YKK Zipper

YKK is a zipper company founded in Japan in 1934 by Tadao Yoshida. In the early years, Mr. Yoshida's company bore his name and was called Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikaisha - or "YKK" for short. This long Japanese name translates into English roughly as "Yoshida Company Limited". Over the years, the letters "YKK" have been embossed on the zipper tabs and thus YKK has become known as the company's trademark.

Since its inception, the company has been constantly growing and developing, and currently has 111 representative offices in 73 countries around the world. More than 45.5 thousand employees work in the company (almost 18.0 thousand in Japan and more than 27.5 thousand employees worldwide).

The history of the Russian representative office of YKK begins with the opening of the representative office of YKK DEUTSHLAND GmbH in 1997 in Moscow. Then, in 2002, UKK LLC was opened. Gradually the geography expanded:

◼ 2004 - a representative office of YKK was opened in St. Petersburg (Northwestern Federal District).
◼ 2005 - a representative office of YKK was opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus).
◼ 2015 - a representative office of YKK was opened in Samara (Volga Federal District).
◼ 2017 - the first production of YKK zippers was opened in Russia.

Today, the number of employees of the Russian representative office of YKK is 50 people.

There is hardly a place in the world where YKK products are not used. From scuba diving suits to evening wear from famous couturiers, in classrooms, spaceships, chemical laboratories. Wherever people are, you will find YKK products.