy related case (environmental conservation) and one safety
excellence workplace (G-Mark) case.
The traffic policy related case (environmental conservation) recognized Runtec's efforts to secure apatent for the "hybrid electric chiller unit" developed with together with automotive and othermanufacturers, and subsequently introducing large hybrid trucks equipped with the chiller unit andother technologies for regenerating electricity for use as drive power. Runtec was also praised forrolling out various policies like modal shifts in its contribution to environmental conservation. Theseefforts were also recognized with the "22nd Logistics Environment Award," "Low-carbon Logistics

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Promotion Award" and Sustainable Activities Award" by the Japan Association for Logistics andTransport in June, 2021.
The Safety Excellence Workplace (G-Mark) was awarded to Runtec's Kagoshima Branch, which
maintained its G-Mark certification by ensuring safe operations in the cargo and vehicle transportation
business and making a valuable contribution to society.
The SENKO Group will continue making every effort towards achieving modal shifts and introducing
advanced technologies as a way of achieving environmentally friendly logistics that help to cut CO2emissions.
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