Sakata INX, Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. and DIC Graphics Corporation announce that they will start joint delivery, against a backdrop of “2024 Problem in Logistics,” in the metropolitan area of Yokyo from November 2025 to streamline logistics and to solve societal issues.

Joint delivery will be conducted primarily on offset ink for information media as the market is shrinking and other related products. Since a cap on overtime hours for truck drivers went into effect from April 2024, comprehensive logistics optimization of the shipper is required.

To respond to this situation, the above three companies will streamline logistics through joint delivery. Although many of the areas of business partners at each company are currently overlapping, this joint delivery will help to reduce the number of delivery trucks, decrease CO2 emissions, and reduce the shortage in truck drivers, which is the major issue that the logistics industry is facing. This will also result in controlling the rise in shipping costs.

Beginning with the initiative taken in the metropolitan area, the companies will examine the possibility of nationwide joint delivery.