While global logistics are subject to unprecedented pressure – from conflict areas to a lack of employment – Nippon Express Europe progresses with a strong strategic vision that places Europe as a major corner for growth and innovation. Despite the opposite winds facing the regional economy, Nippon Express sees the region as a vital growth corner in its global operations.
“Of course, the situation in Europe is not perfect,” Xinichi Kakakama, President and CEO of Nippon Express, confessed to Europe, but we have five regions – Japanese, East Asia, South Asia and Oceania, American, and Europe. Without Japan, revenues from these regions are completely important to the NX group.
This growth is not just an ambition – it is a structural. Nippon Express has performed targeted acquisitions in Europe to unify its existence. One of the prominent steps was the acquisition of the shipping partner, a logistical company with a strong foothold in the redirect between Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.
“The merchandise partner is very strong when it comes to international compensation from Asia to Central Eastern Europe,” said Kakakama. “Now, thanks to Hong Kong air transportation, for example, the charging partner is very strong, and NX and charging together, we are number one. Also, in the classification of international traders, we are not now far from being in the fifth rank. Thanks to the synergy.”
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Innovation and automation
While logistical services companies are wrestling around the world with a lack of employment-especially in aging societies such as Japan-Nippon Express investing in advanced technologies, but with the development of the human axis.
“We have already started investments in investment capital funds, as we also participated in the creation of startups,” said Kakakama. “We have already created many startups, especially when it comes to digital transformation and sustainability.”
One of the prominent initiatives in particular is the use of robots to support workers with disabilities. “We use technologies and robots, to support people with disabilities so that they can also work in warehouses,” Kakakama’s statement. “This is a unique thing that makes the headquarters. We are trying to expand this idea.”
This comprehensive innovation emphasizes a deeper philosophy: technology is not just a tool for efficiency but a gateway for a greater workforce. “It is not only for work or innovation – it’s support, bring more workers, and open opportunities,” he stressed.
Automation projects are also tried throughout Europe, especially in the Netherlands. He pointed out that “many of these projects are still in the testing stage, but we are trying, using these technologies, to solve the problem of lack of employment and also to increase efficiency.”
Logistics in the conflict zone
Among the most urgent and humanitarian aspects of Nippon Express’s work in supporting and around Ukraine, a region that still suffers from war. The company started participating in a current relationship between the partner of the goods and the Ukrainian company Formag, which was boycotted by the invasion of Russia.
“For security reasons, these activities had to be stopped.” “But now, the Nix Nippon Express Poland Office is supported by refreshing.”
This support exceeded just logistical services. “We as a group, the NX group concluded an agreement with Formag-Cooperation Agreement. We all try together-NX, Formag, and the charging partner-to unify our forces and use our common knowledge and services to ensure that safe solutions can be provided to one side.”
Safety remains of utmost importance, especially when working near conflict areas. “There is a lack of information and a lot of security risks,” Kakaama admitted. “Our policy is that security or safety must come first. We try to use the network that we already have to collect as much information. If there is one way we see that it is very risky, then we are trying to find another way.”
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M & A Caspian is a global strategy
As part of its long -term strategic vision, Nippon Express is designed to become an international majority by 2037. “Our goal until 2037 is to make sure that the revenues that we create outside Japan are more than 50 percent,” said Kakaama. “This means that we will have to focus on expanding our business outside Japan.”
Inclusion and acquisitions are essential to achieving this goal. “Products merge and the product of the product are a very effective tool,” he said. “It allows us to access customers who do not have yet or services that we cannot provide yet.”
Europe remains at the heart of this strategy. “Europe is the region we focus more at the present time,” and concluded by saying. “That is why I said before that Europe NX is a very central area for us.”
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