YKK Group
“YKK exists all around the globe, an expanding ‘Cycle of Goodness.’ ”
YKK was founded by Tadao Yoshida in Higashi Nihonbashi, Tokyo as San-es Shokai, in January 1934, with its main focus on production and marketing of fastening products. Later in February 1938 it was renamed to Yoshida Kogyosho. In January 1946, the company registered the YKK trademark which stands for Yoshida Kogyo K.K. YKK presently has operations in 72 countries and regions.