Zippers are one of the most important parts of a garment. If the zipper goes wrong, the garment becomes useless.
Do you know who makes the world’s majority of zippers?
It is the Japanese behemoth YKK. It makes roughly half of all the zippers on earth, which is more than 7 billion zippers every year.
Established by Tadao Yoshida in Tokyo in 1934, YKK is the abbreviation of Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, which means Yoshida Company Limited. A tinkerer, Yoshida, who was not satisfied with the existing production methods, designed his own zipper machines. Gradually, Yoshida owned every stage of the zipper-making process. The company even makes boxes for shipping zippers.
What makes YKK the industry giant?
First of all, the quality of the zippers for a fair price.
This B2B platform makes high-quality zippers, ships them on time and offers a variety of shades, materials, and styles. The apparel industry feels that nothing can go wrong with YKK.
After all, for a designer, quality comes first. In China, there are hundreds of zipper manufacturers. According to designers, none of them is as reliable as YKK. That makes YKK unique. There is another factor that makes the company stand out. It never seeks publicity. The company keeps its processes a secret.
