- Business
- Seino Holdings Co., Ltd. operates as a diversified transportation and logistics conglomerate primarily engaged in providing comprehensive freight and delivery services across Japan and internationally through its Transportation Services segment, which includes timed and cash-on-delivery services, chartered transport, moving, shopping, home delivery of small-lot commercial cargo, freight forwarding via air, rail, sea, and road, warehousing, distribution, reverse logistics and return management, shipping and office work support, air transport agency, and non-life insurance agency; its Automotive Sales segment encompassing the sale, repair, and parts distribution for passenger vehicles, trucks, and automobiles; its Goods Sales segment offering fuel, paper products, and other merchandise; and its Real Estate Leasing Services segment managing leasing, housing sales, construction contracts, information services, passenger transportation, and personnel services, with additional involvement in advertising agencies, taxi operations, and building construction. The company, founded in 1930 and headquartered in Ogaki, Japan, maintains an extensive domestic network of over 700 terminals and a large fleet of trucks, generating the majority of its revenue from transportation activities while serving business customers through subsidiaries like Seino Super Express Co., Ltd., which specializes in international and domestic air/ocean freight, land transport, and logistics solutions with 229 offices as of April 2025. Recent strategic expansions include forming a 50-50 joint venture with Mahindra Logistics Limited in May 2024 to enter the Indian market, providing integrated auto-outbound, warehousing, transportation, and technology solutions for Japanese automotive and non-auto customers; launching a capital and business alliance with Timee, a part-time employment agency, as noted in its 2024 annual report; and establishing another joint venture with ITL Corporation in Vietnam in September 2025 to address growing freight forwarding demand, alongside ongoing investments in technology, infrastructure, digitization, and sustainability to enhance operational excellence and global reach.