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Sep 23

YKK and Cooperativa Girasole worked together on the ‘Let’s Work’ project

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YKK presented its latest collection AW 20/21 at Premiere Vision between 17th and 19th September at Paris Nord Villepinte. A wide range of zippers including a selection of Excella® items in various functions, finishes and lengths together with snap and button (S&B) products were featured at the YKK booth during the event. This…

Sep 11

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Curious to learn about YKK’s latest in zipper innovation? Watch our Tech Talk to hear from YKK’s zipper experts!

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YKK hosted a Tech Talk by John Holliday, Senior Product Development Manager, and Terry McCullough, Sales Engineering Manager at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver, Colorado. The experts discussed various aspects and advancements of some of YKK’s latest sustainable and technical products. They also discussed their differing approaches to solving…

Sep 05

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Women Designers Series: Mary Bashay

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Our women designers series is an on-going project to highlight innovative designers across the world that incorporate YKK® products into their unique creations.

Aug 29

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Meet the Interns: Summer Youth Works at YKK AP America Inc.

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This summer YKK AP America Inc. hosted 5 interns at their Dublin manufacturing plant through the Summer Youth Works program. This initiative came together in partnership with the City of Dublin, Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce and the Heart of Georgia College and Career Academy. The program’s objectives include increasing…

Aug 27

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YKK AP Corporation’s English Language Program Participants visit YKK AP America

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On August 19 and August 26, a total of twenty-three participants in YKK AP Corporation's program to improve the business English competency of YKK AP employees in Japan visited YKK AP America Inc. The delegates were selected from a group of 258 participants in a six-month online English language program.…

Aug 19

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A journey around YKK global facilities- Café Bonfino

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YKK and coffee? You may think YKK and coffee is a strange combination. But did you know that YKK in fact grows coffee beans in Brazil? In this installment of our “A Journey around YKK global Facilities Series” we take you all the way to the 1980’s in the Central…

Aug 19

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Women Designers Series: Kate Cusack

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Our women designers series is an on-going project to highlight innovative designers across the world that incorporate YKK® products into their unique creations. Today we'd like to introduce you to designer Kate Cusack. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Kate earned a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an…

Aug 14

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Meet the Interns: Rosa Zavala Castillo

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This summer we welcomed several interns to different offices within the North and Central America region. In this installment of our "Meet the Interns" series, Rosa Zavala Castillo shares her experience working in Medellin at YKK Colombia S.A.S. -Tell us about your experience working in Colombia. My internship at YKK…

Aug 12

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Women Designers Series: Angela Luna

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Our women designers series is an on-going project to highlight innovative designers across the world that incorporate YKK® products into their unique creations. Angela Luna is the creative force behind ADIFF, a fashion brand that aims to bring circularity to the forefront of the fashion industry, setting an example for…

Aug 12

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A journey around YKK global facilities- Trend Cafe – A Coruña

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Summer season is travel season! As a global company operating in 72 countries, we take pride in working alongside our local communities as we fulfill our founder’s philosophy of The Cycle of Goodness™. In this series, we thought we’d give you a behind the scenes look at some of the…