YKK zipper manufacturer

YKK solves the most complex fastening and attaching challenges. Since the company’s founding in Tokyo in 1934, YKK has continuously set industry standards for quality, innovation, and sustainability in the production of zippers, plastic hardware, hook and loop fasteners, webbing tapes, and snap and buttons. On this tour, you will learn firsthand how YKK achieves universal quality through its total vertically integrated manufacturing system in which YKK produces everything in-house, including its own brass, the machinery to manufacture its products, and the products themselves. You will learn how the YKK R&D department works directly with customers to design products for highly regulated and demanding industries such as automotive, medical, apparel, and safety. You will also learn how YKK is dedicated to minimizing environmental impact with innovative ideas in design and manufacturing and how it will achieve climate neutrality by 2050 through a five-prong strategy addressing climate change, material resources, water resources, chemical management, and human rights. The entire discussion will be framed by an explanation of YKK’s “Cycle of Goodness” philosophy – the idea that no one prospers without rendering benefit to others.