WEBVTT - Why do most zippers say 'YKK' on the pull-tab?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from house stuff works dot com

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<v Speaker 1>where smart happens. H. I am Marshall Brain with today's question,

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<v Speaker 1>why do most zippers say y k K on the

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<v Speaker 1>poll tab? Y k K is a huge company that

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<v Speaker 1>makes zippers. Founded in Japan in nineteen thirty four, y

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<v Speaker 1>k K was called the Yoshita Kagyo Kabushi. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>even say it anyway, But sixty years later the company

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<v Speaker 1>changed its name to the much shorter y k K

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<v Speaker 1>to match its brand name. The privately held y k

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<v Speaker 1>K company is headquartered in Japan and is made up

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<v Speaker 1>of dozens of companies at hundreds of facilities in more

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<v Speaker 1>than fifty countries. Y KK makes the entire zipper, including

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<v Speaker 1>the dyed cloth and the brass or plastic that make

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<v Speaker 1>up the teeth of the zipper. White KK zippers are

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<v Speaker 1>found in clothing, furniture, automobile's luggage, sports equipment, just about

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<v Speaker 1>anything that has a fastener on it. A y KK

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<v Speaker 1>factory site in Making, Georgia produces millions of zippers every

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<v Speaker 1>day in a total of fift hundred styles in more

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<v Speaker 1>than four seven standard colors. It's the largest zipper factory

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. The making site produces its own brass

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<v Speaker 1>to make the teeth and slighter parts of the zipper.

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<v Speaker 1>The same factory also produces and dyes the yarn that's

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<v Speaker 1>woven into the fabric portion of the zipper, and y

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<v Speaker 1>KK also produces the machines that make the zippers. White

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<v Speaker 1>KK has leveraged its knowledge of working with metals to

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<v Speaker 1>form an aluminum building products division that now it counts

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<v Speaker 1>for two thirds of white kk's worldwide sales, So it's

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