| 1957 | March | Kiyoshi Sagawa, founder of Sagawa Express, starts a Kyoto-based courier business between Kyoto and Osaka. |
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| 1962 | June | Sagawa Ltd. is established. |
| 1965 | November | Sagawa Express is established. |
| 1975 | July | Kyoto Automobile Kogyo (current Sagawa Support Services) is established. |
| 1978 | October | Sagawa Express established its 100th domestic office in Japan. |
| 1980 | May | Sagawa Automobile Company (current Sagawa Galaxy Motors) is established. |
| September | Sagawa Air Service Co., Ltd. (current Sagawa Global Logistics) is established. |
| 1981 | July | Sagawa Express Group Health Insurance Society established. |
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| 1983 | February | Sagawa Computer System (current SG Systems) is established. |
| 1984 | December | Sagawa Express Nation-wide longitudinal route network complete. |
| 1985 | January | Sagawa Express National Freight Tracking System launched. |
| 1986 | February | Sagawa Scholarship Foundation (current SGH Foundation) is established. |
| October | Sagawa International Economic Cooperation Foundation (current SGH Foundation) established. | |
| 1987 | October | Sagawa Express established its 200th domestic office in Japan. |
| 1988 | October | Tsubasa Transport (current SG Moving) joins. |
| 1989 | February | Sagawa Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research (current SGH Foundation) is established. |
| October | Drivers of Sagawa Express become group champion and receive Prime Minister's Award (with first-ever perfect score) for first time in National Truck Drivers' Contest (held by Japan Trucking Association). | |
| 1990 | August | Sagawa Express Hong Kong is established. |
| December | Sagawa Forestry is established. |
| 1991 | October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (second time, since 1989). |
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| 1992 | June | Sagawa Express launched HIDEN series, shipment support system software. |
| October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (third time, second consecutive year). | |
| 1993 | October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (fourth time, third consecutive year). |
| 1994 | October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (fifth time, fourth consecutive year). |
| 1995 | October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship and receive Prime Minister's Award (sixth time, fifth consecutive year). |
| 1996 | April | Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Air Express" service. |
| August | Two members of Sagawa Express Athletic Team, Mr. Oya (representing Japan National Team) and Mr. Hsu (representing Taiwan National Team) participate in Men's Marathon at Atlanta Olympics. | |
| 1997 | June | Sagawa Express Vietnam is established. |
| Sagawa Express Hawaii is established. | ||
| Sagawa Express established in-house Eco Project Committee. | ||
| August | Sagawa Express established its 300th domestic office in Japan. | |
| Sagawa Express Philippines is established. | ||
| 1998 | January | Sagawa Art Museum Foundation established. |
| March | Sagawa Express started "Door-to-door delivery service Sagawa Express" (current "Hikyaku Express") service. | |
| Sagawa Art Museum opened. | ||
| Sagawa Express Moriyama Athletic Stadium opened. | ||
| April | International Cultural Exchange Summit 1998 held, to commemorate opening of Sagawa Art Museum. | |
| June | Sagawa Express Eco Project Committee receives Environment Agency Director General's award for efforts in global warming prevention. | |
| July | Sagawa Express Singapore established. | |
| August | Sagawa Express Head Office, branches and 30 domestic offices acquire ISO9001 certification. | |
| October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (seventh time, first in three years). | |
| December | Sagawa Express Nishi Nihon Hub Center completed. | |
| 1999 | February | Sagawa Express started "Sagawa art transportation" (current "Hikyaku art transportation") service. |
| March | Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Cool (chilled) Express" service. "Sagawa Express Chubu Hub Center" completed. | |
| Nationwide implementation of Sagawa Express Atom System commences. | ||
| June | Sagawa Express commenced Online package inquiry service on company homepage. | |
| August | Sagawa Express Another 192 offices acquire ISO9001 certification. Expanded total now includes 222 offices. | |
| September | Sagawa Express commenced Operation of Internet Business "e's". | |
| 2000 | February | Sagawa Express commenced Internet package inquiry service and package receipt stamp requirement service via cell phones. |
| March | Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Moving Express" (current "Hikyaku Moving Express") service. | |
| Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Global Express" (current "sgx") service. | ||
| Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Cool (frozen) Express" service. | ||
| Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Mail Express" service. | ||
| Sagawa Express started "Time Selection" service. | ||
| Sagawa Express commenced Internet Completion of delivery e-mail service via cell phones. | ||
| June | Sagawa Express started "e-collect" service. | |
| August | Sagawa Express Another 104 offices acquire ISO9001 certification. Expanded total now includes 326 offices. | |
| Sagawa Express commenced Online package receipt stamp requirement service and Completion of delivery e-mail service on company homepage. | ||
| October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (eighth time, since year before last). | |
| November | Sagawa Express completed Construction of Mail Center in Tokyo. | |
| December | Sagawa Express introduced Executive Officer System. |
| 2001 | February | Sagawa Express commenced Real-time transmission of delivery completion information. |
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| April | Sagawa Express started Multifunctional Invoice Issuing Software "e-HIDEN" (current "e-HIDEN II") service. | |
| August | Sagawa Express Head office, all branches and all offices acquire ISO9001: 2000 certification. | |
| Sagawa Express Head office acquires ISO14001 certification. | ||
| September | International Cultural Exchange Summit 2001 (hosted by Sagawa Art Museum Foundation) held. | |
| Nouvelle Golf Club established. | ||
| October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (ninth time, second consecutive year). | |
| 2002 | February | Hokkaido branch ski club member represents Japan in Women's Mogul at Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Logistics Quality Register Inc. established. |
| December | Sagawa Express received "Minister's Award for Global Warming Prevention in Countermeasures Spreading and Introduction Section" from Ministry of Environment. | |
| 2003 | January | Shanghai Dazhong Sagawa Logistics, first package delivery service in China, commences operation. |
| March | Sagawa Express Environmental Activity introduced. | |
| July | Business cooperation with Korea's CJGLS commences. Sagawa Express opened "e-collect shopping navigation". | |
| September | Poly-Sagawa Logistics commences operation. | |
| 2004 | March | Express container trains "Super Rail Cargo" commences official operation. |
| Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Yu-Mail" (current "Hikyaku Yu-Mail") service. | ||
| June | Shanghai Poly-Sagawa Logistics commences operation. | |
| Tianjin Poly-Sagawa International Trading commences operation. | ||
| October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (tenth time, first time in three years). | |
| November | Sagawa Express started "e-HIDEN Pro" service. | |
| 2005 | January | Sagawa Express Korea (current Sagawa Logistics Korea) commences operation. |
| March | "e-collect" service acquires business model patent in US. | |
| Thai Container Distribution Service (current SG Sagawa (Thailand)) commences operations. | ||
| Sagawa Financial established. | ||
| April | Sagawa Express started "e-HIDEN drop shipment" service. | |
| Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Security Package" (current "Hikyaku Security Express") service. | ||
| June | Sagawa Express Indonesia commences operation. | |
| August | Internet information referral service "e-SAXIS" commences. | |
| September | Sagawa Express International Taiwan commences operation. | |
| October | Sagawa Express Drivers win group championship in National Truck Drivers' Contest and receive Prime Minister's Award (eleventh time, second consecutive year). | |
| December | Company employee wins 44th Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Contest (Prime Minister's Award). | |
| 2006 | February | Hokkaido branch ski club member represents Japan in Women's Mogul at Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. |
| March | Sagawa Express started "Sagawa Green Mail" (current "Hikyaku Green Mail") service. | |
| Shifts to pure holding company structure; SG Holdings established. | ||
| Sagawa Express acquires business model patent for its "e-collect" service in Japan. | ||
| July | Sagawa Express made agreement with Japanese Red Cross Society to transport relief supplies. | |
| Sagawa Express started "Sagawa PC Express" (current "Hikyaku PC Express") service. | ||
| August | Sagawa Express Malaysia was established. Strongholds in major ASEAN countries were completed. | |
| October | Sagawa Express started "e-Hiden Web" service. | |
| Sagawa Express won the all-round championship and received Prime Ministers Prize in the National Truck Driver Contest (12th time and 3rd consecutive year). | ||
| December | Sagawa Global Express (current Sagawa Global Logistics) and China Courier Service Corporation agreed to cooperate in international door-to-door business. | |
| 2007 | February | For donating used trucks to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Foundation of Sagawa International Economic Cooperation was awarded a national order from the Laotian government. |
| March | Sagawa Global Express was merged with Sagawa Global Logistics into the new enterprise, Sagawa Global Logistics. | |
| On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sagawa Express, Hikyaku Mark and sales drivers' uniform and brand name were completely re-designed. | ||
| June | Sagawa Express started "Large Furniture and Home Electronics Setting Transportation" service. | |
| August | SG Realty Co., Ltd., a real-estate company, was established. | |
| September | Sagawa Art Museum, Raku Kichizaemon Kan, opened. | |
| October | Sagawa Express started "Addressee Identification" service. | |
| Sagawa Express Kitakyushu Center, a large-scale logistics facility, was established. | ||
| December | "Fifty years' history of Sagawa Express Co., Ltd." was issued. | |
| 2008 | February | Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Courier with CO2 Emission Credit" service. |
| April | Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. started the e-commerce site, Cattocotto. | |
| May | Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. started the sales of security system, 3-D Face Recognition Employment Management System. | |
| August | An athlete from Sagawa Express Athletics Club participated in Men's Competitive Walking at the Beijing Olympics. | |
| October | Sagawa Express won the all-round championship and received Prime Ministers Prize in National Truck Driver Competition (13th time after two years). | |
| 2009 | February | Sagawa Express made World Supply its subsidiary. |
| Sagawa Express Headquarters/Tokyo Head Office acquires ISO 27001 certification. | ||
| March | Sagawa Express started "Hikyaku Specific Mail Delivery" service. | |
| June | Sagawa Express started Recall Total Service, a total support service for product removal upon recall. | |
| July | Sagawa Express introduced half pants for its sales drivers as a summer uniform. | |
| Sagawa Express started "Document Storage" service. | ||
| August | Capital and business alliances were formed between SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and the Future Architect Inc. | |
| 2010 | February | Sagawa Logistics Partners Co., Ltd. was established. |
| June | Sagawa Express opened "Gion Sagawa Express", a parcel delivery service center. | |
| July | Sagawa Express introduced Biz-Navi, a car navigation system developed specifically for home delivery vehicles. | |
| August | Sagawa Financial launched "Sagawa B2B Settlement Service". | |
| October | Sagawa Express introduced newly designed delivery forms. | |
| November | SG Motors launched sales of FVV, a beverage delivery vehicle newly developed by the company. |
| 2011 | January | Sagawa Express launches Returned Items Pick-up service for mail order companies. |
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| February | SG Motors concludes a business alliance for car maintenance with Ryobi Holdings. | |
| Sagawa Global Logistics concludes a business alliance with Hanjin Transportation, a Korean comprehensive logistics company. | ||
| March | Sagawa Moving Center (current SG Moving) begins to provide house-moving support by helpers for the elderly and disabled. | |
| Sagawa Global Logistics launches a UnionPay card payment option as part of its payment-on-delivery service in Shanghai, China. | ||
| Sagawa Express expands the number of its business establishments with ISO9001 certification to 388. | ||
| April | SG Motors develops a vehicle with the function of controlling three separate temperature zones. | |
| Sagawa Express begins to promote the Hikyaku Marketing Mail service on a full-scale. | ||
| SG Expert Co., Ltd. was established. | ||
| SG Fielder Co., Ltd. was established. | ||
| May | Sagawa Express launches Hikyaku Special Correspondence Air Express. | |
| June | SG Motors concludes a business alliance for car maintenance with Kurume Marukyu Seibi K.K. | |
| July | SG Systems establishes Wuxi FeiSu Logistics Information Technology Co., Ltd. in China. | |
| September | Sagawa Express installs Hikyaku My Box, private post boxes, in Ginza. | |
| Sagawa Forestry acquires an Offset Credit (Japan Verified Emission Reduction). | ||
| October | SG Systems begins to provide Biz-BLUE, a cloud service. | |
| Sagawa Express develops the e-Hiden Touch, a touch-panel system for issuing delivery forms. | ||
| Oita Support Center of Kyushu Branch Office of Sagawa Express wins the highest award at the National Telephone Answering Contest (Service Division) hosted by the Japan Telecom Users Association. | ||
| November | Shanghai Dazhong Sagawa Logistics Co., Ltd. a door-to-door delivery service in Guangzhou, China. | |
| 2012 | January | Large-scale core system opened successfully. |
| February | Sagawa Express Vietnam started Delivery Business in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. | |
| Sagawa Express started a shipment collection service using delivery boxies, situated in apartment buildings. | ||
| March | Sagawa Express started the "Reverse Solution" service for product returns and recall support. | |
| Sagawa Express Track and Field Club (current SG Holdings Group Track and Field Club) athlete Ryo Yamamoto selected to represent Japan in the London Olympics men's marathon. | ||
| April | Sagawa Express received the "21st Grand Prize for the Global Environment Award, Minister of the Environment Prize." | |
| May | SG Realty opened "SG Realty Yokohama," a large-scale logistics facility in Yokohama city. | |
| June | SG Holdings Global was established. | |
| Sagawa Express started the industry's first 24-hour phone-based collection service. | ||
| Sagawa Express started an "Appliance Repair Service" that utilizes the delivery business. | ||
| SG Holdings Group Track and Field Club athlete Takayuki Tanii selected to represent Japan in the London Olympics 50-kilometer race walk. | ||
| August | Sagawa Express started the "Product Collection / Repayment Service" to perform refund payment tasks etc. for product recalls. | |
| Sagawa Global Logistics started a payment service for overseas mail order businesses, tailored to Japanese customers, enabling the remittance of funds overseas. | ||
| September | SG Systems opened a scanning center in Koriyama City, Fukushima. | |
| SG Realty's large-scale logistics facility "SG Realty Yokohama" acquired the highest "platinum" rank, DBJ Green Building certification. | ||
| December | Sagawa Express opened its largest, cutting-edge large-scale logistics facility (Sagawa Tokyo Logistics Center). | |
| 2013 | February | SG Moving started "Carbon Offset Moving Transportation", the industry's first reconstruction support service. |
| March | SG Holdings and SG Realty started the "Renewable Energy Supply Business" by installing solar power generation panels at 78 logistics facilities nationwide. | |
| April | SG Assetmax was established. | |
| May | SG Holdings acquired the Singapore logistics company "Ameroid Logistics (S) Pte Ltd." to strengthen the domestic logistics business in Singapore. | |
| Sagawa Express opened the "Appliance Repair Center" offering 24-hour support for repair, a first in the logistics industry. | ||
| July | Sagawa Express started a safe driving educational training service and safety management system consulting. | |
| SG Moving built a nationwide delivery infrastructure for large commercial cargo. | ||
| SGH Global Japan opened the "Haneda Sgx Center" to respond to international cargo demands in Haneda Airport. | ||
| SG Holdings Global opened a branch office in Cambodia, a location with high expectations for economic growth. | ||
| August | SG Holdings Group Track and Field Club athlete Takayuki Tanii participated in the men's 50-kilometer race walk of the "14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics". | |
| September | Sagawa Advance started a fuel sales business. | |
| Sagawa Financial started a new settlement service that utilizes the "IVR Settlement Solutions" ASP settlement service from VeriTrans. | ||
| October | The number of shipments of "FVV (For Vendor Vehicle)", SG Motors' original bottler car, exceeded a total of 500 vehicles. | |
| SG Realty completed the "SG Realty Kashiwa Building B" and launched its operations. | ||
| 2014 | January | SG Holdings Global started less than container load cargo services between industrial parks around Bangkok. |
| March | "SG Sagawa USA, Inc." was established. | |
| April | Sagawa Express began providing a "Mail Collection Service". | |
| Sagawa Express became the first in the logistics industry to acquire "Carbon Neutral Certification". | ||
| Sagawa Express established "GOAL", a Group joint strategic sales development team. | ||
| SG Moving started the "Dispatched Confidential Document Dissolution Service" using the industry's first specialized vehicles. | ||
| May | SG Moving started "Ladies' Moving", a moving service specifically for women. | |
| Sagawa Express acquired "Kurumin", a next-generation child-rearing accreditation mark. | ||
| June | SG Realty completed "SG Realty Maishima", a large-scale logistics facility. | |
| SG Holdings Global incorporated the Sri Lanka logistics company "Expolanka Holdings PLC" into the Group. | ||
| SG Holdings Global established a new warehouse in the customs bond area of Incheon Airport in South Korea, and started import clearance services. | ||
| July | Sagawa Express started the "Hikyaku Telegram Express" service. | |
| Sagawa Express started a home pickup business for used small appliances, the first in the door-to-door delivery business industry. | ||
| September | Sagawa Express and Sagawa Financial started providing "Sagawa Deferred Payment", a deferred-payment settlement service. | |
| Sagawa Global Logistics opened the "Maishima SRC (Sagawa Ryutsu Center)" in Konohana-ku, Osaka. | ||
| SG Holdings Chairperson Kuriwada participated as a member in the economic mission set forth by Prime Minister Abe. | ||
| October | Sagawa Express started the "Smart Delivery" service to improve the efficiency of receiving operations. | |
| Sagawa Express started "S Quality", a new sales strategy with the goal of strengthening its ability to make proposals and solve problems. | ||
| November | Sagawa Express became the first logistics business to have its in-house logistics operations receive accreditation under the "Accreditation System for Increasing the Efficiency of District Logistics in Tokyo". | |
| December | Sagawa Express received the Minister of the Environment's Award for Global Warming Prevention Activities in the 2014 Fiscal Year, in the Prevention Activity Implementation and Familiarization Division. | |
| Sagawa Express received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Award as part of the 13th Green Logistics Partnership Outstanding Business Awards. | ||
| 2015 | February | SG Moving acquired the "Moving Security Mark" under the Outstanding Moving Business Accreditation System. |
| March | "SG Sagawa Vietnam" was established. | |
| Sagawa Advance concluded a business alliance contract with Tokyo Flower Port Co., Ltd. | ||
| SG Realty and SG Assetmax started operation of the "SGAM Investment Corporation", Japan's first logistics-related open-ended unlisted investment corporation. | ||
| April | The 3 foundations consisting of the Sagawa Scholarship Foundation, the Sagawa Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, and the Sagawa International Economic Cooperation Association merged and changed their corporate name to the "SGH Foundation" (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation). | |
| Lawson and SG Holdings concluded a business alliance. | ||
| May | Sagawa Express started "digital signatures" using smartphones, becoming the first to do so in the door-to-door delivery industry. | |
| SG Motors started providing "SG Motors Maintenance Information", a vehicle management system. | ||
| SG Holdings acquired the "Kurumin" accreditation mark as a "Child Care Support Company". | ||
| June | SG Sagawa Vietnam started refrigerated delivery services. | |
| SG Moving provided the moving industry's first housekeeping service in the form of gift tickets. | ||
| July | SG Sagawa Vietnam started home delivery agency services at Vietnam Family Mart stores. | |
| Sagawa Express started the "Convenience Store Pickup Service" at Lawson stores nationwide. | ||
| October | SG Moving started providing the "SG Extended Warranty Service". | |
| SG Moving became the first in the moving industry to acquire "Carbon Neutral Certification". | ||
| Sagawa Express started providing "Smart Delivery 24" to support 24-hour delivery. | ||
| November | SG Motors opened "Chukosha SG.net", a used car information website. | |
| Sagawa Express started operation of the Higashimatsuyama SRC within "SG Realty Higashimatsuyama", an environment-friendly logistics facility. |