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|operating_income = US$ 4.26 billion (2015)〔 |net_income = US$ 2.57 billion (2015)〔 | assets = |}} |equity = US$ 17.1 billion (2012)〔 |num_employees = 300,000 (2012)〔 | subsid = Office, Express, Ground, Freight, Custom Critical, Supply Chain, Trade Networks, Services | homepage = }} FedEx Corporation is an American global courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.〔"(FedEx in Memphis )". FedEx. Retrieved on February 28, 2010.〕 The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express, which was used from 1973 until 2000. ==History== FedEx Corporation is an import/export company, incorporated October 2, 1997 in Delaware.〔Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations, (Online Services ); File No. 2803030.〕 FDX Corporation was founded in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. by Federal Express. With the purchase of Caliber, FedEx started offering other services besides express shipping. Caliber subsidiaries included RPS, a small-package ground service; Roberts Express, an expedited shipping provider; Viking Freight, a regional, less than truckload freight carrier serving the Western United States; Caribbean Transportation Services, a provider of airfreight forwarding between the United States and the Caribbean; and Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology, providers of logistics and technology solutions. FDX Corporation was founded to oversee all of the operations of those companies and its original air division, Federal Express.〔(FedEx History | About FedEx ). About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.〕 In the 1990s, FedEx Ground planned, but later abandoned, a joint service with British Airways to have BA fly a Concorde SST to Shannon, Ireland with FedEx packages on board, and then FedEx would have flown the packages subsonically to their delivery points in Europe. Ron Ponder, a vice president at the time, was in charge of this proposed venture. In January 2000, FDX Corporation changed its name to FedEx Corporation and re-branded all of its subsidiaries. Federal Express became FedEx Express, RPS became FedEx Ground, Roberts Express became FedEx Custom Critical, and Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology were combined to comprise FedEx Global Logistics. A new subsidiary, called FedEx Corporate Services, was formed to centralize the sales, marketing, and customer service for all of the subsidiaries. In February 2000, FedEx acquired Tower Group International, an international logistics company. FedEx also acquired WorldTariff, a customs duty and tax information company; TowerGroup and WorldTariff were re-branded to form FedEx Trade Networks.〔 FedEx Corp. acquired privately held Kinko's, Inc. in February 2004 and rebranded it FedEx Kinko's. The acquisition was made to expand FedEx's retail access to the general public. After the acquisition, all FedEx Kinko's locations exclusively offered only FedEx shipping.〔 In June 2008, FedEx announced that they would be dropping the Kinko's name from their ship centers; FedEx Kinko's would now be called FedEx Office.〔(" The Marketing Doctor Says: FedEx Does It Again!" ) Marketing Doctor Blog. June 3, 2008.〕〔("FedEx Ditches Kinko's" )'' Business Week''. June 3, 2008.〕 In September 2004, FedEx acquired Parcel Direct, a parcel consolidator, and re-branded it FedEx SmartPost.〔 In April 2015, FedEx announced that it would acquire their rival firm TNT Express for €4.4bn ($4.8bn; £3.2bn) as it looks to expand their operations in Europe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FedEx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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