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About Kintetsu World Express Canada
The pace of business today is staggering. With increasing consumer and commercial demands,not to mention growing competition the trend towards ever faster fulfillment continues to intensify. Supply chain and logistics managers in all industries need partners they can trust.
As a leading provider of Air Freight, Sea Freight, Customs Brokerage, Surface Logistics and Distribution (3PL) services KWE Canada has taken pride in the delivery of your cargo to any market around the world. Today, with terminal and office locations in virtually every major city nationwide, we are ranked among the country's top ten International Freight Forwarders.
Our commitment to our customers remains, quite simply, to offer the highest level of products and services available globally. We are committed to providing our customers with logistics solutions that will help them maintain a competitive edge.
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Kintetsu World Express Canada Inc is proud to be certified by the CBSA as a Partners in Protection.Partners in Protection (PIP) is a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) program that enlists the cooperation of private industry to enhance border and trade chain security, combat organized crime and terrorism and help detect and prevent contraband smuggling. |
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Quality Service:
Our Customers demand incredible value, better I.T. solutions, great customer service and impeccable on-time performance as a result they ranked us in the top 10 Global Transportation Solutions Provider. Quality is not any longer a slogan it's our motto.
Our motto:
Total Commitment to Customer Satisfaction
Our 3-tier quality policy encompasses Kintetsu's total commitment to quality service and satisfaction to our:
- Customer
- Company
- Employee
Kintetsu shall continually provide quality total logistic services that meet our customer's needs and requirements.We continue to maintain a quality policy on total commitment to customer satisfaction through continuous implementation and maintenance of a quality system.
We are committed to proper employee training, tools, motivation, communication and company benefits that consistently enhance and upgrade the professionalism and customer concern of our staff at all levels are implemented on an ongoing basis.
Since its company establishment in 1972, KWE has strived for continual improvement its total logistics services. It is our belief that by means of ISO certification this role model will allow us to provide a comprehensive strategy to reach the ultimate organizational goal, to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage and even with increasingly changing and demanding the ever shifting environment. This conviction is our cornerstone for future growth and product enhancement in our Canadian organization.
In May 1995, Kintetsu World Express (Canada) Inc. became one of the first cargo logistic companies in Canada to be certified for the ISO quality assurance system.
The ISO 9000 series of quality assurance standards was developed by the International Organization for Standardization 
(ISO) in March 1987. To be issued a certificate of conformance to ISO requirements means that a company has in place quality assurance systems based on an international standard adopted by government agencies and commercial firms in more than sixty countries worldwide. Currently KWE Canada holds an ISO 9001-2000 certification.
IATA Certification:
Kintetsu World Express (Canada) Inc is a certified and registered IATA agent in good standing providing professional Air Cargo service.
CIFFA:
Kintetsu World Express Canada is a member of the Canadian International Freight Forwaders Association.
CCS Licensed Customs Broker:
The KWE brokerage team of highly trained, and CCS licensed raters are continuously up to date with the changing regulations of Canada Customs. This is achieved through the participation of our raters in customs training and seminars.Many of our raters attend seminars held by CSCB (Canadian Society of Customs Brokers) and the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) as well as Kintetsu's own internal training programs.
What Does The Word Kintetsu Mean?
We all know that KINTETSU WORLD EXPRESS is the name of our company, and that of the other companies which are involved with international air freight forwarding. In addition, we know these are also part of the 176 subsidiaries which make up the overall KINTESU Corporation, located in Osaka, Japan.
However, many people have asked where the word KINTETSU came from or what it means. Actually, it is an abbreviation for, or an acronym of, KINKI NIPPON TETSUDO.
What does KINKI mean? Not what some of you may be thinking!! In Japanese KIN means "near", and KI means "royal residence". Therefore KINKI can be roughly translated as "near the Royal Palace". NIPPON means Japan. Therefore, KINKI NIPPON can be closely translated as the part of Japan where the Royal Family resides. Then what does TETSUDO mean? TETSU means "iron," and DO means "road". TETSUDO then means "iron road", or railroad. Therefore, KINKI NIPPON TETSUDO literally means the railway system in the section of Japan where the Royal Family lives.
KINKI NIPPON TETSUDO is, of course, the name of the grand parent company of all the KINTETSU group of companies, the KINKI NIPPON RAILWAY CO. LTD. The railway company services cities such as Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Kobe, which today are in the region collectively known as the KANSAI area of Japan. However, in earlier times, the Royal Family used to live in Nara and Kyoto, and thus the area was also referred to as KINKI NIPPON.
Now perhaps a little history. During the Tokugawa Shogunate (dynasty), the area/city which is now Tokyo, was then called EDO. This is where the Shogun lived. To prevent invasions from other powerful provincial Lords, and restrict the movement of people, security checking gates were installed on every road leading to EDO. One of the largest was the Hakone checking gate. As mentioned, the Royal Family lived in Nara and Kyoto at that time which was essentially in a westerly direction from the Hakone checking gate, as was Osaka and Kobe. In Japanese, the word KANSAI roughly translates as "west of the checking point". Following the fall of the Shogunate system, the Royal Family moved to EDO, which was subsequently renamed Tokyo. Today, the area which includes Osaka, Nara, Kyoto and Kobe is referred to as the KANSAI area. Out of respect for the past, and the original location of the Royal Family, the area is also still remembered as KINKI NIPPON.
Since the Railway Company started in Osaka, and serves the KANSAI area, why weren't these names used instead of KINKI NIPPON? Well, in fact, years ago they both were. The company was originally known as the OSAKA ELECTRIC RAILWAY SYSTEM. Then, as it expanded to include services in other western cities and towns in Japan, the company was briefly known as the KANSAI KYOKO (Express). However, the Japan National Railway System also established branches and lines in the KANSAI area. Therefore, to avoid any confusion as to which services or companies were which, the name KANSAI was dropped. Instead, the name which the area was originally known for and respectfully remembered as KINKI NIPPON, was officially adopted as the name for the railroad company.
Now, back to KINKI NIPPON TETSUDO and how or why KINTETSU was derived from it. Just like Americans, the Japanese like to use abbreviations (particularly we understand, in the Osaka area). Where we often tend to abbreviate by letters (e.g. KNR for KINKI NIPPON RAILWAY), the Japanese often tend to abbreviate by using only the sound of the first character which makes up each word. For example, KIN for KINKI, and TETSU for TETSUDO. Now since we are talking about people in Japan abreviating somethin in Japan, the word NIPPON was automatically assumed, and therefore not needed.
Therefore,
KINKI NIPPON TETSUDO
and not requiring Nippon became
KINKI TETSUDO
and abbreviated by first character sound became,
KIN TETSU
and said together became,
KINTETSU
which means, the KINKI NIPPON RAILWAY