http://www.metafilter.com/tags/YoshidaKogyoKabushikikaisha Posts tagged with 'YoshidaKogyoKabushikikaisha' at MetaFilter. Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:07:11 -0800 Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:07:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/23408/Its%2Dnot%2Dtoo%2Dlate%2DTo%2Dzip%2Dit%2DZip%2Dit%2Dgood <a href="http://www.pseudodictionary.com/xyz">Hey you, XYZ!</a> Look at your zipper -- was it made by Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, or <a href="http://www.ykk.com/">YKK</a>? Probably. With <a href="http://www.ykkamerica.com/faq/copy.htm#9">seven million</a> zippers produced <i>every day</i> at YKK America's National Manufacturing Center in Macon, Georgia, alone, it's no wonder that the zipper on whatever you're wearing right now is a YKK...<a href="http://www.ykkfastening.com/global/aboutus/counter/contents.html">or is it?</a><br>[a bit more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23408 Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:07:11 -0800 fasteners history industry Kabushikikaisha manufacturing slidefasteners YKK YoshidaKogyoKabushikikaisha zippers DakotaPaul