In 1949, Meiko Kaiun (Meiko Trans Co., Ltd.) was founded in Nagoya, Japan. Little did that small group of entrepreneurs realize what was in store. Though Meiko America did not incorporate until 1973, our first experience in the United States actually dates back to 1970 when Meiko and two other firms joined together as co-owners to develop a small distribution company in Seattle, Washington. While the Seattle operation was first established at the bequest of Honda Motor Company, it did not take long for Meiko to begin providing U.S. based distribution services for other companies headquartered in the Far East. By 1973, when Meiko America officially incorporated, we were providing services for a variety of U.S. and foreign-based companies in Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach.

By the end of our first decade, New Jersey and Chicago operations were added to provide logistics services from those metropolitan areas. During the 1980's, Houston, Dallas, New York, Columbus, Ontario and Memphis also saw operations opened to support our growing customer base.

Today, Meiko continues providing both traditional and unique services across the country. Meiko America, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiary, Meiko Freight Service, Inc., continue to provide a wide range of traditional and not-so-traditional services for customers across the U.S. Meiko America, Inc. also has financial interest in and partial ownership of Transloading Terminal Partners, L.P. (our facility investment group), American Trinet, Trinet Logistics Mexico and Meiko Trans Canada, which has operations in both Toronto and Vancouver.