{"id":84,"date":"2010-01-05T04:38:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2013-07-24T20:12:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T03:12:15","slug":"why-zippers-have-ykk-on-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/why-zippers-have-ykk-on-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Zippers Have YKK On Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ykk<\/a>Today I found out<\/a> why zippers have a YKK on them.<\/p>\n

The YKK stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha (say that five times fast).\u00a0 In 1934 Tadao Yoshida founded Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha (translated Yoshida Industries Limited).\u00a0 This company is now the world’s foremost zipper manufacturer, making about 90% of all zippers in over 206 facilities in 52 countries.\u00a0 In fact, they not only make the zippers, they also make the machines that make the zippers; no word on if they make the machines that make the parts that make up the machines that make the zippers.<\/p>\n

Their largest factory in Georgia makes over 7 million zippers per day.<\/p>\n

In any event, Mr. Yoshida’s company zipped to number one by practicing the “Cycle of Goodness”, as he called it.\u00a0 Namely, “No one prospers unless he renders benefit to others.”\u00a0 Using this principle, he endeavored to create the best zippers out there that would hold up over long periods of time in the end product.\u00a0 This in turn would benefit both the manufacturers who used his zippers and the end customer and because of these things benefit his company with higher repeat and referral sales, thus completing the “Cycle of Goodness” *zen moment*<\/span><\/p>\n

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So next time you’re zipping up, take a moment to remember Mr. Yoshida; also, if you’re going commando, careful with Captain Winky on the zip up.\u00a0 I can’t stress that enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

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