Sit down. Take a deep breath. Feeling peaceful? Man, some guys are never satisfied. Your idea of a zipper factory might be a couple guys named Izzy and Mort or the equivalent in Japanese in some crummy loft in the garment district.
Little do you know—this is a mighty industry here. Hey, everybody needs zippers. Also the aluminum building materials of tomorrow, YKK having diversified thereinto a while back.
No kidding—the guy even does calligraphy. Judson, in the s. He called it a "chain lock fastener. The company is also a major zipper manufacturer, and it's used by brands like Brooks Brothers and Uniqlo.
But YKK has a reputation unrivaled in the fashion industry. Its completely vertically integrated, which means that the company controls every part of the zipper manufacturing process, from smelting the metal to packaging the finished zippers.
As Seth Stevenson wrote in Slate , "YKK makes incredibly dependable zippers, ships them on time without fail, offers a wide range of colors, materials, and styles, and never gets badly undercut on price. Make the zipper tape and tab and teeth. Give the zipper a lock , that works when the tab is in the up or down position. There are a dozen or so steps in the production process.
They make a whole lot of other zippers, too. He says they make zippers in 9, colors—including 20 shades of black. The company also makes architectural products. But the zipper is still what YKK is known for. The humble zipper. That keeps our pants up. Password Forgot your password?
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