AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings Inc. resolved at the Board of Directors meeting held on April 21, 2023 to construct a new food distribution center and conclude an agreement for a syndicated term loan with a commitment period, which was announced in the "Notice of Acquisition of a Site for the Construction of a New Food Distribution Center" dated March 10, 2020. Under its medium-term management plan, the Group is actively working to realize sustainable growth by responding to increases in volume handled in the core EC logistics, low-temperature food logistics, and medicine & medical logistics businesses, while pushing forward with the construction of a logistics network as a social infrastructure through BCP logistics. As part of its efforts to achieve these goals, the Company will construct a new food distribution center equipped with facilities in the Matsubushi Tajima Industrial Park.

The new food distribution center outlined below takes advantage of the excellent location within 25 kilometers from central Tokyo, is equipped with large cold storage facilities (frozen and refrigerated), and adopts a seismic isolation structure. The construction of the new food distribution center is part of a plan to construct a comprehensive food logistics platform that can also play the role of a BCP logistics base, as a supply base for food and other goods, at the time of a large-scale disaster in the Greater Tokyo Area. In particular, against the backdrop of an increased consciousness regarding SDGs, will work to resolve the food loss issue as a base of a direct-from-the-farm network that connects cold chains from various locations all over Japan by using diverse transportation modes (rail, air and marine transportation).

Responding to the "year 2024 problem: Pursuing freshness maintenance through more efficient logistics. By improving logistics efficiency with the effective use of low-temperature truck transportation, the use of reefer containers in rail transportation, air transportation and marine transportation, the company will address the concerns regarding delays in delivery due to the shortage of drivers to realize sustainable logistics. Protecting food supply chain: Responding to natural disasters The company will realize sustainable food distribution by realizing appropriate distribution inventory control through centralized management of inventories arising from multiple origins and manufacturers, while avoiding any supply chain disruption in the event of an emergency.

Implementing SIP smart logistics: Responding to productivity improvement and environmental problems with proprietary technologies Through the early implementation of smart logistics services proposed in the Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) promoted by the national government, the company will realize sustainable and low environmental load logistics ahead of other companies in the industry.