Founded in Japan in 1934, YKK was called Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, but 60 years later the company changed its company name to match its brand name. The privately held YKK Co. is headquartered in Japan and is made up of 80 companies at 206 facilities in 52 countries. YKK makes the entire zipper including the dyed cloth and the brass used to make the zipper.

　　1934年，吉田光久株式会社在日本成立了(英文名首字母缩写为YKK)，而60年后，这家公司就直接将公司名改成了品牌名称。这家私营企业的总部设在日本，是由分布在52个国家的80家公司、206间工厂共同组成的。YKK承包了整个拉链行业的业务，包括染色的布料以及用来做拉链的黄铜。

　　YKK zippers are found in: Clothing, Furniture, Automobiles, Luggage, Sports equipment...

　　你可以在很多地方找到YKK拉链的踪影：各类服装，家具，汽车，行李箱，运动器材……

　　A YKK factory site in Macon, Ga., produces 7 million zippers a day, in a total of 1,500 styles in more than 427 standard colors. It's the largest zipper factory in the world. The Macon site produces its own brass to make the teeth and slider parts of a zipper. The same factory also produces and dyes the yarn that is woven into the fabric portion of a zipper. And YKK also produces the machines that make the zippers!

　　YKK公司的其中一个工厂，位于佐治亚州梅肯。这家公司每天生产700万个拉链，共有1500种款式，超过427多种标准颜色。它也是世界上最大的拉链工厂。梅肯公司也生产自己独有的黄铜，用来制造拉链齿和拉链滑块的部分。这家工厂还生产拉链面料部分的纱线部分，并且给他们染色。YKK甚至还生产拉链机(也就是说，他们不仅卖拉链，还卖制造拉链的机器)!

　　YKK has leveraged its knowledge of working with metals to form an aluminum building products division that now accounts for two-thirds of YKK's worldwide sales.

　　YKK利用其与金属打交道以来的各种知识与资源，成立了一个铝建筑产品部门，目前已经占据了YKK全球销售额的三分之二。