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Speaker 1: why do most zippers say y k K on the
Speaker 1: poll tab? Y k K is a huge company that
Speaker 1: makes zippers. Founded in Japan in nineteen thirty four, y
Speaker 1: k K was called the Yoshita Kagyo Kabushi. I can't
Speaker 1: even say it anyway, But sixty years later the company
Speaker 1: changed its name to the much shorter y k K
Speaker 1: to match its brand name. The privately held y k
Speaker 1: K company is headquartered in Japan and is made up
Speaker 1: of dozens of companies at hundreds of facilities in more
Speaker 1: than fifty countries. Y KK makes the entire zipper, including
Speaker 1: the dyed cloth and the brass or plastic that make
Speaker 1: up the teeth of the zipper. White KK zippers are
Speaker 1: found in clothing, furniture, automobile's luggage, sports equipment, just about
Speaker 1: anything that has a fastener on it. A y KK
Speaker 1: factory site in Making, Georgia produces millions of zippers every
Speaker 1: day in a total of fift hundred styles in more
Speaker 1: than four seven standard colors. It's the largest zipper factory
Speaker 1: in the world. The making site produces its own brass
Speaker 1: to make the teeth and slighter parts of the zipper.
Speaker 1: The same factory also produces and dyes the yarn that's
Speaker 1: woven into the fabric portion of the zipper, and y
Speaker 1: KK also produces the machines that make the zippers. White
Speaker 1: KK has leveraged its knowledge of working with metals to
Speaker 1: form an aluminum building products division that now it counts
Speaker 1: for two thirds of white kk's worldwide sales, So it's
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